Buddhism teaches people how to reduce their pain by understanding themselves better. Some looks it as a religion and some people think it is a philosophy and for others, Buddhism is a way of finding the reality. The teaching of Gautama Buddha is one who lived between 563 and 483 BC - tell us how to live a good life. Buddha was a rich prince and gave up everything to work out how best to live. His teachings were first started in India and slowly spread, after his death, through most of Asia, to Central Asia, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, and the East Asian countries of China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan and have now spread to the west.
Buddhists believe in the Three Jewels:
Buddhists often speak about the Three Jewels, which are
The Buddha
The Dharma
The Sangha.
The word Buddha is a Sanskrit word means "He woke up". The first Buddha was named as Siddhartha Gautama and he was the one who started Buddhism. If people use to calls a person a Buddha if they had found their enlightenment.
The Dharma is the manner the Buddha taught to live the life.
The Sangha is the group of monks and other people who use to meet together, like worshippers.
Buddhists say "I take protection in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha" which seans that these three things keeps them safe. They give up themselves to the community and teachings inspired by the Buddha.
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