[4:59:24 PM] *** Call to Mansoor Limba, no answer. *** [5:00:47 PM] *** Call to Mansoor Limba *** [5:06:23 PM] Abdullah Musa: absent=jonaldin manalasan/ibrahim madani [5:06:34 PM] Abdullah Musa: yong iba sir late [5:08:55 PM] Mansoor Limba: > Historical Background > Basic Beliefs [5:10:56 PM] Mansoor Limba: Historical Background Doubters on some elements of Hindu teachings: - Karma, caste system, worship of gods and goddesses North-eastern India 560 B.C.E. Siddharta Gautama [5:14:49 PM] Mansoor Limba: “A Manual of Buddhism” (Colombo, Sri Lanka): “On the full-moon day of May in the year 623 B.C. there was born in the district of Nepal an Indian Sakyan Prince, by name Siddhattha Gotama.* King Suddhodana was his father, and Queen Maha Maya was his mother. She died a few days after the birth of the child and Maha Pajapati Gotami became his foster-mother. “At the age of sixteen he married his cousin, the beautiful Princess Yasodhara. “For nearly thirteen years after his happy marriage he led a luxurious life, blissfully ignorant of the vicissitudes of life outside the palace gates. “With the march of time, truth gradually dawned upon him. In his 29th year, which witnessed the turning point of his career, his son Rahula was born. He regarded his offspring as an impediment, for he realized that all without exception were subject to birth, disease and death. Comprehending thus the universality of sorrow, he decided to find out a panacea for this universal sickness of humanity. “So renouncing his royal pleasures, he left home one night... cutting his hair, donned simple garb of an ascetic, and wandered forth as a Seeker of Truth.” [5:23:52 PM] Mansoor Limba: Enlightenment – How It was Attained “turning point of his career” - When he saw for the first time in his life: • Sick man, an old man and a dead man Ø This experience caused him to agonize over the meaning of life: - Men were born, only to suffer, grow old and die? Ø He saw a holy man, one who had renounced the world in pursuit of truth - Impelled him to give up his family, his possessions and his princely name and spend the next six years seeking the answer from Hindu teachers and gurus, but without success [5:28:59 PM] Mansoor Limba: Therefore, he pursued a course of meditation, fasting, Yoga, and extreme self-denial, yet he found no spiritual peace or enlightenment His realization -> both extreme self-denial and self-indulgence were useless -> He adopted what he called the Middle Way, avoiding the extremes of the life-styles that he had been following [5:33:05 PM] Mansoor Limba: Deciding that the answer was to be found in his own consciousness, he says in meditation under a papal, or Indian fig tree Resisting attacks and temptations by the devil Mara, he continued steadfast in his meditation for 4 weeks or so until he supposedly transcended all knowledge and understanding and reached enlightenment [5:34:38 PM] Mansoor Limba: "Nirvana" - enlightenment [5:34:41 PM] Mansoor Limba: By this process, Gautama became BUDDHA – the Awakened or Enlightened One. - Attained the ultimate goal, Nirvana, the state of perfect peace and enlightenment, freed from desire and suffering - Also become known as Sakyamuni (sage of the Sakya tribe) - Often addressed himself as Tathagata (one who thus came [to teach]) [5:37:04 PM] Mansoor Limba: sage - wise person [5:37:08 PM] Mansoor Limba: man of wisdom [5:39:40 PM] Abdullah Musa: what i the meaning of impelled amd agonizesir..? [5:39:58 PM] Abdullah Musa: impelled and agonize [5:41:03 PM] Mansoor Limba: paracea [5:41:28 PM] Mansoor Limba: universal medicine [5:41:41 PM] Abdullah Musa: what about vishnu brahma and shiva sir..? [5:43:05 PM] Mansoor Limba: > Basic Beliefs After attaining enlightenment, he set forth to teach his newfound truth – his “dharma” – to others His first sermon, given in the city of Benares, in a deer park, to 5 “bhikkus” (disciples or monks) - To be saved, one must avoid both the course of sensual indulgence and that of asceticism and follow the Middle Way - Then one must understand and follow the Four Noble Truths [5:46:21 PM] Mansoor Limba: Four Noble Truths: 1. All existence is suffering; 2. Suffering arises from desire or craving; 3. Cessation of desire means the end of suffering; 4. Cessation of desire is achieved by following the Eight-fold Path, controlling one’s conduct, thinking and belief [5:49:18 PM] Abdullah Musa: what is the five of eight-fold path [5:51:46 PM] Mansoor Limba: The Middle Way and the Four Noble Truths – embody the essence of the Enlightenment - considered the epitome of all the Buddha’s teaching [5:51:59 PM] Mansoor Limba: highest point [5:52:01 PM] Mansoor Limba: apogee [5:52:05 PM] Mansoor Limba: zenith [5:52:09 PM] Mansoor Limba: summit [5:52:42 PM] Mansoor Limba: * Gautama claimed no divine inspiration for this sermon but credited himself with the words “discovered by the Tathagata” On his deathbed: “Seek salvation alone in the truth; look not for assistance to any one besides yourself” Thus, according to the Buddha: Enlightenment – comes not from God but from personal effort in developing right thinking and good deeds [5:54:02 PM] Mansoor Limba: Buddhism Spreading Its Influence [5:56:23 PM] Mansoor Limba: Buddhism’s Diverse Ways: 1 – Theravada (Way of the Elders) or Hinayana (Lesser Vehicle) school of Buddhism - flourishes in Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Kampuchea (Cambodia), and Laos - conservative - emphasizes gaining wisdom and working out one’s own salvation by renouncing the world and living the life of a monk, devoting oneself to meditation and study in a monastery • It is common sight in some of these lands to see groups of young men with shaved heads, in saffron robes and bare feet, carrying their alms bowls to receive their daily provision from the lay believers whose role is to support them. It is customary for men to spend at least some part of their life in monastery. • The ultimate goal of the monastic life is to become an “arhat” (one who has reached spiritual perfection and liberation from the pain and suffering in the cycles of rebirth). The Buddha has shown the way; it is up to each one to follow it. [5:59:59 PM] Mansoor Limba: 2 – Mahayana (Greater Vehicle) school of Buddhism - Commonly found in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam - Emphasizes the Buddha’s teaching that “truth and the way of salvation is for everyone whether one lives in a cave, a monastery, or a house... It is not just for those who give up the world.” - Basic Mahayana concept > the love and compassion of the Buddha are so great that he would not withhold salvation from anyone. • It teaches that because the Buddha-nature is in all of us; everyone is capable of becoming a Buddha, an enlightened one, or a bodhisattva. • Enlightenment comes, not by strenuous self-discipline, but by faith in the Buddha and compassion for all living things. • This clearly has greater appeal to the practical-minded masses, and because of this more liberal attitude, however, numerous groups and cults have developed - Mahayana sects that developed in China and Japan 1. Pure Land school of Buddhism > centers its belief around faith in the saving power of Amida Buddha, who promised his followers a rebirth in the Pure Land, or Western Paradise, a land of joy and delight inhabited by gods and humans. * From there, it is an easy step to Nirvana * By repeating the prayer “I place my faith in Amida Buddha,” sometimes thousands of times a day, the devotee purifies himself in order to attain enlightenment or to gain rebirth in the Western Paradise 2. Zen Buddhism (Ch’an school in China) – derived its name from the practice of meditation > the words ch’an (Chinese) and zen (Japanese) – variations of the Sanskrit word “dhyana” (meditation) > this discipline teaches that study, good works, and rituals are of little merit > one can attain enlightenment simply by contemplating such imponderable riddles as, “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” and “What do we find where there is nothing?" *The mystical nature of Zen Buddhism has found expression in the refined arts of flower arrangement, calligraphy, ink painting, poetry, gardening, and so on, and these have been favorably received in the West. Today, Zen meditation centers are found in many Western countries [6:06:44 PM] Mansoor Limba: 3 – Tibetan Buddhism or Lamaism - Sometimes called Mantrayana (Mantra Vehicle) because of the prominent use of mantras, a series of syllables with or without meaning, in long recitation - Instead of emphasizing wisdom or compassion, this form of Buddhism emphasizes the use of rituals, prayers, magic, and spiritism in worship • Prayers are repeated thousands of times a day with the aid of prayer beads and prayer wheels • The complicated rituals can be learned only under oral instruction by lamas (monastic leaders) among whom the best known are the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama. After the death of a lama, a search is made for a child in whom the lama is said to have been reincarnated to be the next spiritual leader [6:11:04 PM] Mansoor Limba: HOLY WRITINGS • Teachings attributed to the Buddha were passed on by word of mouth and only began to be put down in writing centuries after he had passed off the scene. • Thus, at best, they represent what his followers in later generations thought he said and did • This is further complicated by the fact that, by then, Buddhism had already splintered into many schools • Thus, different texts present quite different versions of Buddhism • Earliest Buddhist texts > written in Pali, said to be related to the Buddha’s native tongue, in about the first century BCE > accepted by the Theravada school as the authentic texts > consist of 31 books organized into 3 collections called “Tipitaka” (Sanskrit, Tripitaka), meaning “Three Baskets” or “Three Collections” [6:14:18 PM] Mansoor Limba: 3 Baskets 1 – “Vinaya Pitaka” (Basket of Discipline) – deals mainly with rules and regulations for monks and nuns 2 – “Sutta Pitaka” (Basket of Discourses) – contains the sermons, parables, and proverbs delivered by the Buddha and his leading disciples 3 – “Abhidhamma Pitaka” (Basket of Ultimate Doctrine) – consists of commentaries on Buddhist doctrines [6:15:47 PM] Mansoor Limba: Mahayana writings – mostly in Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan - voluminous * The Chinese texts alone consist of over 5,000 volumes, containing many ideas that were not in the earlier writings, such as accounts of Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, who are said to have lived for countless millions of years, each presiding over his own Buddha world [6:17:37 PM] Mansoor Limba: THE BUDDHA’S FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS (Factsheet 10) The Buddha expounded his fundamental teaching in what is called the Four Noble Truths. Here we quote from the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness), in a translation by T.W. Rhys Davids: • “Now this, O Bhikkus, is the noble truth concerning suffering. Birth is attended with pain, decay is painful, disease is painful, death is painful. Union with the unpleasant is painful, painful is separation from the pleasant; and any craving that is unsatisfied, that too is painful… • “Now this, O Bhikkus, is the noble truth concerning the origin of suffering. Verily, it is that thirst, causing the renewal of existence, accompanied by sensual delight, seeking satisfaction now here, now there – that is to say, the craving for the gratification of the passions, or the craving for life, or the craving for success… • “Now this, O Bhikkus, is the noble truth concerning the destruction of suffering. Verily, it is the destruction, in which no passion remains, of this very thirst; the laying aside of, the getting rid of, the being free from, the harboring no longer of this thirst… • “Now this, O Bhikkus, is the noble truth concerning the way which leads to the destruction of sorrow. Verily, it is this noble eightfold path; that is to say: right views; right aspirations; right speech; right conduct; right livelihood; right effort; right mindfulness; and right contemplation.” [6:18:05 PM] Mansoor Limba: BUDDHISM AND GOD (Factsheet 11) “Buddhism teaches the way to perfect goodness and wisdom without a personal God; the highest knowledge without a ‘revelation’; …the possibility of redemption without a vicarious redeemer, a salvation in which everyone is his own savior.” – The Message of Buddhism, by the Bhikkus Subhadra, as quoted in What is Buddhism? Then are Buddhists atheists? The book What is Buddhism? Published by the Buddhist Lodge, London, answers: “If by atheist you mean one who rejects the concept of a personal God, we are.” Then it goes on to say: “A growing mind can as easily digest the idea of a Universe guided by unswerving Law, as it can the concept of a distant Personage that it may never see, who dwells it knows not where, and who has at some time created out of nothing a Universe which is permeated by enmity, injustice, inequality of opportunity, and endless suffering and strife.” Thus, in theory, Buddhism, does not advocate belief in God or a Creator. However, Buddhist temples and stupas are found today in nearly every country where Buddhism is practiced, and images and relics of Buddhas and bodhisattvas have become objects of prayers, offerings, and devotion by devout Buddhists. The Buddha, who never claimed to be God, has become a god in every sense of the word. [6:23:02 PM] Abdullah Musa: siddartha gautama is a boy or girl? i saw some statue they called buddah but he have breast and they said she have a three son .. and some say the girl that cant be pregnant can wish to have baby ..? what kind of buddism is it ? if you dont mind sir [6:26:31 PM] Mansoor Limba: Abdulradzak, Morzil G. Aleeman, Alrafy Alih, Majid M. Jr. Benor, Mapandi D. Cali, Jamalodin M. Datugan, Amerudin S. Ibrahim, Madani A. Mahmood, Abdul Jabbar S. Mahmood, Sharief Yahya S. Manalasal, Jonaldin J. Mapandi, Abdul Najib D. Mapandi, Ben Noor D. Mapandi, Yunos A. Mustapha, Mohammad M. Najeeb Razul, Najeeb Bin F. Sanday, Mustapha M. Ragasajo, Romeo G. Jr. Yusof, Abdul Yasser [6:27:59 PM] Abdullah Musa: sir wala jan si abdurakib j.alim [6:28:35 PM] Mansoor Limba: copy [6:29:41 PM] Abdullah Musa: kulang po ng middle name ung sakin sir [6:29:49 PM] Abdullah Musa: Alrafy A. Aleeman sir [6:29:54 PM] Mansoor Limba: copy [6:30:19 PM] Abdullah Musa: sir ok na po ba?
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