By: Mykalah Kellogg

Buddhist Religion

The goal for Buddhism is to attain nirvana, a state of complete peace in which one is free from the distractions of desire and self-consciousness.

What is Buddhism?

Creator of BuddhismBirth: 580 BCBuddha Siddhartha

Gautama Location: Lumbini,

Southern Nepal Left Southern Nepal

at the age of 29 Set on a path to

teach people “Enlightenment”

History

Foundation of Buddhism

1. Dukkha – Truth of Suffering

2. Samudaya – Truth of the cause of suffering

3. Nirhodha – Truth of the end of suffering

4. Magga – Truth of the path that frees us from suffering

Four Noble Truths

Meditation – Mental concentration and mindfulness

Mantras – SoundsMudras – Symbolic movementof the handPrayer Wheel – Recite Mantras with the turn of a

wheel

Rituals

Leaders of BuddhismThich Nhat HanhBorn: 1926Founded the School of

Youth for Social Services (SYSS) in Saigon, Vietnam

Studied at Princeton University

Lectured at Cornell University and Colombia University

Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (1967)

Tenzin Gyatso Dalai Lama

14th Dalai LamaBorn: 1935 in TibetLeader of Tibetan

peopleLeft for India in 1959First Dalai Lama to

travel to the WestNoble Peace Prize

(1989)State Congressional

Gold Metal (2007)

Master Cheng Yen Born: 1937FemaleTaiwanese Buddhist

Nun/TeacherFounder of Buddhist

Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation

Provides active help for the Myanmar’s Cyclone Nigris

By the spread to numerous countries, it was able to develop into a religion

Spread to almost all the countries of the worldPopulation: 350 millionHalf of the practice is Mahayana Buddhism

Status of Buddhism

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