WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism is one of the world’s largest religions and originated 2, 500 years ago in India. Buddhists believe that the human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment, or nirvana .

Detailed explanation-2: -Buddhism was founded by one individual, Siddhartha Gautama, sometime in 6th or 5th century B.C.E.

Detailed explanation-3: -Buddhism, founded in the late 6th century B.C.E. by Siddhartha Gautama (the “Buddha"), is an important religion in most of the countries of Asia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Buddhism and Hinduism have common origins in the culture of Ancient India. Buddhism arose in the Gangetic plains of Eastern India in the 5th century BCE during the “second urbanisation” (600 BCE-200 BCE).

Detailed explanation-5: -The English term enlightenment is the Western translation of various Buddhist terms, most notably bodhi and vimutti. The abstract noun bodhi (/ˈboʊdi/; Sanskrit: ; Pali: bodhi), means the knowledge or wisdom, or awakened intellect, of a Buddha.