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Buddhism "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions simply because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it." - Siddhartha Gautama
 * **376 million followers**

__**Origins**__
 * 1) Buddhism originates in Northern India founded by Siddhartha Gautama
 * 2) 563 - 460 B.C.

**__Beliefs__** 1. Human nature a. dependent orgination b. Suffering is a part of life c. Meditate to achieve Nirvana 2. 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. 3. The 4 Noble Truths a. Life is Suffering b. Suffering is Caused by Desires c. Suffering Can Be Gotten Rid of by Dwelling Only on the Present <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">d. The Noble Eightfold Path

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__Practices<range type="comment" id="110736">‍‍‍__** <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1. Meditation goal of meditation is to achieve nirvana (state of being free from suffering) <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">2. Mantras (sacred sounds) 3.Mudras (symbolic hand gestures) 4. Prayer wheels ‍

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 * 1) Lumbini - Buddha's birth place [[image:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lYCA-EX8O-Y/Tq6dlMcIQAI/AAAAAAAAE5g/dDL6hEalxdM/s1600/lumbini.jpg width="415" height="332"]]
 * 2) Bodh Gaya - birth place of buddhism [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Mahabodhitemple.jpg/220px-Mahabodhitemple.jpg width="220" height="293"]]
 * 3) Sarnath - first sermon [[image:http://www.psychics.co.uk/images/buddha_deer_park.gif width="200" height="187"]]
 * 4) Kushinara - place of death [[image:https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSf1Ye2BH0bMxOIKcvt_lyOdu0pWGcSmjyP8hT5PJJw6e0xRDF- width="284" height="177"]]