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Buddhism

Buddhism

Buddhism is one of the world's major religions, with between 230 to 500 million followers, most of them living in Asia. Buddhism branches off into many other religions just as Christianity does. The two main branches of Buddhism are Mahayana and Theravada. The word Buddha can be translated to awakened or enlightened. Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, taught around 5th century B.C. in northeast India and Nepal. Most Buddhists believe in rebirth and that the experiences are determined by Karma. People who are very spiritual are not bound by Karma and can determine their own rebirth. Some people can even determine others rebirths’. Buddhists believe that meditation is necessary at a certain point but most believe that they have not reached that point. Buddhism proposes very strong ethics of which encourage generosity and the Five Precepts: refraining from killing living beings, stealing, sexual immorality, lying, and taking intoxicants.

Gautama Buddha, whose......


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