what is buddhism?how did it start?hat do they believe?

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Answer 1

Buddhism

Buddhism is a very logical philosophy which reveals about the mind,life,and the nature of the world.Lord Buddha is the great master.

A Buddha is a great master who shows people the way to achieve Nirvana the cessation of Sorrow.Lord Buddha was his own master and preached the knowledge he gained through enlightenment.He has reached the state of Buddha by improving his self doing merits and meditation for many years in his previous lives.
Lord Buddha did not represent another powerful invisible figure to preach his knowledge and was his own master. To the layman he taught how to live a good, sincere, happy and a purposeful life and proposed some guidelines to follow to achieve these objectives. Those who do good deeds are rewarded with positive results and vice versa he said. He also said those who want to improve the mind should practise to eliminate selfishness, hatred, anger and ignorance.

Lord Buddha had born 2500 years ago in Northern India and has gain the state of Buddha in his life due to the great merits he has done in his previous lives and the improvement of mind by the meditation he has done.He is not the first or the last Buddha.
There were Buddha's in the past and will be in the future.So We are living in a rare era,A era where Buddhism exists in the world.
We are very lucky to be born in a period of a Buddha.Because there are dark eras where Buddhism do not exists in this world.

He said right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration will lead to cessation of sorrow and to attain Nirvana the ultimate peace.To achieve Nirvana you have to follow the above path.It is not a process which can be done very quckly. One has to follow the path Buddha has taught patiently to achieve Nirvana.


For the intellectuals he said the life is sorrow and taught the way to eliminate the sorrow, by enlightenment. Enlightenment could only be attained through improvement of knowledge thus the improvement of conscious or mind hence some consider it as a philosophy. Worshipping is not a requirement in Buddhism though many do it as a habit and a custom.

Long before Newton, Buddha said every action has a reaction including in all conscious deeds. Those who do good deeds shall be rewarded with positive results and those who do harmful actions (with a evil intension) may experience in adverse results. The results of our righteous or sinful deeds Buddha said shall follow our soul in subsequent lives. Apart from heaven and hell he also said there are other forms of lives after this life.

Just like in thousands of present day books which provide self improvement techniques. Buddha provided an enormous amount of advice to the layman to improve one's self. He said selfishness, hatred, anger and ignorance prevent one from self improvement. One who want to improve the mind should learn to eliminate these four status of mind. He said right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration will lead to cessation of Sorrow.


Buddha is said to have supernatural powers such as reading others thoughts.He has gain those abilities through meditation. We already know some people possess super natural powers and extra ordinary abilities. Such status could be achieved by improving one's mind thought it is not the ultimatum of the Buddhism. Self improvement or the learning process since the childhood is a way of improving our mind or thinking. It is by improvement of one's mind that the truth could be understood.

It is up to the individual who follows Buddhism to understand and practice what Lord Buddha had taught.Understanding and practicing is important for self improvement.
The Lord Buddha has shown the way.It is our own responsibility to follow it and understand the truth.

Buddhists are practicing 3 major merits in their lives.

they are

1. Dana ( Giving & helping other people and animals. )

2.Sheela ( preventing from doing sins like killing and harming others and animals ,stealing,adultery,false speech, etc..)

3.Bhavana ( The improvement in mindfulness and wisdom by practicing Meditation.)

From these practices they are trying to give up desires step by step and coming closer to the state of ultimate freedom NIRVANA.


5 Main precepts of Buddhism

1. I undertake the precept to refrain from destroying living beings.
2. I undertake the precept to refrain from stealing.
3. I undertake the precept to refrain from sexual misconduct (adultery, rape, child abuse, etc).
4. I undertake the precept to refrain from false speech (lying).
5. I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicants which lead to heedlessness.

Every Buddhist should take those precepts and try to improve own self to live a happy,peaceful life.

When you give up your lust,anger,fear,hatred your mind becomes more clear and calm.It is improved by meditation.

One fine day when You understand the truth by your self which was shown by Lord Buddha you will find the ultimate peace.

Buddhism is a great philosophy ,it is all about understanding by your self.So here are some good web sites to find out more about Buddhism.

http://www.metta.lk/

http://www.bswa.org/

Answer 2

Buddhism arose from the teachings of Gautama Siddhartha (usually known as Gautama Buddha, or just the Buddha) close to 2500 years ago.

Buddha means enlightened one, Buddhism means "religion of enlightenment".

Buddha came to a strong realization of the depth of suffering in the world and set out to discover the source of this.

After seven years of studying many of the religious paths of the day, including many of the ascetic paths, he decided to start meditating until he attained some answer.

What he discovered was an understanding of the causes of suffering in the individual, and a way to transcend that suffering.

As mentioned previously, it has no gods, though doesn't say there are none, it has no beliefs or dogma. It is a meditational religion where the individual, through meditation, comes to their own understanding of the truth about themselves and suffering. Enlightenment, in other words.

Answer 3

it form of feels to me that the God someone believes in says a lot extra about the man than it does about God. some human beings seem to trust in a cranky, vengeful, petulant God. Others trust in a large figure contained in the Sky God. some deny that there is any God in any respect. some say God is Love. No, i do not imagine believing in a God calls for that that's a sturdy God, even with the actual undeniable actuality that a lot of human beings insist that each and each one it truly is sturdy is God, and that each and each one it truly is evil is a devil or a devil. i imagine if one specifies that the God is a author, then definite, it follows that each thing must be the introduction of the author. i love dreaming's answer. i imagine of "God" as "That it truly is." i'm in straightforward words a tiny drop contained in the large Ocean. i do no longer declare to carry close the form of the sea coast :-))

Answer 4

It's not a conventional religion- it has no Gods at all never mind false ones- but a system of practical philosophy. Its emphasis is on adhering to a set of moral precepts rather than adhering to theology and worshipping Gods and it's goal is to attain enlightenment.

Answer 5

This will help you get a big picture of Buddhist religion

http://www.11meditation.co.nr

it's about Theravada Buddhist religion in Thailand
hope it helps

Answer 6

it is a false religion,it started with someone who denied God and wanted to live a life the way they wanted with out worry of what they were doing was wrong and so they created a statue that wouldnt punish them for their actions.they believe a false god..

Answer 7

Best resource: www.buddhanet.net and you can branch out from there as you like.

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