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A Look at Buddhism
Jaclyn Tate
Axia College University of Phoenix

Buddhism is a set of philosophies and teachings that is often described as a religion. It is also known as “Buddha Dharma” or “Dhamma”, which means “teachings of the awakened one”. The earliest known origin of Buddhism began in the 5th century BCE (before the current or common era) with the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, also referred to as Buddha. The primary teachings of Buddhism concern the search for enlightenment. Everything in the Buddhist religion revolves around this search which calls for a life of love, justice, kindness to one another, and transcendence of the material world.
Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, a city in Ancient India, in what is now Nepal. The traditionally accepted account of his life says Siddhartha was born a prince, the son of King Suddhodona. King Suddhodona was visited by a wise man shortly after Siddhartha’s birth and was told that his son would grow up to be......

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