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The Kashyapa Buddhist Centre provides followers of Buddhism and others the opportunity to study and learn more about Buddhism and incorporate Buddha’s teachings into their everyday lives.
Buddhism is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the “Buddha”
or "enlightened one," who lived in Northern India at the foot
of the Himalayas in the 6th century BCE.
Siddhartha Gautama rejected his luxurious upbringing, and set off to live as an ascetic, travelling from town to town. An ascetic is a person who suffers physical hardships as part of their religious beliefs to enable them to focus better on life’s truths.
Siddhartha eventually rejected this extreme life style and chose what he called the ‘Middle Path’ to enlightenment.
Buddhists
are opposed to violence and cruelty. Buddhism is particularly practised
in Far Eastern countries.
The Basics of Buddhism
The way to achieve enlightenment or ‘Buddahood’ is through meditation, morality and wisdom.
Buddhists
do not believe in a God but are tolerant of all other religions.
Buddhists believe that everything is in a state of change – nothing
ever stays the same.
Buddhists believe that all lives are interconnected and that our actions
affect other people directly and indirectly.
More Web Sites
All
about Buddhism -
http://buddhism.about.com/
More about Buddhism -
http://www.fwbo.org/buddhism.html
The Kashyapa Buddhist Centre -
http://www.meditate-in-bradford.org.uk/
BBC religion site -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/
A great RE site -
http://juniors.theresite.org.uk/
