Ethnic Buddhists in New South Wales

By Lyall, Graeme

Book Id: WPLBN0000706565
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Ethnic Buddhists in New South Wales
Author:	Lyall, Graeme
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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Excerpt: (Originally published in Abe Wade Ata (Ed.) Religion and Ethnic Identity - An Australian Study Vol.3, 1990, Richmond, Vic., Spectrum Press.) ORIGINS AND TEACHINGS In the year 563 B.C., on the border of modern day Nepal and India, a prince was born to a ruler of a minor kingdom, the Sakyan. His name was Siddhartha Gotama and, at the age of thirty five, he attained, after six years of struggle and through his own insight, full enlightenment or Buddhahood. The term 'Buddha' is not a name for a god or an incarnation of a god, despite Hindu claims to the contrary, but is a title for one who has realized through good conduct, mental cultivation and wisdom the cause of life's vicissitudes and the way to overcome them. Buddhism is, perhaps, unique amongst the world's religions in that it does not place reliance for salvation on some external power, such as a god or even a Buddha, but places the responsibility for life's frustrations squarely on the individual.