NATIBuddhism-Josh

=**Buddhism **= = =
 * =**The Founder-Buddha**=
 * =**The Year Founded-528 B.C**=
 * =**The Religious Leaders-Dalai Lama, Monks, Nuns, Buddha**=
 * **Place of Worship- Temple, Shrines, Pagodas, monasteries, Shankshonaries, monasteries,meditation halls**
 * =**This Religion Began in-India**=
 * =**It is Practiced- All over The World**=
 * **The main Beliefs-**
 * **Reincarnation- When someone dies, they come back to life as something different**
 * **Four Noble Truths-**
 * **Life means suffering**
 * **The origin of suffering is attachment**
 * **The cessation of suffering is attainable**
 * **The path to the cessation of suffering**
 * **Believe in Meditation-Is a practice of being mindfull in all you do, as you are doing it**
 * **5 basic precepts-**
 * **I undertake the precept to refrain from destroying living creatures**
 * **I undertake the precept to refrain from taking that which is not given**
 * **I undertake the precept to refrain from sexual misconduct**
 * **I undertake the precept to refrain from incorrect speach**
 * **I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs which lead to carelessness**
 * **Do they have a Religious God- No, instead they meditate and attempt to find their inner perfection**
 * **The Sacred Writings and their meanings- Tipittaka, Contain Chapters of Budda**
 * **The Religious Practices- Medditation, Birth, Marrage, Death, and Ceremonies**
 * **The Festivals-**
 * **New year-A new year is a special time because it urges people to make a new beginning with the onset of a fresh new year**
 * =Vesak- The most important day in the Buddhist calendar around the world, celebrates the birth, enlightenment, and passing away of Gautam Buddha.=
 * =Asalha Pugh day-One of the most important festivals of the Thervada Buddhists, the Asalha Puja Day, or the Dhamma Day celebrates the first teaching of the Buddha.=
 * =Elephant Festival-The Elephant festival is celebrated with the Thai Buddhist beliefs on the third Saturday of November.=
 * =The Main Symbols- Budda Medatating, Parasol, Golden fish, Tresure vase, Lotus, Conch, endless Knot, and Victory Banner=