1、Buddhism,To get enlightenment. 觉悟,What is Buddhsm?,Buddhism is a religion to about 300 millions people aroud the world.The word comes from “budhi”(菩提),”to awaken”.It has its origins about 2,500 years ago when Siddhartha Gotama(悉达多乔达摩),known as the Budda,was himself awakend(enlightened) at the age of
2、 35.,The eight sects of Chinese Buddhism,The Meditation (Chan or Zen) Sect (禅宗)the Pure Land sect (净土宗)the Esoteric Buddhism (密宗)the Tiantai sectthe Dharma-Image sect (法相宗/瑜伽宗)the Garland sect (贤首宗/华严宗)the Three -Sutra sect (三论宗)The Vinaya sect (律宗),The Zen Sect,Zen Master Bodhidharma(菩提达摩):the firs
3、t patriarch who brought the Zen sect to China in the 5th century A.D.,Zen Master Huineng(慧能):Zen became prosperous in the 7th century, the Tang Dynasty, due to the influence of Master Huineng, the 6th Patriarch of the Zen sect.Picture: His real body, still consecrated in Nanhuasi Temple, Guangdong p
4、rovince, 12,00 years after his passing away,六祖明经 by Master Huineng,菩提本无树,明镜亦非台;本来无一物,何处惹尘埃。,般若波罗蜜多心经 唐三藏法师玄奘译观自在菩萨。行深般若波罗蜜多时。照见五蕴皆空。度一切苦厄。舍利子。色不异空。空不异色。色即是空。空即是色。受想行识亦复如是。舍利子。是诸法空相。不生不灭。不垢不净不增不减。是故空中无色。无受想行识。无眼耳鼻舌身意。无色声香味触法。无眼界。乃至无意识界。无无明。亦无无明尽。乃至无老死。亦无老死尽。无苦集灭道。无智亦无得。以无所得故。菩提萨埵。依般若波罗蜜多故。心无挂碍。无挂碍故。无
5、有恐怖。远离颠倒梦想。究竟涅槃。三世诸佛。依般若波罗蜜多故。得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。故知般若波罗蜜多。是大神咒。是大明咒是无上咒。是无等等咒。能除一切苦。真实不虚故。说般若波罗蜜多咒即说咒曰：揭帝揭帝 般罗揭帝 般罗僧揭帝菩提僧莎诃！,三皈五戒,The ceremony for lay Buddists to go to the Buddha for refuge(皈依),go to the Dharma for refuge,go to the Sangha for refuge. Five commandments of Buddism:no killingno stealingno sex
6、ual misconductno lyingno intoxicant,Four Noble Truths,To live is to suffer. (苦) The cause of suffering is self-centered desire and attachments. (集) Suffering ends when one is freed from desire. This is achieved by eliminating all delusion, thereby reaching a liberated state of Enlightenment (Nirvana
7、) (灭) The way to Nirvana is through the “Eight-Fold Path.” (道),Buddhism in China,In 64 AD (Eastern Han Dynasty), Kasyapa-matanga (伽叶摩腾) and Gobharana (竺法兰) were invited to the White Horse Temple in Luoyang to translate the Buddhist classics. The first works completed were later known as the “Sutra o
8、f the Forty-Two Sections,” (四十二章经) the first Buddhist sutra in Chinese.,Xuanzang (玄奘),During the early Tang dynasty, Xuanzang journeyed to in India for 17-year and brought back and translated the scriptures propagating Mahayana Buddhism. The proliferation of these sutras expanded the Chinese Buddhis
9、t canon significantly with high quality translations of some of the most important Indian Mahayana sutras.,Master Fa Xian (法显): the first Chinese monk traveler,Master Fa Xian and his companions reached 29 countries and brought back a huge mount of Buddhist classics from 399 412 (Eastern Jin Dynasty)
10、. He devoted the rest of his life to translating these works.,Jianzhen (鑒真),Jianzhen visited Japan some six times from 743 to 754 and propagated Buddhism. He is credited with the introduction of the Ritsu (律宗) school of Buddhism to Japan.,To do no evil,to do only good,to purify the will,is the doctr
11、ine of all Buddhas.诸恶莫做,众善奉行,自净其意,即是佛教. All living beings have Buddha-nature,everyone with the Buddha-nature may attain Buddhahood.一切众生,皆有佛性,有佛性者,皆得成佛.,The Four Heavenly Kings 四大天王,Maitreya Bodhisattva (地藏菩萨),Would descend to the earth billions of yearslater and achieveeventual Bodhahood. He is ther
12、efore often called a Buddha.,Leshan Giant Buddha,is Maitreya Bodhisattva,Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva(地藏菩萨), or Earth-Treasure, who vows to save those in hell. He says, “if I dont go to the hell, who else will?”,Sakyamuni Buddha,Guanyin Bodhisattava,Usually two disciples are on both his sides, one young, one old.,One-thousand-hand Guanyin,Amitabha Buddha,Head of the Western Pure Land, the most widely worshipped Buddha in China,Thanks for watching！,
