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Help for coursework?
Hi bascially i need to research a main faith religion in the UK and i have chosen buddhism but for it i need to do a questionnaire/ interview someone from this faith but i dont know anyone would you be able to help and just answer these questions for me?
1. Is there any sacred buildings in the buddhist faith?
2. Are there any sacred texts?
3. Are there any major festivals?
4. Why is the budda so important in the buddhist faith?
5. Are there any symbols?
6. how do buddhists worship?
7. What do buddhists beleive?
8. What idd Buddha teach?
9. What is karma?
10. Are there differnt ypes of Buddhism?
I would really appreciate if you could do this for me thank you
xxx
1. Is there any sacred buildings in the buddhist faith?
2. Are there any sacred texts?
3. Are there any major festivals?
4. Why is the budda so important in the buddhist faith?
5. Are there any symbols?
6. how do buddhists worship?
7. What do buddhists beleive?
8. What idd Buddha teach?
9. What is karma?
10. Are there differnt ypes of Buddhism?
I would really appreciate if you could do this for me thank you
xxx
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I mean, you said you wanted someone here to answer all these questions for you so you could turn them in, ready-answered.
Of course (and I hope you realize I'm not helping you here) if you answered "Yes" to numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, & 10, technically you'd be correctly answering half the questions.
Yes, I love to change the topic, but no, I wouldn't advocate anyone here answering all of your questions, unless maybe if you're in the ninth grade or lower.
Sincerely,
N
I'll go one further.
I live in the UK, so I could help elaborate, although these questions hardly relate to Buddhism in the UK, at all.
1. Is there any sacred buildings in the buddhist faith?
Yes.
2. Are there any sacred texts?
Yes.
3. Are there any major festivals?
yes
4. Why is the budda so important in the buddhist faith?
because he's the founder, although of course, he wasn't Buddhist.
5. Are there any symbols?
Yes
6. how do buddhists worship?
Strictly speaking, they don't.
7. What do buddhists beleive?
Nothing. All Buddhists are taught to not believe, at least, blindly. Buddhists are encouraged to verify.
8. What idd Buddha teach?
About suffering, and the liberation from Suffering.
9. What is karma?
Karma means you don't get away with anything. And it all counts.
10. Are there differnt ypes of Buddhism?
Yes.
Just for the record, we get asked a lot, to do people's coursework/projects/homework for them.
Two things:
One: do your own research. You learn more that way.
Two: I suspect this was a Summer home assignment, because school starts again in a couple of weeks.
So you're leaving it a bit late. (PM me and tell me which school you're at.... I could come and give a talk on it, if you want....)
or maybe, it's not really an assignment, and you're just curious.
Oh, and I deleted your identical duplicate thread.
There was no point, because we all get alerts, and answers in two forums aren't really necessary. You'll get all you need here, I'm sure.
Thanks for visiting!
Its for a uni retake assignment thats due in in 2 weeks we have to focus on a faith that we are not part of and then look at religious education in primary schools.
1. Is there any sacred buildings in the buddhist faith?
yes its called the Stupa
2. Are there any sacred texts?
Yes its called the Tripitaka
3. Are there any major festivals?
Yes Wesak - when Buddha was born, Dharma Day, Kathina and more
4. Why is the budda so important in the buddhist faith?
look this one up, obviously becasue its the founder.
5. Are there any symbols?
Yes Buddha, The wheel of life, the lotus flower (purity)
6. how do buddhists worship?
Most at home but can do in temple. Feet have to face buddha. puja - chant to show love for Buddha
7. What do buddhists beleive?
That Buddha knows what the world is like, nothing is perfect and things can change, Buddha wasnt a God.
Believe in reincarnation.
8. What did Buddha teach?
Three Signs of Beings, Four Noble Truths, Noble Eightfold Path
9. What is karma?
our action have results
10. Are there differnt types of Buddhism?
yes the main sects are Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism
Hope this helps
These are pretty specific answers to broad questions. I don't think there's a brief way to sum them up without doing an actual interview or compiling some research.
Also, I think you may be misinformed regarding some of these answers.
PM me if you like, because as I have said, I am in the UK, and if you want help, I could offer to do this more thoroughly.
But if you ask questions on a specific subject, you need to make them more specific and open-ended, not 'yes/no' questions.
If you've been asked to Interview someone, that's what you need to do.
There is no single answer to every question you've asked. Asking for answers on a Buddhist forum is ridiculous because you will receive such a broad spectrum of replies, it will confuse you.
You need to be able to quote your sources.
This is cutting corners, and ultimately, it will do you no favours.
Which University?
Universities are currently closed, and will not re-open for at least another 4 weeks. My partner has recently completed his 1st Class honours Degree in Law, so I do understand a bit about University education and methodology.
As for Education in Primary schools - any particular area?
I was a primary School Parent Governor, and could help in that direction, also.
I'm afraid if you come onto a Buddhist forum with something like this, we need more credentials and background. You have no idea what kinds of visitors we have, and the reasons they give.... so it's unfortunate, but we have to be on our guard against difficult situations. As a Moderator, I have to be more cautious than most.
In such brief context, these answers are neither accurate nor generally accepted. This is why you were advised to interview somebody. Interviewing one person would be more fruitful, and why personal research is vital.
If this interview is just for the appendices, how will these relate to the main body of your assignment?
Is this a dissertation....?
Quite.
And if this is a retake University assignment, it will do you no favours to turn work in that's unsubstantiated or vague.
You need references, footnotes and sources.
Please PM me with the University at which you are doing this work, what University course you are taking, and what the title of the dissertation is.
Living here as I do, we can come up with something far better than this.
I'm going to close the thread, because it will simply get more complicated and run away with itself.
I await your PM.
Thanks.