https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft 10 facts per focus p.28-33 en-us 2017-04-24 17:01:06 UTC 2017-04-27 17:15:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902864 Siddhartha was a prince who was born Kshatriya.]]> 2017-04-24 17:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902864 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902908 Siddhartha noticed how hard some people had to work and wondered the point of human life. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902908 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902921 Before he was 30 he left home for answers on how people struggled. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902921 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902927 No one gave convincing answers to Siddhartha.]]> 2017-04-24 17:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902927 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902931 Siddhartha starting fasting, which means going without food. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902931 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902938 He did not bath either]]> 2017-04-24 17:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902938 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902943 He devoted a lot of his time to meditation.]]> 2017-04-24 17:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902943 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902948 He was once meditating under a tree for 7 weeks straight. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902948 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902976 Suddenly he had found the answers he was looking for, he realized 3 reasons why people are struggling, they want what they like but do not have, wanting to keep what we like and already have, and not wanting what they dislike but already have. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902976 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902982 The tree he was meditating under is now known as the Tree of wisdom. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167902982 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903002 Siddhartha taught mostly merchants and artisans. He even taught some kings.]]> 2017-04-24 17:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903002 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903050 The followers were some of the first believers in Buddhism.]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903050 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903053 There were 4 noble truths in the Buddha's teachings. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903053 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903058 The 1st one is suffering and unhappiness are a part of human life. No one can escape sorrow. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903058 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903060 The 2nd one is suffering comes from our desire for pleasure and material goods. People cause their misery because they want things they don't and cannot have.]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903060 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903064 The 3rd one is People can overcome their desires and ignorance and reach nirvana, a state of perfect peace. Reaching nirvana would free a person's soul from suffering. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903064 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903068 The 4th and last one is people can overcome ignorance and desire by following an eight fold path that leads to things like wisdom, enlightenment, and salvation. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903068 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903075 Some of the Buddha's teachings were challenged by Hindu ideas. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903075 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903082 The Buddha rejected many ideas from the Hindu texts such as the animal sacrifice.]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903082 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903091 The Buddha hated the caste system, he didn't think people should be confined to a particular place in the society.]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903091 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903115 The Buddha challenged the authority of the Hindu priests and Brahmins. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903115 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903179 The Buddha did not believe in the enlightenment of their rituals. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903179 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903184 One thing he did not reject was the reincarnation though. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903184 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903189 The Buddha thought that it was a persons own work for their salvation. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903189 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903192 The Buddha's opposition to the castes won him masses of followers. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903192 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903196 The reasons to this is because all of the low class people did not have to bother about their low class, it wouldn't matter. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903196 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903202 The higher classes also joined in because many rich and powerful Indians welcomed his ideas about avoiding the extreme behavior of seeking salvation. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903202 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903204 Another teaching was to avoid lies and gossip.]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903204 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903212 The last teaching of the eightfold path is to practice proper meditation. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/167903212 2302062 https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/168696516 One of the teachings were prevent evil do good.]]> 2017-04-27 16:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/2302062/ThomasWiedenhoeft/wish/168696516