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    The document discusses elements of Theravada Buddhism. It identifies the Four Noble Truths and the eight elements of the Eight-Fold Path as right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. It evaluates how the Eight-Fold Path achieves the Middle Way. Finally, it discusses how acknowledging fear, impermanence, and lack of control in line with Buddhist teachings can help build character and enhance spirituality during the pandemic.

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    Aylle A.

    Frando
    11- Integrity
    HUMSS 1: World Religion

    Week 6: Demonstrates Understanding of the Elements of Theravada


    Buddhism

    1. Identify the Four Noble Truth & the Eight-Fold Path.


    The four Noble Truth 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. And the eight elements of the path are: (1)
    correct view, an accurate understanding of the nature of things, specifically
    the Four Noble Truths, (2) correct intention, avoiding thoughts of
    attachment, hatred, and harmful intent, (3) correct speech, refraining from
    verbal misdeeds such as lying, divisive speech, harsh speech, and senseless
    speech, (4) correct action, refraining from physical misdeeds such as killing,
    stealing, and sexual misconduct, (5) correct livelihood, avoiding trades that
    directly or indirectly harm others, such as selling slaves, weapons, animals
    for slaughter, intoxicants, or poisons, (6) correct effort, abandoning negative
    states of mind that have already arisen, preventing negative states that have
    yet to arise, and sustaining positive states that have already arisen, (7)
    correct mindfulness, awareness of body, feelings, thought, and phenomena
    (the constituents of the existing world), and (8) correct concentration, single-
    mindedness.

    2. Evaluate the Eight-Fold Path in terms of how it achieves the Middle Way.
    Right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right
    livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration.

    3. Discern value(s) in Theravada Buddhism that help builds your character


    and enhances your spirituality amidst pandemic.
    Acknowledge the fear
    Buddhist teachings state that suffering, illness and death are to be
    expected, understood and acknowledged. The nature of reality is affirmed in
    a short chant: “I am subject to aging … subject to illness … subject to
    death.” This chant serves to remind people that fear and uncertainty are
    natural to ordinary life. Part of making peace with our reality, no matter
    what, is expecting impermanence, lack of control and unpredictability.
    Thinking that things should be otherwise, from a Buddhist perspective, adds
    unnecessary suffering. Instead of reacting with fear, Buddhist teachers
    advise working with fear. As Theravada Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm
    explains, when “we fight the world, we have what is called suffering,” but
    “the more we accept the world, the more we can actually enjoy the world.”

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