Thursday, November 11, 2010

Buddhism



[warmup]
1. Read this quote from Buddha.
"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

2. Answer these questions:
-What is this quote talking about?
-Do you agree with it?

3.Post your answer as a comment. Remember you have to login (same as your computer) as name_lastname@wmep.k12.mn.us

[today's guiding questions]
Who was Buddha?
How did Buddha come to become the founder of Buddhism
What do Buddhist believe?
What is the eightfold path?
What are the four noble truths?

[today's vocabulary terms]
1st - 4th Noble Truth
8 steps of the Eightfold Path
enlightenment

26 comments:

  1. Pretty much he's saying not to be a jerk about it, whatever "it" is. Say someone looks like they've been thrown into a blender and therefore look terrible. You don't tell them "You look like someone threw you into a blender." You ask if they're okay, or if they want something blah blah. And if something bad happened you're nice to them, so you're healing them with words.

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  2. I think what the quote is talking about is people have the power to change to change the world. I also agree with the quote.

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  3. I think the quote is talking about that words can be hurtful and damage your life.. but the truth is always the best :D and yes i agree w/ it..

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  4. The quote is saying that you can hurt someone by talking about them and stuff but you can also make someone feel happy or good by giving them compliments and stuff like that.

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  5. -im not exactly sure what this quote means but to me its saying being nice and true can be powerful

    -i guess i agree with it

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  6. I think it is talking about that we can hurt people with words, but some of our words we can help them. With in that if you do good in our words then we can help the world be a better place that can not be filled with war and hate. I do agree with this because with one word we can lose everything, but with one word we can also gain a lot and we can help the world be a better place by just talking and using nice words

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  7. 1.Words can make you feel good or bad. When you're being honest and kind, you can make someone feel better.
    2.I completely agree with it.

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  8. 1.Words can be powerful in a good way or a bad way. They can destroy and they can heal.

    2.Yes i do agree with it.

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  9. Words can lead to actions.

    Yes, I agree with the quote because, by saying something mean to a person, it could start a "war", but by saying something nice it creates a stronger bond between the two people.

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  10. The quote is talking about how what people say can either make someone happy or sad, so you have to be careful of what you say.

    I guess I agree with it since words can cause a war or bring peace. It all depends on how and what you say.

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  11. Words have a lot of meaning to them, so be wise upon what you say
    -Tycen

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  12. that words have many meanings and paths, they can do lots. words are power, if you can twist and bend them you can twist and bend people.

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  13. its saying words are really powerful. And that they can bring war as well as bring peace. Words can bring us together as a unity as well as destroy us like an atomic bomb. What we say can dramatically change the world.

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  14. -What is this quote talking about?
    What you say can be really mean and hurt someone but if you are nice and kind and truthful, you can heal.
    -Do you agree with it?
    I sort of do.

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  15. I think he is talking more about ideas than words. Words are simply ideas in convenient packages. When an idea is true and kind, it can inspire people to do great things. Things like religion can push people like Mother Teresa to do wonderful things for the world, and it all starts with an idea in your head. Think of all the powerful things you can do if you know how to persuade people, if you know how to convince people. You can do a lot of great deeds and a lot of terrible deeds with only words.

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  16. 1. This quote is saying that words can hurt us, but they can also make us feel better. It depends on how they're used.

    2. I think it's true in some situations, just because you say something nice or mean doesn't necessarily mean it will influence the person.

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  17. Ariana Warren
    1. do agree with this quote i think it is very true

    2. This quote is talking about how what you say is always going to be out there. It is also saying that what you say can be very hurtful, or can be meaningful and nice.

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  18. -To me this quote means that what you say can be hurtful but it also can make you happy.
    -I do agree with this quote because I see it happen everyday.

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  19. "Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world".
    1. The quote is basically talking about when you say something nice or do something nice, it has the power to change peoples lives or make peoples lives better.
    2. Yes I agree with this quote because I do believe that nice words can change peoples lives.

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  20. This quote is talking about that words can sometimes have a huge impact depending on what you say and if they are the truth the impact is even greater or severe.

    Words can both destroy and heal but sometimes they have to be backed up with action to actually make something happen. Although depending who you are to the person you are telling something and depending how honest you are can also determine the impact. Words with no feeling or honesty are just letters clumped together. Might as well be gibberish.

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  21. What is this quote talking about :

    To me this quote is saying weather you say something positive or negative to someone, you have the power to make or break them. . . Or maybe even change them .. Like their out looks on things.

    Do you agree with it? :
    I would have to say that I do agree with this quote, because it's true.

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  22. its saying that words are incredibly powerful and they can be used for good or evil. When people use words they can make other people do things that they want. I agree a lot with this because I have experienced this before.

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  23. 1.The quote is basically saying that words can be powerful and that some words can heal people and change their lives.
    2. yes,I agree with the quote

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  24. Post about the image- approved by Mr. H

    Its like the goddess with people around her who are trying to brig her down from her thrown. She is very pretty and looks like a queen. But then there are people on the other side who are the good people.

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  25. I believe this quote is talking about how words can make one feel. Such as hurting someone's feelings or making someone smile. I agree with this quote because I think your words are very powerful. You can speak and change the world but you have to make the decision if you want to make it positive or negative.

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  26. The quote means that words have power and they can affect people positively or negatively. I agree with the the statement about them having the power to change the world because they have the ability to sway opinions and persuade people to do certain actions.

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