HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Buddhism began in India and spread throughout Asia
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Buddhism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhists believe that practicing the path to enlightenment is the way to end their human suffering. They believe the path to enlightenment is on morality, wisdom, and meditation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Buddhists believe that human life is a cycle of suffering and rebirth, but that if one achieves a state of enlightenment (nirvana), it is possible to escape this cycle forever. Siddhartha Gautama was the first person to reach this state of enlightenment and was, and is still today, known as the Buddha.
Detailed explanation-3: -At a place now known as Bodh Gaya (“enlightenment place”), he sat and meditated all night beneath a pipal tree. After defeating the forces of the demon Mara, Siddhartha reached enlightenment (1982.233) and became a Buddha (“enlightened one”) at the age of thirty-five.
Detailed explanation-4: -Theravada Buddhism According to Theravada Buddhists, each person is responsible for their own enlightenment. There are teachers and models, and the Buddha is exemplary, but, everyone must ultimately reach enlightenment by their own volition.