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BUDDHISM
By: Clint, Holden, and Max
History
- Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism
History
Branches
Founder of Buddhism
- His father was the king and Siddhartha was the prince
- Left palace and saw four sights
- Saw old man, sick man, dead man, and holy man
Siddhartha
Gautama
Leaving the palace
- Holy man taught Siddhartha to live on his own
- Siddhartha left palace
- Meditated for seven weeks under a Ficus Religiosa
- Later became known as The Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama continued
Ficus religiosa tree
Ficus Religiosa
Branches
- Currently there are three major branches of Buddhism
- Vajrayana, Mahayana, and Theravada
- They are all mostly located on Asia
Location
Beliefs
- Does not believe in a god
- Higher power
- Goal to reach Nirvana
- Nirvana means true happiness
- Meditate to let go of greed and suffering
- Reincarnation
- Karma
Beliefs
Reincarnation and Karma
- Whatever you do will come back to you
- Return into one of six realms
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Teachings
The Buddhas Teachings
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- Four Noble Truths
- Three Universal Truths
- Eightfold Path
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Behavior
- Some Buddhists go to temples.
- Some Buddhists pray and/or meditate.
- Believe in doing good deeds.
Behavior
Meditation
- Buddhists often practice meditation for spiritual investigation and to calm themselves
- They also pray to embrace the Buddha and to honor their religion
Meditation
Peaceful meditation Music
Meditation Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2lZIUZ_ZwU
Kindness
Kindness
Buddhists respect and encourage kindness and nonviolence.
Buddhist temples
There are many types of Buddhist temples that some of them pray in. Here are two of the temples that they pray in. A Pagoda is a temple usually located in China and Japan. And a Stupa is located in India, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka and regions of East Asia.
Buddhist temples
Stupa
Pagoda
Pagodas and Stupas
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Belonging
Belonging
- Founded in 6th century B. C. E.
- About 500 million followers worldwide
- 4 million in the US
- 4th largest religion in world
- About 500 million followers
- 99% of Buddhists in Asia
- In US mainly Liberal
- No religious holidays
Becoming a Buddhist
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- Easy conversion
- No certain dress code for most Buddhists
- Buddhist monks wear orange
- No widely celebrated holidays
party affiliation
Buddhists in the world
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