WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism is a faith that was founded by Siddhartha Gautama (“the Buddha”) more than 2, 500 years ago in India. With about 500 million followers, scholars consider Buddhism one of the major world religions.

Detailed explanation-2: -The First Buddhist council was a gathering of senior monks of the Buddhist order convened just after Gautama Buddha’s death, which according to Buddhist tradition was c. 483 BCE, though most modern scholars place it around 400 BCE. The story of the gathering is recorded in the Vinaya Pitaka of the Theravadins.

Detailed explanation-3: -The founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, was born circa 563 BCE into a wealthy family. Gautama rejected his life of riches and embraced a lifestyle of asceticism, or extreme self-discipline. After 49 consecutive days of meditation, Gautama became the Buddha, or “enlightened one”.