Buddhism told in nutshell

 BUDDHISM: CONCISE PHILOSOPHY

There are three  Basic Teachings of Buddhism, namely, (1) The Three Universal Truths - Nothing is lost in the universe; Everything Changes;  There is a Law of Cause and Effect; (2)The Four Noble Truths - Suffering is common to all; We ourselves are the cause of our suffering; We need to stop doing what causes suffering; All are capable of following the path to end suffering or everyone can be enlightened; and (3) The Noble Eightfold Path - Right View; Right Thought; Right Speech; Right Conduct; Right Livelihood; Right Effort; Right Mindfulness; and Right Concentration. 

In fact, the world is treated as place full of suffering due to past Karma to be endured and mind to be freed of evils by following precautions to move toward right Karma, which is also called life with Panchsheelas.

1. No killing (Respect for all life forms) 

2. No stealing (Respect for others' possessions and property)

3. No sensual misconduct or no indulgence in sexual gratifications (Respect for our pure nature of body and mind)

4. No lying (Respect for honesty and being objective)

5. No intoxicants (Respect for consciousness and its immense potential)


I have tried to summarise Buddhism through the following three haiku.

INSPIRED HAIKU

Transient's outer world 

Desires condition-n-delude -

Cause sorrow and strife

~*~

Suffer all of us 

With Karmic retribution

Be virtuous! Be wise!

~*~

Desires cause sorrow 

De-condition, start afresh

With pious consciousness


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
  Make paradigm shift toward feminist pedagogy to bring about gender equity in education: Special on National Women's Day 2024 I n India, on the 13th of February each year, the National Women's Day is commorerated  to mark  the birth  anniversary of Sarojini Naidu - an eminent poet, stateswoman, freedom fighter and advocate of gender equity.  Besides paying homage to Sarojini Naidu's noted efforts in promotion of women's rights, the issues of gender parity, gender sensitivity, gender equity and women's empowerment are high-lighted. Here,  on the occasion of National Women’s Day-2024, I  reproduce my article “What is good for girls is good for boys bu not vice versa” which was earlier used by citizen journalism portal ‘mynews.in’ and circulated by Azim Premji Foundation through their  ‘Active News’ website. For gender equity in general education and more so in STEM education areas.   “Feminist pedagogy begins with the premise that gender and the social inequality it
Read more

Vidya Bharati Run Girls School in Jaipur Receives Commonwealth Award for Maths Project Led by Dr Lalit Kishore

Image
 Vidya Bharati Run Girls School in Jaipur Receives Commonwealth Award for Maths Project Led by Dr Lalit Kishore Association for Science Education (ASE) 2024 Annual Conference was held from 4th to 6th January at the University of Northampton's Waterside Campus in the United Kingdom. The ASE Conference Technicians day (5th January) was officially sponsored by Philip Harris, part of the Findel Group. The Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME) partnered with Findel International Education Resources and Philip Harris to sponsor awards. The names of the award recipients are announced at the ASE conference. The CASTME Vice Chair (Awards), Kathleen Nugent, intimated that the project "Intervening to feminize senior school mathematics with STEAM and daily life connections" led by Dr Lalit Kishore, a resident educator in local community, at the Senior Secondary Girls Adarsh Vidya Mandir School in Jaipur, India, has won the CASTME Commendat
Read more

C'Wealth Award for Dr Kishore for math education innovation at girls' school of Vidya Bharati in Jaipur

Image
  C'Wealth Award for Dr Kishore for math education innovation at girls' school of Vidya Bharati in Jaipur The Annual Conference of Association of Science Education (ASE)-2024 was held at the University of Northampton's Waterside Campus in January, from the 4th to the 6th inclusive, informed the organizers. The UK's largest gathering of science educators from across the education spectrum witnessed more than 250 sessions with keynotes, speakers and workshops.  There was also an exhibition of science education organisations, social events and a special schools exhibition for local schools to showcase science projects. There were sessions focused on primary and secondary science teaching running across all three days, add the organizers. The emphasis was on professional development of science educators, teachers, researchers and technicians The concluding day focused on Research sessions and hosted the Schools Exhibition where teachers and their students talked about schoo
Read more