RE Places of Worship RE | Year 2 | Places of Worship | The Shape of Buddhist Temples | Lesson 4
Aim Aim • To discuss the shape of Buddhist temples. Success Criteria Success Criteria • Statement 1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. • I can discuss the similarities and differences between some Buddhist temples. • Statement 2 • I can identify how the elements are represented in the shape of a • Sub statement Buddhist temple. • I can draw and label my own Buddhist temple design. • I know how the five elements are represented in my design.
A Special Person Do you know who this is? This person is very special to Buddhists. It is Buddha. Buddha was born as Siddhartha Gautama. He lived some time around 500 BCE. He only became known as the Buddha after he had found enlightenment. Enlightenment means he found the truth about life. Photo courtesy of Akuppa (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution
A Special Person Buddhists do not believe in God. Buddha is a very special person to Buddhists but he was a person and not a god. Every Buddhist temple has at least one statue or image of Buddha. Buddhists thank Buddha for his teachings. They show him great respect. They do not pray to Buddha in the same way that other people might pray to God.
Looking at Buddhist Temples Buddhist temples vary in how they look from the outside.
Looking at Buddhist Temples One type of important Buddhist building is a stupa. Stupas are shaped like bells. Something very old and special that belonged to Buddha, such as a strand of his hair or one of his teeth, will be buried beneath the stupa.
Looking at Buddhist Temples Some Buddhist temples are pagodas. Pagodas are based on the design of stupas but they have rows of towers going upwards.
The Five Elements Buddhists believe that the universe is made up of five main things. These are called the five elements. Have you any idea what some of these elements that make up the ? universe might be? Buddhists believe the five elements are… Air Wisdom Earth Fire Water
The Five Elements Buddhist temples are designed to symbolise the five elements. Earth Wisdom Fire Air Water The earth is Wisdom is The spire The crescent The dome represented symbolised represents of a temple represents by the by the fire. represents water. square base pinnacle at air. of the the very top. temple.
The Five Elements pinnacle (wisdom) crescent (air) spire (fire) dome (water) square base (earth) Photo courtesy of chriscom (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution
Build It Up Wisdom Air Fire Water Earth
Aim Aim • To discuss the shape of Buddhist temples. Success Criteria Success Criteria • Statement 1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. • I can discuss the similarities and differences between some Buddhist temples. • Statement 2 • I can identify how the elements are represented in the shape of a • Sub statement Buddhist temple. • I can draw and label my own Buddhist temple design. • I know how the five elements are represented in my design.
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