Buddhism

Quick History
Siddharta Gautama (563-483 BC)

Born Ksatria—a prince

Age 16: Married to Yasodara

Age 29: Went out of palace and encountered the old,

the death, and the ascetic

Entered an ascetic life under Hindu monks

Age 35: enlightened (Buddha) after 49 days meditation

Spreading the dharma until his death at 80

 Four Noble Truths
1. Dukha: Life is suffering

2. Samudaya: Dukha has a cause [desire]

3. Nirodha: Dukha can be ended [cessation of

desire]

4. Maga: How to cease from desire [Eight

Noble Paths]
Protesting Hinduism
1. Caste system

2. There is no Brahman

3. ….and there is no Atman

4. There is no god, no creator

5. Veda is not ‘holy book’

 Theravada Mahayana

Location Cambodia, Burma, Thailand China, Japan, Korea

Schools Just one Pure Land, Zen

Teaching Original Mixed with local religions

Buddha Gautama and past Buddhas A lot of Buddhas

Buddha A historical saint A divine being

Bodhisattva Maitreya only Avalokitesvara, etc

Virtue Wisdom Compassion

Lifestyle Monastic, Meditative Normal life in community

Nirvana Individual effort Helped by bodhisattva

“According to Buddhism, our ideas of God and Soul
are false and empty”
–Walpola Rahula
“ The Buddhist is an atheist and Buddhism in both its
Theravada and Mahayana forms is atheism”
–K N Jayatilleke
“Within [Buddhist] philosophical worldview it is almost imposible to
have any room for an atemporal, eternal, absolute truth. Nor is it
possible to accommodate the concept of divine Creation.”
–Dalai Lama
Parliament of World Religions in Chicago 1993
“The Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was not God or a god. 
He was a human being who attained full enlightenment through
meditation and showed us the path of spiritual awakening and
freedom.  Therefore, Buddhism is not a religion of God.”
“ Therefore, for these pragmatic reasons, belief in a personal God is not prohibited as long as it
does not become an obstacle, but an incentive to the moral and spiritual development”
-KN Jayatileke
 What is Man
Five Aggregates: the sum of physical and mental
elements (pancakkhanda)

1. jasmani (rupakkhanda)

2. perasaan (vedanakkhanda)

3. persepsi (sannakkhanda)

4. pikiran (samkharakkhanda)

5. kesadaran (vinnanakkhanda)
“The Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was not God or a god. 
He was a human being who attained full enlightenment through
meditation and showed us the path of spiritual awakening and
freedom.  Therefore, Buddhism is not a religion of God.”
What makes you you
There is no ‘self’
Everything is changing (annikka)

There is no atman/jiva/soul

There is no “I” nor “you”

“I” don’t exist

It is the result of illusion, ignorance, and

the cause of suffering
 Life under Karma
Sesuai dengan benih yang telah ditabur, begitulah buah yang akan
dipetiknya. Ia yang berbuat baik akan menerima kebaikan, dan ia yang
berbuat jahat akan menerima kejahatan".
(Samyutta Nikâya, 1.293)

Harus ditekankan bahwa hukum kamma berjalan secara otonomi. Hukum ini
tidak dijalankan oleh suatu Tuhan Yang Maha Kuasa yang membagikan
ganjaran dan hukuman, melainkan berfungsi dengan sendirinya, sesuai
dengan sifat hukum itu sendiri, yang intrinsik di dalam proses kosmik.
 (Petikan Anguttara Nikaya 1 hal 31)
REINCARNATION (HINDUISM) &. REBIRTH (BUDDHISM)
 Six Realms in
Tibetan Buddhism
 Nibbana-Nirvana
Nirvana is a state where all of our desires have ceased: the extinction of all lusts, wants, and
relations. Nirvana is the true sunyata (emptiness): no death, no change, and no rebirth.
 Buddhism

Ultimate Reality Sunyatta/Nirvana [nothingness]

Man Five aggregates / anatta

Current Life Dukha - the result of previous karma

Destiny Rebirth or Nirvana

How to Live The Eight Noble Paths

 Buddhism in Indonesia
https://www.tionghoa.info/tridharma-masa-kini/

http://buddhazine.com/tuhan-dalam-agama-buddha-siapa/

http://tentangajaranbuddha.blogspot.com/2013/10/kelirulogi-dari-sang-
hyang-adi-buddha.html?m=1

http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/40.htm

http://tradisitridharma.blogspot.com/2015/02/3-guru-agung-tri-nabi-
suci.html

https://id.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanghyang_Adi_Buddha