BUDDHIST+IDEAS

__**HISTORY, BELIEFS, AND BASIC IDEAS OF BUDDHISM**__
 * What are the basic beliefs and ideas of Buddhism? How and when did the religion arise? How prevalent is it in India today? How prevalent is it outside of India today?**

1.Buddha created the religion known as Buddhism and yoga is a certain exercise one can do to practice the religion. Most of the Buddhist of today are not in India. (WCo)

2. Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism. There are around 350 million Buddhists in the world today. (ama)

3. The three Jewels of Buddhism are The Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. (ama)

4. Buddha said that if one follows the Eighfold Path, he or she will obtain Nirvana. (alim)

5. Buddha found out that the "middle way" is the way to live life as a tunful harmony. To live a life in a "middle way" mena to act and think moderatiely and avoid extremes. (alim)

6. Buddhism is a philosophy which teaches that one can achieve complete enlightenment if all desire is eliminated from life. (mhu)

7. The Eightfold Path is the fourth of the Four Noble Truths. It is the way to end suffering by moral and mental discipline. (ama)

8. Monks for Buddism need to give up selfish desires and practice meditation.(pgr)

9. Karma, a belief that originated from Siddhartha Gautama's first religious insight, is based on the idea that things happen for a reason. The bird would not have been able to eat the freshly unearthed worm if it was not for the man who had just plowed there. (mhu)

10.Buddhism bases its practices and principles on the virtues of peace, loving kindness and wisdom.(dbe)

11. The four noble truths of Buddhism are the key values behind the teahcings of the Buddha. The first Truth is that life will evetually lead to suffering in one form or another. The second Truth is that suffering is cause by earthly desire. The third Truth is that suffering ends when all desire has been eliminated. And the fourth Truth is that one can reach the point where all desire is gone by following the Eightfold Path. (pgei)

12. Buddhism is the belief that a person's ultimate goal in life is to reach enlightenment (Nirvana). (jst)

13. In Buddhism, medation is used to calm the mind and focus it. (jst)

14. Buddhist believe in The Middle Way which is a practice of non-extremism. (spa)

15. There are two main branches of Buddhism, Theravada and Mahayana. Theravada spread to Southeast Asia, and Mahayana spread to East Asia. (spa)

16. Siddhartha Guatama went through a phase of fasting and he physically removed himself from desire, he continued with this until he learned that he was only going to starve himself to death (bbr)

17. Siddhartha Guatama found meditation as a way to focus on things and he found that it is also a part of the path to enlightenment. (bbr)

18. The dharmchakra is a symbol that represent the eightfold path in buddhism. (wste)

19. The Four Noble Truths were one of the first teachings of buddha after attaining Nirvana.(dmc)

20. The Eightfold Path consists of correct understanding, wishes, speech, conduct, employment, effort, kindness toward others, and meditation. (rsc)

21. In Buddhism, samsara is the process of coming into existance as a different mortal being. (eboo)

22. Moksha is liberation and bliss from the cycle of rebirth. It is also referred to as Nirvana. (eboo)

23. Dharma is the principle that orders the universe, and individual conduct in conformity with this principle. (eboo)