Settling The Mind

    Buddhist monks explain the importance of meditation in this video. According to Buddhism meditation makes a human being get closer to enlightenment and nirvana, the release of the soul. Buddha himself had to meditate to be an enlightenment being and to learn about life. It's not only important for getting closer to nirvana and enlightenment but also to settle your mind,getting rid of anger,temper,jealousy. Buddhism is going through the emotions that disturb you and trying to get rid of them so that it will bring joy. Also Meditation is the only medicine for mind like how it was mentioned in the video. Of course it's is not the only way to reach the goal. Some Buddhists have different practices, for instance listening to mantras (sacred sounds), performing mudras (making hand gestures and symbols),etc. Finally many people around the world meditate in order to have positive emotions and to settle the mind, it has gone global by spreading around the world with people interactions and media.

That Cliff Looks Like a Buddha!

Leshan Giant Buddha

   Without a shadow of a doubt this is the most amazing Buddha statue in the whole world! Leshan Giant Buddha is carved out of a cliff face in Sichuan, western China. Thousands of workers and sculptures worked on it and it took almost a century to complete (713-803). The sculpture stands above 233 feet and has 11 feet fingers on each of its enormous hands!!Both the statue and the area that it takes place (Maunt Emei Scenic Area) had been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. Ultimately Buddha is the main element for Buddhists and they carry out their beliefs to art by making statues and carving to remind their goal in this life.  

The Enlightened One

The Buddha

This is the Buddha, first human being to reach enlightenment. Budha is reffered as Siddharta Guatama which is the founder of Buddhism. When he was a kid, Siddharta's mother saw a dream that a child will be born which destined to become the greatest ruler or an enlightenment being. The destined child was prince Siddharta. His father, the king wanted him to be the greatest ruler, so he didn't want his child to go out and see the world,the pain and the suffering.One day when Siddharta was walking around the palace he saw an old man, a sick man and a dying man. Eventually he realized the suffering in the world and wondered why. He left the palace to seek answers to his questions and after 40 years of meditation, pain, fasting he got his answers and reached enlightenment. He showed the way for others and after he was dead he got worshiped by his followers which are the Buddhists.

Setting The Way

  

    
     Early Buddism remained centered on the Ganges Valley and spreaded gradually from it's ancient heartland India. This is the 1st Buddhist council which was formed after the death of Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. The objective was to record all Buddha's teachings in to the doctrinal teachings as known as Dharma, and to settle certain disciplinary problems and to establish the main rules of the new religion. It was the first time that the religion Buddhism was formally written and established, after this the religion would evolve and eventually spread out thru the world. This historical first council become known as Pancasatika because 500 hundred fully enlightened monks had taken part in it. There were two councils overall and after those the members become known as Sangha which is the Buddist community of monks,nuns,novices and laity. Sangha is one of the "Three Jewels" of Buddhism.