Budismo

Piaget Bilingual Academy, Manatí PR

The
Buddhism

Kewin Lopez Acevedo Mrs. Martinez
History
9-AThe history of Buddhism is the story of one man’s spiritual journey to Enlightenment, and of the teachings and ways of living that developed from it.
Buddhism is a spiritual tradition thatfocuses on personal spiritual development and attainment of a deep insight into true nature of life. Buddhism teaches that all life is interconnected, so compassion is natural and important. Buddhism is 2,500 years old, there are currently 376 million followers worldwide. There are around 151,816 Buddhism in Britain according to the 2001 census.
Buddhism arose as a result of Siddhartha Guatama’s questfor Enlightenment in around the 6th Century BCE. There is no belief in a personal God. It is not centred on the relationship between humanity and God. The two main Buddhist sects are Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism, but there are many more. Buddhists can worship both at home or at a temple. The path to Enlightenment is through the practice and development of morality, meditation andwisdom. Buddhism teaches that all life is interconnected, so compassion is natural and important.
Dalai Lama is the head monk of Tibetan Buddhism and traditionally has been responsible for the governing of Tibet, until the Chinese government took control in 1959. Before 1959, his official residence was Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. The Dalai Lama belongs to the Gelugpa tradition ofTibetan Buddhism, which is the largest and most influential tradition in Tibet. The institution of Dalai Lama is a relatively recent one. There have been only 14 Dalai Lamas in the history of Buddhism, and the first and second Dalai Lamas were given the title posthumously.
According to Buddhist belief, the current Dalai Lama is a reincarnation of a past lama who decided to be reborn again tocontinue his important work, instead of moving on from the wheel of life. A person who decides to be continually reborn is known as tulku. Buddhists believe that the first tulku in this reincarnation was Gedun Drub, who lived from 1391-1474 and the second was Gendun Gyatso. However, the name Dalai Lama, meaning Ocean of Wisdom, was not conferred until the third reincarnation in the form of Sonam Gyatsoin 1578.

Dalai Lama it has traditionally been the responsibility of High Lamas of the Gelugpa Tradition and Tibetan government to find his reincarnation. The High Lamas search for a boy who was born around the same time as death of the Dalai Lama. It can take around two or three years to identify the Dalai Lama, and for the current, 14th Dalai Lama, it was four years before he was found.Dream, one of the High Lamas may dream about some mark or location that will identify the boy. Smoke, if the previous Dalai Lama was cremated, High Lamas will watch the direction of the smoke and search accordingly. Oracle Lake, High Lamas go to a holy lake, called Lhamo Lhatso, in central Tibet and watch for a sing from the lake itself. This may be either a vision or some indication of the directionin which to search. The home and village of Tenzin Gyatso was identified in a vision from this lake. Tenzin Gyatso was born Lhamo Dhondrub on july 6 1935 to a peasant family in the province of Amdo, in a village called Takster in northeastern Tibet.
Once the High Lamas have located the home and the boy, they present a number of artefacts which they have brought with them in preparation, to the...