I have found the latter half of the Life of Buddha unit to be quite interesting! I have been reading more about Siddhartha's adult life, and his desire to know the truth. The story of Siddhartha and King Vimbasara really struck me. Siddhartha talks in detail about desires, and how they are evil things and he has trained himself to be free from desires.
I find it interesting that the teachings of Buddha show desires as evil. Living in a world devoid of feeling or desire seems really sad to me. But, this is also because I don't think that numbing yourself to all of life's problems is a true answer to all of them.
I find it interesting that all throughout the unit, Siddhartha wants to obtain supreme knowledge. However, he doesn't do much to obtain it. When you think about it, this makes no sense. If you want to become and engineer, you don't resolve to sit on your bed for six years until the knowledge of being an engineer comes to you. You go to class, you read books, you practice, and you get help from others.
The very last story of the unit is how Siddhartha becomes the Buddha. His whole argument it so confusing to me. I just don't know how I feel about all of it (although, I guess that is not the point, because feelings very much do not matter according to the Buddha!).
I find it interesting that the teachings of Buddha show desires as evil. Living in a world devoid of feeling or desire seems really sad to me. But, this is also because I don't think that numbing yourself to all of life's problems is a true answer to all of them.
I find it interesting that all throughout the unit, Siddhartha wants to obtain supreme knowledge. However, he doesn't do much to obtain it. When you think about it, this makes no sense. If you want to become and engineer, you don't resolve to sit on your bed for six years until the knowledge of being an engineer comes to you. You go to class, you read books, you practice, and you get help from others.
The very last story of the unit is how Siddhartha becomes the Buddha. His whole argument it so confusing to me. I just don't know how I feel about all of it (although, I guess that is not the point, because feelings very much do not matter according to the Buddha!).
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| Siddhartha Guatama Buddha. Source: MrDowling |
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