Buddhism+Q6

__//BUDDHISM Question 6//__: How does this faith deal with the concept of war or conflict
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__RESEARCH CHECK: Friday Nov 14th__ Museum Setup: Tuesday Dec 9th Museum Open: Monday Dec 15th Museum Cleanup: Friday Dec 16th This is the [|Dharmacakra], which represents the Noble Eightfold Path. Most likely thye symbol of Buddhism This should be an good place for us to start. Ignore me if you disagree. I'm thinking Right Intention, Right Action and Right Mindfulness is most relevant to our topic. Have fun researching, if thats even possible. Citation (I took the chart and picture off of Wikipedia): "Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path." __Wikipedia__. 30 Oct. 2008. Wikimedia. 31 Oct. 2008 .
 * = //Division// ||= //Eightfold Path factors// ||= //Acquired factors// ||
 * Wisdom (Sanskrit: //[|prajñā]//, Pāli: //paññā//) || 1. Right view || 9. Right knowledge ||
 * ^  || 2. Right intention || 10. Right liberation ||
 * Ethical conduct (Sanskrit: //[|śīla]//, Pāli: //sīla//) || 3. Right speech ||  ||
 * ^  || 4. Right action ||   ||
 * ^  || 5. Right livelihood ||   ||
 * Concentration (Sanskrit and Pāli: //[|samādhi]//) || 6. Right effort ||  ||
 * ^  || 7. Right mindfulness ||   ||
 * ^  || 8. Right concentration ||   ||

http://faculty.uml.edu/enelson/buddhismandwar.htm I found this hopefully it will help.

You can download this file it's an article about this Bhuddist monk who is known for being a WAR MONK. Pretty compelling stuff.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/buddhistethics/war.shtml - this site will tell you some facts about how the Buddhism belief interacts with war and conflict, there is also an interesting story to it, you guys may want to read this site.

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~stroble/BUDDWAR.HTM - this site has is very detailed about how Buddhism sees war and how they deal with it.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/buddhism.htm - This site is good for a general overview of Buddhism in case you forget something or whatever

http://www.bodydharma.org/choices/violence/sivaraksa.html - this is not bad, it has a long historic story on violence and conflict which refers to buddhism, might want to check this out.

The Lotus Flower symbolizes peace 1.) This is the cycle of Karma. 2.) cycle of karma with some graphics. Also known as the 7 spoke cycle.

The Four Noble Truths, one of the most fundamental basic teaching in buddhist teaching. These truths relate to the sufferings of nature, origin, cessation and the pathway to cessation. They are the truths that Gautama Buddha realized and discovered on his journey to reach enlightenment. (Gautama Buddha, is under the freaking bodhi tree meditating, when he acheived nirvana) (THIS PIC IS ONE OF THE EIGHT SYMBOLS CALLED THE TWO GOLDEN, IM NOT GNA TAKE UP SO MUCH SPACE HERE, SO GO TO THIS SITE TO VIEW ALL THE SYMBOLS http://buddhism.about.com/od/iconsofbuddhism/tp/eightsymbols.htm)The Eight Auspicious Symbols of buddhism. Originated from in Indian Iconography. These symbol during the ancient times, these symbols were usually associated with the coronations of the kings. These symbols aslo represented the gifts that the gods gave to the buddha after he acheived enlightenment. SYMBOL OF BUDDHISM, THIS IS A BUDDHA SCULPTURE ( Tell how the design is very detailed, the color, the ear structure, anything you think is worth writing)

THE THREE JEWELS OF BUDDHISM. also known as the Three Treasures, Three Refuges or the Triple Gem. These symbolize the three things that buddhist give themselves, and after that they look for guidance aka "taking refuge". Taking refuge is considered to make one officially a buddhist. The triple gem is the center for one major practice of ones reflection in buddhism. By taking refuge in the Three jewels or triple gem, the buddhist escapes from a suffering state in his/her rebirth.

The Path to Nirvana. This represents the suffering caused by desire. The Buddha taught that the desire is a flame that constantly burns us, causing suffering, and it also keeps us tied up to the cycle of death and rebirth. The fire keeps burning even in the "our" the "buddhists" life, reaching nirvana is just like putting out the fire, the end of suffering. ( ADD MORE IF YOU CAN, DONT BE A BABY)

THE EIGHT FOLD PATH. (USE SUNNY'S PICTURE ATT THE TOP OF THE PAGE FOR THE PROJECT) the eightfold path is a teaching in buddhism which is the way to the cessation of suffering, and also the achievement of self awakening. The eighfold path is used to help buddhist to discover the generate insights that unveils the ultimate truth of things. The first factor of the eighfold path is to understand what the four noble truths are. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eightfold_path "look for more info"

Look into this URL : http://www.experiencefestival.com/buddhism_beliefs, this gives a lot of detail about the noble eightfold path, the 4 noble truths and others... RELATING TO OUR QUESTION.

ENRICO AND SUNNY, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SITE : http://able2know.org/topic/16619-1, LOOK FOR A PERSON ASHERMAN'S RESPONSE, (THE ONE WITH THE REALLY LONG RESPONSE)