Buddhism--Scenery

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For centuries, Buddhism has been the dominant religion of the Eastern world. Today it remains the predominant religion in China, Japan, Korea, and much of southeast Asia. With the rise of the Asian population in the U.S., Buddhism has made a tremendous impact in the United States. Presently, there are over 300,000 Buddhists in the U.S. It remains the dominant religion in the state of Hawaii and many prominent Americans have accepted this religion, including the former governor of California, Jerry Brown.(1)

The Origin of Buddhism

Buddhism began as an offspring of Hinduism in the country of India. The founder was Siddhartha Gautama. It is not easy to give an accurate historical account of the life of Gautama, since no biography was recorded until hundreds of years after his death. Today, much of his life story is clouded in myths and legends which arose after his death. Even the best historians of our day have several different--and even contradictory--accounts of Gautama's life.

Siddhartha Gautama was born in approximately 560 B.C. in northern India. His father Suddhodana was the ruler over a district near the Himalayas which is today the country of Nepal. Suddhodana sheltered his son from the outside world and confined him to the palace where he surrounded Gautama with pleasures and wealth. Despite his father's efforts, Gautama one day saw the darker side of life on a trip he took outside the palace walls.

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[mattsk89]

Buddhism will evolve soon and become bigger and more amazingly powerfull than it ever has been i support buddhism all the way they are good people

[mattsk89]

@BeamSurfer what your god that gives you freewill yet also punishes you wow he must be such a powerfull god he even created evil in the world just to piss everyone off and even if he didnt surely hes so almighty and powerfull that the evil will just run a million lightyears away... funny that cos evil still lurks on this planet so let god know that im not impressed with his standards

[gotami2500]

@BeamSurfer The Buddha taught that there are no such things as eternal invisible gods, spirits or ghosts...he was right. You might as well wake up. You're going to have to do it eventually anyway.

[BeamSurfer]

WORSHIP GOD

Buddhism preach Atheism, go read the Pali Canon, i know , they tell this to you, don't buy it.

[westjordan102]

A milli