BUDDHISM AND THE FOUR PRINCIPLE BELIEFS
Buddhism, with about 365 million followers makes up 6% of the world's population and is the fourth largest religion in the world (exceeded by Christianity, Islam and Hinduism).
Buddhism was founded in Northern India in the sixth century BCE by the first Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama when he attained enlightenment.
Buddhism is made up three main forms. They are Theravada Buddhism found mainly in Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and Laos, Mahayana Buddhism which is largely found in China, Japan, Korea, Tibet and Mongolia and Vajrayana Buddhism. Some other that can be included are Tibetan Buddhism and Zen Buddhism.
There are four principle beliefs in Buddhism.
These are:
The Four Nobel Truths
The Eightfold Path
The three Jewels
The Three Marks Of existence.
The Four Noble Truths
The “Four Noble Truths” of Buddhism are:
• Life means suffering.
• The origin of suffering is attachment.
• The cessation of suffering is......
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