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The creator of Buddhism was
Prince Siddhartha or
Buddha
It was created to end human suffering
Main points are...
The Four Noble Truths:Teach that all life is hurting and this is caused by craving. But to reach true happiness you need to give up cravings and use more time helping others, this is known as
Nirvana
The eightfold path:The way to reach
Nirvana, that includes understanding the
noble truths, overcoming negative
thoughts, being mindful and practicing
meditation
Reincarnation:Buddhists
believe in an endless cycle of life, Death and rebirth
The Story of the creation of buddhism
The story goes... The Young prince walked out of his palace only to see a group of suffering people...
He Then thought about it for a while and worked out how unfair it was that he lived in a palace and they were suffering on the street...
The young prince then decided to dedicate the rest of his life to helping people who are suffering around India...
After a while The prince recruited many people to help him on his quest to end human suffering.
The Four Noble Truths
Dukkha
To teach The Truth about suffering
Samudaya
to Teach the truth about the cause of suffering
Nirodha
to teach the truthabout the end of suffering
Magga
Teach the truth about the Eightfold Path
The Rules of The Eightfold Path
1: KNOW THE TRUTH 2: SAY NOTHING TO HURT OTHERS 3: PRACTICE MEDITATION 4: CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS 5: RESIST EVIL 6: FREE YOUR MIND FROM EVIL 7: WORK FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS 8: RESPECT LIFE
Reincarnation Buddhists believe that if you lead a good Buddhist life you would be reborn into a good animal. e.g. Like a dog or if you are lucky you will be reborn as a human.
If you lead a bad Buddhist life you would be reborn as a bad animal e.g. A rat
Buddhism is mainly practiced in the following regions:
The indian subcontinent, sri lanka, east asia, indochina, and regions in Russia and the Netherlands.
Is is estimated that about 350 million people follow buddhism, that is about 6% of the entire human population of the planet Earth.
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