The Four Noble Truths Of Buddhism

Buddhism is a religion to over 500 million people. Founded by Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha). He lived from around 566 to 480 B.C. Buddhism is currently still practiced and established in Northern India. People in the religion are being taught to think for themselves and only themselves, that they cannot think for others. Their strongest belief is in the Four Noble Truths which are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering and the truth of the path that frees us from suffering. The Buddhists live from these truths. They believe that Buddha isn't a God, that he is only the founder.

Next, holidays are an important thing to the Buddhists. They celebrate the Buddhists New Year. The New Year is on the day of the first full moon of April of the Georgian Calendar. They also have their very own Buddha day they call "Vesak". It's a day of remembering Buddha and everything he lived for. The people are very nice and understanding. Buddhists are never judgmental. Buddhism is the fifth biggest religion in the world. The teachings of suffering are very big in the religion. They also believe in the cycle of rebirth, which is the cycle in being born again, but into a different person or thing.

Meditation the major practice in the Buddhist religion. Meditating can calm their nerves and help calm their breathing. They're men in India and China that can get their breathing down to a pulse where a doctor would legally say you're dead. Today Buddhism is skilled in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, India, China, Myanmar, Nepal and in small areas in the United States. All of their practices are the same. Even though in a different country they still practice the same things. Over 500 million people practice and believe in Buddhism, and the numbers are still