Buddhism Research Paper

Buddhism

Over the last 3000 years Buddhism has been growing rapidly all over the world. Although the religion is somewhat difficult to understand, its beliefs, morals and traditions are extremely fascinating and there is a lot of truth and lessons to be learned. Even though these morals may not intertwine with what Christianity says it is important to be able to discern the good and the bad from it all. The first thing to look at while studying Buddhism is its origin.

Origin of Buddhism

Over three thousand years ago a colony in Siberia was formed. The colony dispersed and a percentage of people moved south, another percent to Western Europe, and the rest to North Eastern India. This was to form more Buddhist colonies and to spread the religion

A few years after they became King and Queen they gave birth to a son named Siddhartha, also known as Buddha (Yee 2). One evening while Siddhartha is all alone and thinking he decides to escape from the Palace and go for a walk. On his walk he was enlightened and discovered the truth of life. The three things that he witnessed were a sick man, a dead man, an old man, and a poor person (Scheck 8). These were essential for building the basis of Buddhism and helped to teach other believers how to live an honest and perfect life. When Siddhartha got married, he was then entitled to the throne of Siberia. He was conflicted with this choice and decided to leave his wife and son to become a monk. He felt this life was complete because it was full of serenity and unity (Yee 11). Once Siddhartha became a monk and went through all of his rituals in order obtain monkhood he changed his name to Guatama. His purpose to being a monk was to live a life of enlightenment and always be seeking out the truth (Yee 11). In his monk journeys Guatama was tempted by the personifications of evil, her

This is because of our largely diverse world we live in. Buddhism has been growing rapidly ever since the sixth century. Most of these being in 30 countries of Asia (Gard 14). Since Buddhism has been accepted in so many countries and is reflected in so many cultures, it is increasingly being more reflected in art. Some examples of this would be in English LIterature, paintings, and sculptures (Gard 15). This evidently helps the growth of Buddhism and attracts more believers and followers of its diverse faith. Since Buddhism is growing so quickly the more diverse the world becomes it will become a commonly known and believed religion. This may be because it is an easy religion and isn’t hard to follow because there aren’t rules necessarily but rather finding truth and