Pd7Buddhism_D

=Buddhism =

 By: Scott

 
 * Founder:The founder of buddhism is Siddhartha Gautama
 * Leader:Some consider the Dali Llama

 
 * Places of worship:Most worship in there homes at shrines of buddha[[image:img034.jpg width="153" height="240"]]
 * Where it began and where it is today:It started in northern India and Nepal. Today it's practiced in China,Japan,and India mostly.
 * Beliefs in buddhism:They believe in circle of life. Which is birth death and rebirth.

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 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Gods:Some believe in the gods some do not.
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sacred Writings:One is called the tripitaka. They contain how to use your actions and thought.
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Practices of buddhism:They give up every thing and get sacred robes. They go up to a temple and meditate. There they write on leaves and put them in baskets
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Their festivals and how their celebrated:Vesak or buddha day. It celebrates the birth of the enlightenment and death of buddha.They celebrate in may,followers bring food,and flowers to monks.
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">symbols of this religion. The bodhi tree. It represents when the buddha got enlightenment.[[image:bodhi_tree.jpg width="256" height="219"]]