2. The creator of
Buddhism was
Prince
Siddhartha or
Buddha
It was
created to
end human
suffering
Main points
are...
The Four Noble Truths:
Teach that all life is hurting
and this is caused by craving.
But to reach true happiness
you need to give up cravings
and use more time helping
others, this is known as
Nirvana
The eightfold path:
The way to reach
Nirvana, that includes
understanding the
noble truths,
overcoming negative
thoughts, being
mindful and practicing
meditation
Reincarnation:
Buddhists
believe in an
endless cycle
of life, Death
and rebirth
3. The Story of the creation of buddhism
The story goes... The Young prince walked out of his
palace only to see a group of suffering people...
He Then thought about it for a while and worked out
how unfair it was that he lived in a palace and they were
suffering on the street...
The young prince then decided to dedicate the rest of his life
to helping people who are suffering around India...
After a while The prince recruited many people to help him on his
quest to end human suffering.
4. The Four Noble
Truths
Dukkha
To teach The
Truth about
suffering
Samudaya
to Teach the
truth about
the cause of
suffering
Nirodha
to teach
the truth
about the end
of suffering
Magga
Teach the
truth about
the Eightfold
Path
5. The Rules of
The Eightfold
Path
1: KNOW THE TRUTH
2: SAY NOTHING TO HURT OTHERS
3: PRACTICE MEDITATION
4: CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS
5: RESIST EVIL
6: FREE YOUR MIND FROM EVIL
7: WORK FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS
8: RESPECT LIFE
6. Reincarnation
Buddhists believe that if you lead a
good Buddhist life you would be
reborn into a good animal.
e.g. Like a dog or if you are lucky you
will be reborn as a human.
If you lead a bad Buddhist life you
would be reborn as a bad animal
e.g. A rat
7. Buddhism is mainly practiced in the
following regions:
The indian subcontinent, sri lanka, east asia,
indochina, and regions in Russia and the
Netherlands.
Is is estimated
that about 350
million people
follow
buddhism, that is
about 6% of the
entire human
population of
the planet
Earth.