who was the leader for buddhism?

Question

symbol, scroll writing, place of worship, festivals

Answer 1

Budda

Answer 2

If you mean the founder, it would be Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha. He lived in the fifth century BCE.

There are three major works in the Buddhist canon. Different groups within Buddhism attribute a different level of deference to these writings they are the Vinaya Pitaka, the SÅ«tra Pitaka, and the Abhidharma Pitaka.

There is no single Buddhist leader. Different traditions arose over time and due to geography and they each have their own leaders. The most famous leader would probably be Tibetan Buddhism's Dalai Lama.

Answer 3

The founder of Buddhism was Siddhartha Gautama, who is thought to be the worldly body of Shakyamuni Buddha (the Buddha of this lifetime). The next Buddha is thought to be Maitreya, who is currently in his last lifetime before reaching Buddhahood. Buddhists worship Shakyamuni Buddha, but not in the traditional sense (they worship him to thank him and ask him for guidance).
The Dali Lama is the leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

Answer 4

It is a common mistake for people to assume that Buddha is a name that means God. Buddha was a man who lived from 536 BC to 483 BC He was a prince the the Sakya Kingdom . He married young and had an epiphany at age 29. Buddha means the enlightened one. His real name was Siddharta.

He was the leader of the movement.

Answer 5

Leader- Lord Buddha.

Scroll writing- Dhammapadaya and Thripitake.

place of worship- Buddhist temples.

Festivals-Wesak poya day (The full moon day in the month of May,The day The Buddha was Born,Enlightened,Passed away)

Answer 6

There are 3 branches of Buddhism - Buddha is the only teacher of Buddhism not leader! So depends on which branch you like, there are many differences! The largest branch is Mahayana (SE Asia)!

Answer 7

You are the leader of Buddhism, the individual controls everything.

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thought. With our thoughts, we make our world”
- Siddhartha Gautama -

Our symbols are numerous and meaningless unless you can see past their physical nature...

Our sacred texts are useless unless what is written in them agrees with your common sense...

As for our places of worship:
“There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness”
- The Dalai Lama -

Every day is a festival...

Answer 8

Siddhartha Gautama. This is a little confusing. See, Siddhartha is called "The Buddha." But, according to the tradition, anyone can be a "Buddha" who chooses to lead a really good life and finds enlightenment

Answer 9

Who was the leader for buddhism?

“What is known of the Buddha’s life is based mainly on the evidence of the canonical texts, the most extensive and comprehensive of which are those written in Pali, a language of ancient India,” says the book World Religions—From Ancient History to the Present. What this means is that there is no source material of his time to tell us anything about Siddhārtha Gautama, the founder of this religion, who lived in northern India in the sixth century B.C.E. That, of course, presents a problem. However, more serious is the question of when and how the “canonical texts” were produced.

Buddhist tradition holds that soon after the death of Gautama, a council of 500 monks was convened to decide what was the authentic teaching of the Master. Whether such a council actually did take place is a subject of much debate among Buddhist scholars and historians. The important point we should note, however, is that even Buddhist texts acknowledge that the authentic teaching decided upon was not committed to writing but memorized by the disciples. Actual writing of the sacred texts had to wait for a considerable time.
According to Sri Lankan chronicles of the fourth and sixth centuries C.E., the earliest of these Pali “canonical texts” were put in writing during the reign of King Vattagamani Abhaya in the first century B.C.E. Other accounts of the Buddha’s life did not appear in writing until perhaps the first or even the fifth century C.E., nearly a thousand years after his time.

Thus, observes the Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, “The ‘biographies’ are both late in origin and replete with legendary and mythical material, and the oldest canonical texts are the products of a long process of oral transmission that evidently included some revision and much addition.” One scholar even “contended that not a single word of the recorded teaching can be ascribed with unqualified certainty to Gautama himself.”

2. Symbol of Buddhism?
In Indian Buddhism the form of the symbol with angles to the right is called “swastika.” This is derived from the Sanskrit term “svasti,” meaning “object of well-being.”

3. Buddhism Scroll writing?
Teachings attributed to the Buddha were passed on by word of mouth and only began to be put down in writing centuries after he had passed off the scene. Thus, at best, they represent what his followers in later generations thought he said and did. This is further complicated by the fact that, by then, Buddhism had already splintered into many schools. Thus, different texts present quite different versions of Buddhism.

The earliest of the Buddhist texts were written in Pali, said to be related to the Buddha’s native tongue, in about the first century B.C.E. They are accepted by the Theravada school as the authentic texts. They consist of 31 books organized into three collections called Tipitaka (Sanskrit, Tripitaka), meaning “Three Baskets,” or “Three Collections.” The Vinaya Pitaka (Basket of Discipline) deals mainly with rules and regulations for monks and nuns. The Sutta Pitaka (Basket of Discourses) contains the sermons, parables, and proverbs delivered by the Buddha and his leading disciples. Finally, the Abhidhamma Pitaka (Basket of Ultimate Doctrine) consists of commentaries on Buddhist doctrines.

On the other hand, the writings of the Mahayana school are mostly in Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan, and they are voluminous. The Chinese texts alone consist of over 5,000 volumes. They contain many ideas that were not in the earlier writings, such as accounts of Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, who are said to have lived for countless millions of years, each presiding over his own Buddha world. It is no exaggeration when one writer observes that these texts are “characterized by diversity, extravagant imagination, colorful personalities, and inordinate repetitions.”

4. Places of Worship?
Buddhist monks practicing self-discipline in the mountains. As mountains were considered the dwellings of Shinto divinities, the monks’ ascetic practices in the mountains gave rise to the idea of mixing Buddhism and Shinto, which also led to the building of jinguji, or “shrine-temples.” Gradually a fusion of the two religions took place as Buddhism took the initiative in forming religious theories.
Buddhas (“enlightened ones”) and bodhisattvas (Buddhas-to-be who help others achieve enlightenment) were seen only as temporary local manifestations of the divinity.

Answer 10

Regarding festivals: This year, Buddha's birthday, as it is celebrated, will be on the same day as Easter. Flowers for everybody!

Answer 11

A guy named Budda-(Buddists don't worship him like God just for your information It's a commen misconception)-and the Dai Lama.