What god do they believe in?
Where is their place of worship?
What Sacrad Writings do they have?
Who are the Founders
What sects are there?
Any Religious places/things?
Any Symbols?
Do they have a Doctrine/Practices?
2006-10-10 11:29:31 · 6 answers · asked by usn809 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
sounds like someone should be looking for the answers themselves... homework help it seems.... get a book
2006-10-10 11:31:11 · answer #1 · answered by tabkat73 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Along with what Timothy DL posted, most buddhists do not have a central place of worship. Buddhism is practiced in one's own home, in nature, in the car, at work, anywhere really...it's more of a life style than a religion. There are practices and symbols. The best way to get answers to these questions is to investigate in person. Most major cities have at least one or two temples where you can go to meet real buddhist monks and nuns. It's these people who would best be able to fully answer your questions.
2006-10-10 19:45:26 · answer #2 · answered by Kellye B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buddhism (also known as Buddha Dharma (Pali: Dhamma), "the teachings of the awakened one") is a dharmic, non-theistic religion, a way of life, a practical philosophy, and arguably a form of psychology. Buddhism focuses on the teachings of Gautama Buddha (Pali: Gotama Buddha), who lived on the Indian subcontinent in or around the fifth century BCE[1] Buddhism spread throughout the subcontinent in the five centuries following the Buddha's passing, and propagated into Central, Southeast, and East Asia over the next two millennia.
Today, Buddhism is divided primarily into three traditions: TheravÄda (Sanskrit: SthaviravÄda), MahÄyÄna, and VajrayÄna. Buddhism continues to attract followers worldwide, and it is considered a major world religion. According to one source ([3]), "World estimates for Buddhists vary between 230 and 500 million, with most around 350 million." However, other sources give up to approximately 708 million adherents.[citation needed] Buddhism is the fifth-largest religion in the world behind Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and traditional Chinese religion, respectively.[2] Buddhism is the fourth-largest organised religion in the world, and the monks' order Sangha is amongst the oldest organisations on earth.
When used in a generic sense, a Buddha is generally considered to be a person who discovers the true nature of reality through years of spiritual cultivation, investigation of the various religious practices of his time, and meditation. This transformational discovery is called bodhi - literally, "Awakening" (more commonly called "Enlightenment"). Any person who has become awakened from the "sleep of ignorance" by directly realizing the true nature of reality is called a Buddha. Gautama Buddha is said to have been only the latest of many of these; there were other Buddhas before him and there will be others in the future
2006-10-10 18:31:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Good Buddists believe that you always add the milk to tea - never the tea to the milk.
2006-10-10 18:31:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.buddhanet.net/
http://www.zenguide.com/
It even do not quite fit in the practical meaning of the term "religion".
Explore it all :)
2006-10-10 18:34:06 · answer #5 · answered by Ateviel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great answer tabKat!
2006-10-10 18:31:44 · answer #6 · answered by Gene Rocks! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋