WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Buddha’s teachings are known as “dharma.” He taught that wisdom, kindness, patience, generosity and compassion were important virtues. Specifically, all Buddhists live by five moral precepts, which prohibit: Killing living things.

Detailed explanation-2: -Siddhartha Gautama Buddhism is based on Siddhartha’s teachings. Born a prince, he became an ascetic to find enlightment. Later, he followed a middle way to reach nirvana. He became the Buddha and taught others how to seek enlightenment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Buddhism is one of the world’s major religions. It originated in South Asia around the 5th century B.C.E. with Siddhartha Gautama, and over the next millennia it spread across Asia and the rest of the world.