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Buddhism
 * Founder : ** Siddhartha Gautama also know as Buddha
 * Religious Lead ****er : ** Dalai Lama
 * Place of Worship : ** Vihara

Buddhism was originated from India and has now spread so that there are Buddhists in nearly every country.
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 * Description of Main Beliefs **

to his or her good or bad deeds (called reincarnation)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">After death one returns to earthly life in a higher, or lower form of life according

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">This world is not created and ruled by a god
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Faith centers on correct understanding of human nature and ultimate reality
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Buddha is their only master
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">They take refuge in the Buddha, the Ohamma, and the Sangha

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Buddhists don't believe in one god, they believe in many. For example if you needed <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">rain you ask one god, if you needed the rain to stop you would ask another.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0ea4ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; font-weight: normal;">Description of gods **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">- mother of all compassion
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Examples: [[image:worldreligionswiki7/green_tara_02.jpg width="199" height="243" align="right" caption="Green Tara"]]**
 * __**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Green Tara **__<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;"> - mother of all buddhas


 * __**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Medicine Buddha **__<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;"> - buddha of healing
 * __**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Manjushri **__<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;"> - Badhisattua of wisdom
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Vajrasattua **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;"> - Bodhisattua of purification


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #98ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; font-weight: normal;">Description of Sacred Writings **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Divided into the categories of canonical and non-cononical
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Sotras or Suttas are believed to be, either literally or metaphorically, the actual words of the Buddha
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Tripitaka is the earliest collection of Buddhist teachings and the only text recognized as canonical by Therauda Buddhists
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">The Mahayan Sutras is a sacred text
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Tibetan book of the dead is most well known to the west.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Written by a Tibetan monk
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Describes in detail the stages of death from the Tibetan point of view

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0ea4ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Description of Practices

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">to do unto others as you would have them do unto you
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">3 Trainings or Practices
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">1. Sila: virtue, good conduct, morality. This is based on 2 fundamental priciples:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">The principle of equality: that all living entities are equal
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">The principle of reciprocity: this is the golden rule in Christianity---


 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">2. Samadhi: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;"> concentration, meditation, mental development. Developing one's mind is the path to wisdom which in turn leads to pearson freedom. Mental development also strengthens and control our mind; this helps us maintain good conduct.
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">3. Prajna: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;"> discernment, insight, wisdom, enlightment. This is the real heart of Buddhism. Wisdom will emerge if your mind is pure and calm.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #98ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Description of Festivals

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">enlightment, and death of the Buddha on the one day, the first full moon day in May.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Vesak or Visakah Puja (Budddha Day)-Buddha's birthday celebrates the birth,


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Elephant Festival- the Buddha used the example of a wild elephant which when is caught, is harnessed one to train. In the same way, he said, a person new to Buddhism should have a special friendship of an older Buddhist. This festival is held on the third Saturday in November.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">The festival of the tooth- In the city of Kandy a great temple was built to house a relic of Buddha, his tooth. The tooth can never be seen, but once a year in August on the night of the full moon, there is a special procession for it.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0ea4ec; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Symbols
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Eight Spoked Wheel- represents Buddha turning the wheel of truth or law
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Bodhi Tree- represents the tree under which the Buddha achieved enlightment
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Footprints- represents the physical presence of the enlightened one



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