GCSE Sources of Wisdom and Authority Unit 1 Buddhism GCSE
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Sources of Wisdom and Authority Unit 1 Buddhism
Unit 1: Part A
Buddhism: Core beliefs, teachings and practices
Beliefs The Buddha
Teachings
Dhammapada 1:5 Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
Practices
Dhammapada 282 Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes. Having known these two paths of progress and decline, let a man so conduct himself that his wisdom may increase.
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Unit 1: Part B
Theme 1: Issues of Life and Death: Content from a Buddhist perspective The world Lam Rim retreat centre http://www.lamrim.org.uk/wales/ The origin and value of human life Beliefs about death and the afterlife
Theme 2: Issues of Good and Evil: Content from a Buddhist perspective
Crime and Punishment
Angulimala Society http://angulimala.org.uk/the-story-of-angulimala/ The story of Milarepa http://buddhism.about.com/od/whoswhoinbuddhism/a/Milarepa.htm
Forgiveness Good, Evil and Suffering
Dhammapada 12:165 By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one made pure. Purity and impurity depended on one-self; no one can purify another. The 101 Zen Stories 9 Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal. Ryokan returned and caught him. "You have come a long way to visit me," he told the prowler, "and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift." The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away. Ryoken sat naked, watching the moon. "Poor fellow," he mused, "I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon. Source: 101 Zen Stories https://goo.gl/VdkPzw
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The 101 Zen stories 63 Gasan instructed his adherents one day: "Those who speak against killing and who desire to spare the lives of all conscious beings are right. It is good to protect even animals and insects. But what about those persons who kill time, what about those who are destroying wealth, and those who destroy political economy? We should not overlook them. Furthermore, what of the one who preaches without enlightenment? He is killing Buddhism." Source: 101 Zen Stories https://goo.gl/20NMRg
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Sources of Wisdom and Authority Unit 1 Buddhism
Unit 1: Part A
Buddhism: Core beliefs, teachings and practices
Beliefs The Buddha
Teachings
Dhammapada 1:5 Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
Practices
Dhammapada 282 Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes. Having known these two paths of progress and decline, let a man so conduct himself that his wisdom may increase.
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Unit 1: Part B
Theme 1: Issues of Life and Death: Content from a Buddhist perspective The world Lam Rim retreat centre http://www.lamrim.org.uk/wales/ The origin and value of human life Beliefs about death and the afterlife
Theme 2: Issues of Good and Evil: Content from a Buddhist perspective
Crime and Punishment
Angulimala Society http://angulimala.org.uk/the-story-of-angulimala/ The story of Milarepa http://buddhism.about.com/od/whoswhoinbuddhism/a/Milarepa.htm
Forgiveness Good, Evil and Suffering
Dhammapada 12:165 By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one made pure. Purity and impurity depended on one-self; no one can purify another. The 101 Zen Stories 9 Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal. Ryokan returned and caught him. "You have come a long way to visit me," he told the prowler, "and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift." The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away. Ryoken sat naked, watching the moon. "Poor fellow," he mused, "I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon. Source: 101 Zen Stories https://goo.gl/VdkPzw
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The 101 Zen stories 63 Gasan instructed his adherents one day: "Those who speak against killing and who desire to spare the lives of all conscious beings are right. It is good to protect even animals and insects. But what about those persons who kill time, what about those who are destroying wealth, and those who destroy political economy? We should not overlook them. Furthermore, what of the one who preaches without enlightenment? He is killing Buddhism." Source: 101 Zen Stories https://goo.gl/20NMRg
'Fair dealing' of third party materials is used for criticism and review purposes however if there are omissions or inaccuracies please inform us so that any necessary corrections can be made.
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