Transcript Buddhism

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2,500 years, the religion we know today as
Buddhism has been the primary inspiration
behind many successful civilizations, the
source of great cultural achievements and a
lasting and meaningful guide to the very
purpose of life for millions of people.
Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual
development leading to Insight into the true
nature of reality.
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Buddhism arose about the same time as
Hinduism and Judaism .
Buddhism was started by Siddharta Gautama
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The man who was to become the Buddha was
born Siddhattha Guatama around 563BCE
2,600 years ago as a Prince of a small territory
near what is now the Indian-Nepalese border.
At age 29, Guatama left his wife and children
to seek spiritual enlightenment.
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At the age of 35, on the full moon night of May, he
sat beneath the branches of what is now known as
the Bodhi Tree, in a secluded grove by the banks of
the river Neranjara.
He developed his mind in deep but luminous,
tranquil meditation. Using the extraordinary
clarity of such a mind with its sharp penetrative
power generated by states of deep inner stillness,
he turned his attention to investigate upon the
hidden meanings of mind, universe and life. Thus
he gained the supreme Enlightenment experience
and from that time on he was known as the
Buddha.
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Buddhists who were the very first propagators
of religion, spread their faith by travelling over
the world.
The monks who ventured into those lands
were tortured. Hundreds were killed by
imperial decree.
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Buddhism does not include the idea of
worshipping a creator god, some people do not
see it as a religion in the normal, Western
sense.
In Asia, it is thriving in countries like Sri
Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Korea and Japan.
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In Asia, it is thriving in countries like Sri
Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Korea and Japan.
Buddhism first appeared in Thailand during
the 3rd century B.C. in the area of the present
day provincial capital Nakhon Pathom.
There are around 350 million Buddhists and a
growing number of them are Westerners
Buddhism does not include the idea of
worshipping a creator god, some people do not
see it as a religion in the normal, Western
sense.
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Buddhist practices like meditation are means of
changing yourself in order to develop the
qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom.
Buddhism shows itself in the way people eat, the
construction of their building, the way in which
people interact with each other.
Buddhism has an affect on the Western side of
China.
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Buddha died of young age.
The Buddha, at the age of 80, believed that he
was near death. He ate his last meal as an
offering from a blacksmith named Cunda, fell
ill afterwards, and died. Controversy arose
had he died a natural death, or had he been
poisoned?His body was cremated and the
relics were placed in monuments or stupas,
which is believed to still be in existence today.