Buddhism

In Buddhism, alms or almsgiving is the respect given by a lay Buddhist to a Buddhist monk. The monk will then pray for the giver's family or requested others. It is not charity as presumed by Western interpreters. It is closer to a symbolic connection to the spiritual and to show humbleness and respect in the presence of normal society.[1] The visible presence of monks is a stabilizing influence. The act of alms giving assists in connecting the human to the monk and what he represents. As the Buddha has stated: : Householders & the homeless [monastics] : in mutual dependence : both reach the true Dhamma.... (Itivuttaka 4.7)[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alms#Buddhism

Buddhism was brought to china in the first A.D. by merchants and missionaries from India
Buddhism was first introduced in India. It was then carried over to China by merchants and travelers.

Any colour they choose. There is no instruction to Buddhists to dress only in (insert name of any colour)

Every Buddhist ive seen that have the religion clothes on ( you know) wear orange.

Nobody leads it but someone will read the guru granth sahib

Buddhism does not deal in absolutes like right and wrong, instead it teaches how to improve the human condition by learning to see ourselves and our world more accurately and learning to act more skillfully with the wisdom gained. Each situation is different, which is why there are no absolutes.

Some guiding principals are offered, however, like the suggestion that we cultivate wise friends, check our understanding of situations and so base our choices on good information rather that the delusion that we know exactly what's going on, and such things as being mindful before speaking, taking action, and choosing a new job.

Some things to refrain from killing living beings, from taking what is not given, from sexual misconduct, from harmful speech, and to not partake of intoxicants that impair the ability to think clearly or act effectively (except as needed medicinally).

The Buddhist holy place is called Here.

Lumbini where Buddha was born, Bodh Gaya where Buddha became enlightened, Sarnath where Buddha gave his first sermon, and Kushinagar where Buddha died are the most important holy places for buddhists.

Buddhists do not worship any Gods but the founder of Buddhism is the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) and He is greatly respected.
There is no diety in Buddhism. The Buddha was never a god. He did not consider himself one, and when asked, he denied any claim to divinity. Buddhism does not call for the worship of any diety, although one can still worship God... Buddhism is not a religion but a practice... a philosophy. There are Christian Buddhists, Jewish Budddhists, et cetera. I myself am a Buddhist and I believe in God and I believe in Jesus. :-) Buddhism is very accepting.

Knowledge of pain and suffering. They didn't want him to know that things were different than his lux, life.

When Siddhartha Gautama left the palace for the first time as an adult, he saw a man who seemed to be suffering. Then he saw a monk who had no possesions, but seemed to be so peaceful, so he gave up his life of luxury to become a monk.

Hinduism is composed of many religions from the Indian subcontinent including Vedanta, Vaishnavism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Bhakti, Vedic Brahmanism, Jainism. They all share the concepts of Karma, Dharma, Samsara (rebirth), Moksha ( Nirvana), meditation, and various forms of yoga. The are either pantheistic, polytheistic, or monotheistic.

Vedic Brahmanism, the oldest form of hinduism, was in existence when Budda was born and was a Hindu. At that time, Hindus were encouraged to 'wander' in order to 'see' God or to experience Him through 'sacrifice' or 'suffering' and the Budda saw many Hindus going to extremely painful lengths to 'see' God and would do extreme acts to try to get this experience. In Hinduism the caste system defines one's lot in this life as a payback for actions in past lives (karma) which meant that if you were born into a poor, landless labourer family, it was because of your karma (and therefore deserved it).


Budda rejected the caste system and said that one's lot in this life was defined by one's actions in this life. He also didn't see any benefit in people going through painful experiences (walking on fire, nails and other extreme examples of self-suffering) in order to see God and in fact, didn't think there was any benefit in anyone suffering a great deal of hardship (being poor, hungry) and advocated the 'middle path' where no-one should be too rich or too poor. He came from a rich family and saw that some people had alot (too much) whilst others were suffering from hunger.

He also rejected the Hindu notion of God with all the deities and rituals and felt that these were dark elements in the religion which made people very superstitious. He advocated the '8-fold path' (a simple set of instructions on morality and how to live life). Buddhism is as an atheistic religion whereas Hinduism is not. He also introducted the concept of 'ahimsa' which means non-violence (to all living beings) and advocated a vegetarian diet.

Taoism is a Chinese philosophy which requires individuals to live life in tune with nature and therefore balance with the environment and with each other. It is a cross between Hinduism (it has many deities and offerings are made to these deities; it has many festivals which are celebrated throughout the year; fasting on a regular basis) and Buddhism (ethics emplasising compassion, moderation and humility).

As all three of these religions are ancient they have modified and borrowed from each other (e.g. Hinduism and Taoism adopted vegetarianism), some Buddhists now pray in front of a Buddhist statue (although this very heavily discouraged by theBuddhahimself). Hinduism has manyvariantswhich may seem contradictory but all are nevertheless accepted as being part of the 'unity in diversity' philosophy which has been adopted in the West.

The Buddhist community is called the Sangha.

There is no synonym for enlightenment of Buddhism in English language. However, it can be described as the highest happiness or end of all suffering.

Siddhartha's mom, Queen Maya, had a dream (sorry, I don't know what the dream was about) while she was pregnant with Siddhartha. She thought she should know what the dream meant, so she asked the holy men. They told her it meant that her if Siddhartha stayed in the royal life, he would be the ruler of the universe, but if he left the royal life, he would become the Buddha. Siddhartha's father, of course, wanted Siddhartha to become the ruler of the universe, so he provided the best of everything for his son. Then when Siddhartha was sixteen he got married. Then when he was twenty-nine he had a son. Siddhartha's father finally decided that Siddhartha could leave the palace walls since he had a son and a wife to keep him home. Siddhartha took three trips outside of the palace, and he saw suffering for the first time. The first trip he saw an old man. The second trip he saw a sick man. On the third trip he saw a dead man. And on the fourth trip he saw an ascetic. An ascetic is an extremely peaceful person. Siddhartha saw the ascetic and was so impressed by how peaceful he was despite the suffering around him, that he decided to become an ascetic too. Siddhartha then took the life of an ascetic. He gave up all his fancy things, shaved his head and meditated a lot. But Siddhartha did not feel like this was the way to reach Enlightenment, and then Nirvana. So he gave up the life of an ascetic, and decided to take the middle path, which is a cross between wealthy and poor like an ascetic. (Kind of like the middle class today.) Siddhartha then went to meditate under the Bodhi tree for forty days. There he discovered the four noble truths, the eightfold path, and nirvana and enlightenment. That's how he became the Buddha.

Buddhism speaks to suffering in its widest sense, not just the extreme forms such as misery. Suffering can be a vague sense of insufficiency caused dissatisfaction with a luxurious lifestyle or even the transient lust for a donut as you pass a bakery and smell them cooking.

Our attachments and desires are the causes of this discomfort. It is not bad that we have desires. The desire to become a Buddha is good. But having unwise desires is not. For example, desiring a particular car because you think it might make you "cool" is not wise. Things don't make you cool. Or working yourself to death to buy a new large TV is not wise, because while the TV will make you happy for a while, it will get old and break or an even better TV will come along. Now you are not so happy with your TV.

The biggest issue with attachment is our belief that things will always be as they are. Well, all thing change, and our desire to have them stay as it they are is one of the biggest reasons we suffer.

Siddhartha Gautama was given the title The Buddha.

Many have heard that it is read by people all over the world, that no matter how much they lost there presents, the grinches heart grew to sizes to big!

Because Hinduism never believed in forcing someone or spreading the Religion. Hinduism was self existent & created by God.

only practicing buddhists wear grey robes. the monks wear orange or yellow.

Buddhism has had a more subtle global impact than the more aggressive religions of Christianity and Islam, or even Hinduism. Buddhism played a role in the recent civil war in Sri Lanka, between the Hindu Tamils and the Buddhist Sinhalese, if only to accentuate the differences between the two ethnic groups. Other than that, it has helped to popularize the idea of meditation, although many other religions also practice various forms of meditation. Buddhism is a significant contributing philosophical influence on the evolution of what we might describe as New Age spirituality.

No, Christianity is the religion with the most believers, followed by Islam.

Hinduism is the third most popular language in the world.

The first and most popular religion is Christianity followed by Islam religion.

no i would like to say that Hinduism is now the most popular and having largest number of follower in this world followed by Islam and third is Christianity.

The Manyana sects made Buddhism more easier for ordinary people to follow. People turned to gods for help in solving daily problems