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=**﻿ ﻿ Buddhism **= By: Brad Welsh =Founder: =

Siddhartha/Buddha founded the Buddhist religion 25,000 years ago.

=Religious Leaders: =

Dalai Lama: The religious leader The 3 Jewels:

Sangha:  The nuns and the monks

Dharma:  The laws the Buddhists abide by

Buddha:  The god they worship

=Places of Worship: =

 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">﻿ The place of worship is a temple. Visitors burn candles and incense in front of them. They are made of wood and have many buildings around a central <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">square column. The temples may include dharma wheels. Many people have shrines in their homes, where they honor their ancestors.

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px;">Beginning of Religion: =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Buddhism began in India. It later came around to Japan in the 6th century.

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px;">Beliefs: =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Buddhists beleive in the cycle. The cycle is birth, life, death, and rebirth. They believe in karma. Karma is the belief that everything they do or say effects their life and reincarnation. Once you have reached enlightment, you exit the cycle and reach Nirvana. Nirvana is when there is no ore suffering or rebirth.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px;">Gods:
<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">In Buddhism the people think everything is holy. Since everything is holy, nothing is more special than the next thing.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px;">Sacred Writings:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">﻿Sutras: The sayings of Buddha

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">These writings tell Buddhists all the rules and requirements they must meet and go by.



<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px;">Practices:
<span style="color: #0ed8d8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">﻿4 Noble Truths:


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Suffering is a part of life
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Suffering comes from desire
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">﻿﻿There is an end to suffering
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">﻿There is a path to end suffering

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The path to end suffering is known as the 8 Fold Path. <span style="color: #0ed8d8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">8 Fold Path:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Right** Understanding
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Right** Thought
 * 3) **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Right **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> Speech
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**Right** Action
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**Right** Work
 * 6) **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Right **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Effort
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**Right** Concentration
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**Right** Mindfullness

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px;">﻿Religious Festivals:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Vesak is Buddha's "Birthday". In one day Buddhists celebrate Buddha's birth, enlightment, and death. They celebrate Vesak on a day there is a full ﻿moon. This holiday is named ﻿after the month Vesak on the Indian calender﻿.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Vesak: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">In O-bon people beleive their ancestors come back to their families. It is celebrated on January 7th on the seventh month of the lunar calender. Paper lanterns and bonfires are lit to guide them to their homes. Then, when the fest is over, a banner is hung and the lights extinguished which signals the spirits back to the grave.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">O-bon: **



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<span style="color: #0ed8d8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">The Dharma Wheel <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">: Sybolizes the 8 Fold Path, one peg for every step of the Path



<span style="color: #0ed8d8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Lotus Flower <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">: Sybolizes enlightment



<span style="color: #0ed8d8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Buddha Statue <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">: Symbolizes that Buddha will take the sorrows out of the world