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Buddhism World Religions. Buddhism  Buddhism currently has about 376 million followers  fourth largest religion  founded in Northern India by Siddhartha.

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1 Buddhism World Religions

2 Buddhism  Buddhism currently has about 376 million followers  fourth largest religion  founded in Northern India by Siddhartha Gautama (circa 563 to 460 BCE)  spread into much of the far East

3 Buddhist World

4 Buddhism & Hinduism shared beliefs Karma is the sum total of an individual's actions of body, speech and mind -- good, bad and neutral -- taken in their current and previous lives.

5 Buddhism & Hinduism shared beliefs  Reincarnation is the rebirth of a living being after death into a new body that is either a human, animal or a supernatural being.

6 Buddhism & Hinduism shared beliefs  Dharma, in Buddhism, refers to two items: -The teachings of the Buddha; a person's path to enlightenment, and -The fundamental principles that order the universe

7 Forms of Buddhism  Theravada – Southeast Asia  Mahayana – Northern Asia  Vajrayana – Considered part of Mahayana Buddhism  Tibetan – Tibet due to isolation  Zen- Chinese Mahayana  Modern

8 Siddharth Guatama  Indian Prince  Developed Buddhism

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10 4 Holy Truths  Human existence involves much suffering  Human suffering occurs because human beings are self centered  Self centeredness can be overcome  The way to overcome self-centeredness is the 8 Fold Path

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12 8 Fold Path  Right understanding; you must clearly see what is wrong with your life.  Right purpose; you must correct what is wrong

13 8 Fold Path  Right Conduct; you must act to correct the wrong.  Right Speech; you will speak in ways that help.

14 8 Fold Path  Right Vocation; your occupation must not conflict with your efforts to correct what is wrong.  Vanity/model  Alcoholic/ bar tender Right Effort; you really must work at making a change. Practice, Practice, Practice

15 8 Fold Path  Right Awareness; your effort must always be on your mind.  Right Meditation; you must meditate on correcting what is wrong: you must get your effort for change into your subconscious mind as well as the conscious mind.

16 Buddha in Nepal

17 Leshan China Giant Buddha World s Largest Buddha built in 713

18 Buddha Vientiane Laos

19 Buddha Hong Kong

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