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Buddhism
Beliefs Of The Religion: Noble Eight Fold Path- Right understanding,right thought, right speech, right actions, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.

The Fou ﻿ r Noble Truths- Suffering is a part of life, suffering comes from desire, there is an end to suffering, and there is a path to end suffering.

Spiritual Places: A shrine is a spiritual place the buddhists set up in their home. Another spiritual place for Buddhists is a temple. For example, the largest and busiest temple in Sanghai is the Longhua Temple.



Shrine ﻿﻿﻿ Temple

Buddhism God(s): ﻿﻿Buddhists don't believe in god or any god at all. They believe that everything is holy and is a god.

Religious leaders: Dalia Lama. He is the spiritual and political leader. The three jewels are Sangha, Dharma, and Buddha.

The founder of buddhism: ﻿ The founder of this religion is Siddhartha (buddha)

Traditions and holidays: ﻿One buddhist holiday is the Buddhist new year. It is usually celebrated three days from the first full moon in April. Another holiday is Buddhas birthday, Vesak (Visakah Pujah), and that is celebrated on the day of the first full moon in May. Another one is Bodhi Day (Enlightenment Day) which honors the enlightenment of Siddhartha.

Sacred writings: ﻿Sutras is the holy book for Buddhism. It is believed to be the actual words of Buddha. There are many other sacred writings in the buddhist religion. Such as the Theravada, the Mahayana, and the Tibetan. The main one remains to be Sutras.

History: ﻿The history of Buddhism all started with a man named Siddhartha. He  was a man of great wealth and he lived in a huge palace. He was a prince and he definitely lived like royalty! Although at the age of 29, he gave up his royalty, and retired to the forest. There he decided to be a more holy man. After 6 years he received enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. After that he took the name Buddha and started to teach what he believed. Which was later called Buddhism.