L-20 The Indian Religions Part-3 class 6th D.A.V
52Buddhism
Gautam Buddha was the founder of Buddhism. His real name was Siddharta.
He was born in 563 BC at Lumbini at Tarai of Nepal.
His father was Shuddhodhan and mother was Mahamaya. He was only child of his parents.
He was married to Yashodhra.
He had a son, Rahul.
Enlightment
1.Gautam Buddha was totally detached from all wordly affairs. He realised that worldly goods could not give him real happiness. So he left home in search of truth and real happiness.
2.At the age of 35, when he was sitting under a pipal tree in Gaya(Bihar), he got the enlightmend and realised the truth and became Buddha.
3.He then preached his doctrines for 45 years. He passed away at the age of 80, in 483 BCE in Kushinagar(U.P).
Teachings of Buddhism
Gautam Buddha realised the real cause of misery is desire. He expressed four noble truths as the way to overcome desire.
1.The world is full of miseries.
2.All sufferings are caused by desire.
3.To remove the suffering, one should conquer the desires and only then Nirvan can be attained.
4.The desire can be removed by Astangika. Marg or eight fold path.
Astangik Marg
Right action
Right livelihood
Right thinking
Right observation
Right determination
Right exercise
Right meditation
Right speech
Buddha declared that if one follows the Eight fold path, he can attain Moksha without the help of any rituals or the priest.
Scriptures
Tripatakas
It contains rules for monks, Sermons for the people and the Buddhist philosophy. It is in three parts.
Buddism spread over to Sri Lanka, Burma, China, Nepal, South-East Asian countries king Ashoka and kanishka spread doctrines of Buddhism in India as well as abroad.
Christianity
1.Jesus was the founder of Christian religion.
2.Christianity is based on the life and teaching of Jesus christ.
3.He was born in Bethlehem, a village of Jerusalam.
4.His mother’s name was Mary and his foster father was Joseph.
Life of Jesus Christ
We do not know much about his early life upto 30 years except that he worked along with his father, a carpenter in Nazreth, near Bathlehem, during his period. It is said that he performed certain miracles before the people and claimed that he was the son of God.
Teachings of Jesus Christ
He preached that there is only one God. He gave his message to the people in simple language in the form of stories. He emphasised that God is great healer and he loves his people just as a father loves his children.
Why is the Cross is the sacred symbol of Christians?
Jesus was fearless and spoke freely against the existing evils of the society. Some of the orthodox people and the rich became his enemies.
He called himself the ‘king of jews’ so he was considered as a rebel by Roman rulers. He was then nailed to a cross and killed. Since the ‘cross’ has become a sacred symbol for the christians.
The sacred day of death is called as Good Friday and prayers are offered on this day.
Why to christians celebrate Easter or christmas every year?
It is believed that Jesus christ came back to life after three days and then he left for his heavenly abode. This event is celebrated as Easter every year.
The birth of Christ is celebrated all over the world on 25 December every year as Christmas. This is the biggest festival of all the christan.
The christian era started from first CE
Scriptures and Teachings
1.Jesus christ was born to serve the purpose of God. i.e love for the sick and old.
2.To remove sin from the world.
3.To hate the sin but not the sinner.
The holy book of christians is Bible
It has two parts
Old testament- It contains history of religious belief of the jews
New testament-It contains biography and teachings of Jesus christ