BUDDHISM

HISTORICAL BACKROUND
BUDDHISM
- a reform movement within Hinduism.
- Its origin to Siddhartha Gautama (563 B.C.) who
encountered suffering through visions of an old
aged man, a sick man, a corpse, and a
wandering ascetic.
- He is known as the Buddha, the Enlightened
One
- He died around 483 B.C.
BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE
1. On God and Ultimate reality
- does not have the concept of God.
- Nirvana - promotes ethical inner purity, right
conduct, freedom from suffering and reliance
on one’s experience

2. Moral Principles and Values

- The Five Moral Precepts.
- The Four Noble Truths.
- The 8 paths
BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE
3. The Three Jewels or The Three Treasures
- Buddham saranam gacchami. “I take refuge in
the Buddha.”
- Dhammam saranam gacchami. “I take refuge
in the Dharma.”
- Sangham saranam gacchami. “I take refuge in
the Sangha.”
 COMMONALITY IN THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH
1. Between Jesus and Buddha
- Both played as teacher teaching the message of
the good tidings
2. In terms of the Five Noble Truths
3. Five Moral Precepts
- The Commandments and Spiritual Meditation
4. The Three Jewels
- The Confession of Faith
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PROPOSALS
LIVE CHRIST. To enter into an interfaith dialogue
requires an adequate religious self-understanding. To
be really open for dialogue, one must be fully aware
of the uniqueness of one’s own faith.

SHARE CHRIST. Interfaith dialogue necessitates being

engaged by the faith of the other. Nothing significant
will happen out of dialogue unless we have been
seriously tested, challenged and enticed by the faith
stance of our partners in dialogue.