Name Location of Name of Deity Sacred Text Leadership Basic Beliefs Symbols/Icons Amount of origin followers Date Where largest started percentage of followers exist Buddhism The Buddha The No one Buddhist People in this religion generally Wheel of the did not teach Buddha— Monks and believe that... Law a personal Siddhartha texts Nuns The Buddha is Persons achieve complete Guatama Today: 376 deity (God). include the said to have peace, known as nirvana, by million Perfection "set in motion eliminating their attachment to In China, Tibet, Sects: of Wisdom the wheel of the things. Nepal, Sutra or dharma" during Nirvana is achieved by India Japan, and original The his first sermon. following the Eightfold Path. South East Asia teachings of Tripitaka There are Four Noble Truths Approx. (India, Korea, Buddha His teachings 1) Suffering exists 500 BCE and Vietnam) are often 2) There is a reason that Mahayana-- symbolized by people suffer. the modified a wheel. 3) There is an end to suffering. version 4) To end suffering, follow the Eightfold Path: know the truth, salvation and resist evil, say nothing that popular might hurt, respect life, free the mind from evil, service to that others, control evil thoughts, Buddha was and meditation. a god The soul is reborn into new life after death. Living a good life can help you escape the cycle.
Name Amount of followers Where largest percentage of followers exist Name of Deity Location of origin Date started Sacred Text Leadership Basic Beliefs Symbols/Icons Buddhism Today: 376 million In China, Tibet, Nepal, Japan, and South East Asia (India, Korea, and Vietnam) The Buddha did not teach a personal deity (God). Sects: original teachings of Buddha Mahayana-- the modified version salvation and popular that Buddha was a god The Buddha— Siddhartha Guatama India Approx. 500 BCE No one texts include the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra or The Tripitaka Buddhist Monks and Nuns People in this religion generally believe that... Persons achieve complete peace, known as nirvana, by eliminating their attachment to things. Nirvana is achieved by following the Eightfold Path. There are Four Noble Truths 1) Suffering exists 2) There is a reason that people suffer. 3) There is an end to suffering. 4) To end suffering, follow the Eightfold Path: know the truth, resist evil, say nothing that might hurt, respect life, free the mind from evil, service to others, control evil thoughts, and meditation. The soul is reborn into new life after death. Living a good life can help you escape the cycle. Wheel of the Law The Buddha is said to have "set in motion the wheel of the dharma" during his first sermon. His teachings are often symbolized by a wheel.
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