Relationship Between Members and the World (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards

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Relationship Between Members and the World
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Buddhism's view: what fills the world

Suffering and attachments

How enlightenment is achieved in Buddhism

By ending attachments

Key insight: what determines our experience of life

Our attitudes and perceptions

Buddhist teaching: leather and shoes metaphor

Easier to change yourself (shoes) than change world (wrap earth)

What Buddhists already possess within for happiness

Everything needed for happiness and peace

Interconnectedness principle in Buddhism

Our actions affect ourselves and others

Buddhism's belief about a creator God

No belief in a supreme creator deity

Local gods in Buddhist countries

Accepted; often existed before Buddhism arrived

Buddhism's global reputation

Widespread respect for promoting peace and compassion

Research findings on Buddhist meditation practices

Benefit wellbeing; practitioners calmer and happier

Buddhism's ranking among world religions

World's fourth largest religious group

Western approach to Buddhist teachings

Integrate concepts with existing beliefs, not conversion

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