What is Buddhism?

This is a picture of Buddha. The founder of Buddhism. They worship him by following his teachings. One of his teachings is meditating.

Intro

What is Buddhism? If you don't know, that's okay. This blog is going to tell you what it's about and anything else you need to know about Buddhism. Once your done reading this blog, you can go out and tell all your friends what you have learned about Buddhism.

Founder

Buddhism was founded by a guy named Siddhartha Gautama, an Indian prince. They call him the Buddha. It was founded in c. 520 B.C.E. in Northeastern India. Buddhism is the fourth largest religion in the world. 360 million people follow this religion. This religion started in Northeastern India and expanded to China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

Holy Books/Sacred Texts

One of the holy books/sacred texts is the Tripitaka. The Tripitaka is a book about the earliest collection of Buddhist teachings. Another book is called the Tibetan. The Tibetan, book of the dead, describes in detail the stages of death. The last book is the Mahayana Sutras. Its about the early Mahayana Buddhist Sutras. There are two Sutras. The Lotus Sutra describes a sermon, a public speaker, delivered by the Buddha to an assembly of Buddhas, boddhisatvas, and other celestial beings, someone delivered by the Buddha. The second book is the Heart Sutra. The book is very short and only has a few pages. It provides a summary of key Mahayana concepts.

Religious Holidays

The holidays vary by regions. The most commonly celebrated holidays are Buddha's birthday, Buddha's enlightenment, and the Lunar Quarters.

Rituals/Customs

Meditation is a custom that gives mental concentration and mindfulness. In addition to meditating, another custom is a Mantra. A mantra is sacred sounds. Another thing that is practiced is a Mudra. A mudra is a symbolic hand gesture. Furthermore, they practice a prayer wheel. A prayer wheel is reciting mantras with the turn of a wheel.

Dress/Clothing

The clothing that they wear is a robe. The robe illustrates two main types of religion. The robes come in three different colors. The three colors are orange, brownish, and tannish color. The clothing style follows any style of what country they live in.

Hierarchy/Organization

Buddhism really isn't much of a hierarchy because there are only monks in the organization.

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