1) Descent from Tushita heaven; 2) Entering the Mother's womb; 3) Taking birth; 4) Accomplishment in Worldly Arts; 5) Marriage and the Four Excursions; 6) Renunciation; 7) Life as an Ascetic; 8) Enlightenment Under the Bodhi Tree; 9) The conquest of Evils; 10) Attainment of
His life story is divided into five stages: birth, insight, enlightenment, the first discourse and finally death.
The Seven Factors of Awakening are seven mental capacities so valued as part of Buddhist practice that they are known as “inner wealth.” These factors are mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity.
The worlds are, in ascending order of the degree of free will, compassion and happiness one feels, the worlds of: (1) hell, (2) hungry spirits, (3) animals, (4) asuras, (5) human beings (6) heavenly beings, (7) voice-hearers, (8) cause-awakened ones, (9) bodhisattvas, and (10) Buddhas.
From the lowest to the highest, the realms consist of: (1) hell-dwellers, (2) hungry spirits, (3) animals, (4) demigods, (5) humans, (6) heavenly beings, (7) voice-hearers, or learners, (8) cause-awakened, or realized ones, (9) bodhisattvas, and (10) buddhas.
The precepts are commitments to abstain from killing living beings, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying and intoxication. Within the Buddhist doctrine, they are meant to develop mind and character to make progress on the path to enlightenment.
The four stages of awakening in Early Buddhism and Theravada are four progressive stages culminating in full awakening (Bodhi) as an Arahant. These four stages are Sotāpanna (stream-enterer), Sakadāgāmi (once-returner), Anāgāmi (non-returner), and Arahant.
Then the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara addressed the Blessed One, “Blessed One, the ten stages of the bodhisattva are called (1) Utmost (or Perfect) Joy, (2) Stainless, (3) Illuminating, (4) Radiant, (5) Hard to Conquer, (6) Manifest, (7) Far-Reaching, (8) Immovable, (9) Excellent Intelligence, and (10) Cloud of Dharma.
According to the Buddha, the Noble Eightfold Path consists of consists of Right View, Right Resolve, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration.
Food is prepared as a spiritual exercise with attention to balance, harmony, and delicacy. Conscious eating is followed among all Buddhists. Buddha advised monks to avoid eating 10 kinds of meat for self-respect and protection: humans, elephants, horses, dogs, snakes, lions, tigers, boars and hyenas.
With regard to eggs, they are in the fleshy smell category because they can become chicks, and they also contain animal scent. Therefore, one who has taken a strict vegetarian vow should not consume eggs. Although mass-produced eggs are now sterilized and do not contain life, they are obviously not of plant origin.
Buddhism, the Thai state religion, teaches that use of intoxicants should be avoided.
The Four Noble Truths
They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. More simply put, suffering exists; it has a cause; it has an end; and it has a cause to bring about its end.
The religion's founder, Buddha, is considered an extraordinary being, but not a god. The word Buddha means “enlightened.” The path to enlightenment is attained by utilizing morality, meditation and wisdom. Buddhists often meditate because they believe it helps awaken truth.
The Eightfold Path consists of eight practices: right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi ('meditative absorption or union'; alternatively, equanimous meditative awareness).
What can a person be reborn as? Within Buddhism there are five or six possible forms that rebirth can take. These are from the highest to the lowest: gods, demi-gods, human, animal, hungry ghost and hell creature.
three evil paths ［三悪道・三悪趣］ ( san-akudō or san-akushu): Also, three evil paths of existence. The realms of hell, hungry spirits, and animals, the lowest three of the six paths. The three evil paths are the realms of suffering into which one falls as a result of evil deeds. “Path” here means state or realm of existence.
Residing in oneness. In this final stage, you have fully awakened to your true nature and live in a state of constant awareness and presence. You no longer identify with your thoughts, emotions, or physical body, but rather with the infinite consciousness that animates all of life.