Buddhism

ashoka gave wars up and he only used the eightfold path to rule.

For Buddhists money is a tool, as it is in most contemplative spiritual traditions. Money is neither good nor bad, but it has the capacity to generate suffering. Greed is suffering and so is not being able to buy food or shelter. The Buddhist relationship to money is the same as its relationship to all kinds of desires and aversions: the desire or aversion itself is what causes suffering, not the thing that is wanted or hated.

In the year 534 BCE, a young Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama (age 29) was deeply troubled about the fact that so many people suffer. So he left his wife and child and renounced his throne to find out the answer to why there was suffering. Now it should be noted when Buddhists speak of suffering this includes dissatisfaction (unhappiness) with the way things are. Siddhartha went to study with various gurus to try to find the answer to his question. Theses gurus had him do various types of yoga and meditation to try to help him with his quest. None of them seem to have an answer to his question though.

Siddhartha left these various gurus and joined in with a group of ascetics. Asceticism is a path in which you deprive the body in order to conquer and control the mind. He practiced asceticism fiercely, almost to the point of death. At that point he realized that giving in to pleasure, as he did when he was a prince, nor trying to punish the body, was the proper path to finding the answer. So he sat down and meditated under a pi-pal tree. During this meditation he discovered the root of all suffering and the path to how to overcome suffering and became enlightened.

After his enlightenment he meets up with his ascetic friends, who by now were critical of him for leaving the path of asceticism. But he explains to them what he had discovered and they were instantly converted. From there The Buddha taught for 45 years until his death at 85 converting many to his teachings and now Buddhism is the 4th largest religion in the world.

Many things are true regarding the Buddha. You need to narrow down your question, or give some context.

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Buddhism has not said any thing about how was man created, but Buddhism has answered it indirectly. Buddha has given a law known as `the law of dependent origination. according to this Law a thing will happen if the required circumstances are there, for example if water is heated it will change into vapour and if heat is taken away from vapour it will again change into awter.here heat is the required item for the circumstance. Buddhism accepts what science say about how man was created. Man was evolved from apes and still manhas been evolving anatomically and functionally. Buddhism never accepts man was created by God, why because Buddhism rejected the existence of God and Soul.

Buddhism has not said any thing about how was man created, but Buddhism has answered it indirectly. Buddha has given a law known as `the law of dependent origination. according to this Law a thing will happen if the required circumstances are there, for example if water is heated it will change into vapour and if heat is taken away from vapour it will again change into awter.here heat is the required item for the circumstance. Buddhism accepts what science say about how man was created. Man was evolved from apes and still manhas been evolving anatomically and functionally. Buddhism never accepts man was created by God, why because Buddhism rejected the existence of God and Soul.

The ten precepts are the rules noice monks and nuns, and non-ordained people who want to live by the same rules as the novices, follow. It is very strict, but it can help monks and nuns greatly in their preparation for ordination. The precepts are:
1. Refrain from taking life (this doesn't just apply to humans, by the way)
2. Refrain from stealing and taking what is not given.
3. Refrain from un-chastity. Or, in other words, total celibacy. No dating, no sex, no lust, nothing whatsoever.
4. Do not lie.
5. Do not take intoxicants.
6. Do not eat at the wrong time (after noon until about 6 in the morning)
7. Refrain from singing, dancing, playing music or attending entertainment programs and performances.
8. Refrain from wearing perfume, make-up/cosmetics, and decorative accessories.
9. Refrain from sitting on luxurious furniture (high chairs, luxurious soft beds, etc.)
10. Don't accept money.
When a monk or nun becomes fully ordained, in addition to the many rules in the Vinaya Pitaka and the precepts listed above, they add many other various rules; this is especially the case for nuns, as the Buddha gave them more and stricter rules to protect them. (a few of the rules truly were sexist, though)

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms., Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life., The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual., Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government., A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners., Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy., That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise., The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life., A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed., The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively., An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood., A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton., Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity., Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.

Based on the religious teaching - no.

Buddhist important teachings when comes to food are never to waste even a single grain of rice and never demand for food, if people give you chicken, you eat chicken, if they give you plain white rice, you eat white rice

however, one of buddhism's deity, Goddess of Guan Yin (God of Mercy) stops eating beef as sh claims that cow have do so much good to human that killing it seems harmful. also, when her father dies, she forsee that her father reincarnated to a cow. she however, did not forbid the eating of cow but her followers eventually followed her

the clossest thing for buddhists to fasting are usually just becoming vegetarian for 2 days in a month. the 1st and 15th of every month based on the chinese calender. but because the calender is originates from china while buddhism orginates from india, is doubtful to say that this fasting is related to buddhisms teachings and probably interpretations by monks or cultures or simply a custom evolved from kuan yin act of being vegetarian

yes, beacuase all the teachings of the buddha, the four noble truths, are still known today and still have an affect on us....

There is no such concept. The only idea that can be remotely related is karma, which literally means action, but refers to consequences (both short-term and long term) of one's actions.

The Buddhist "code of ethics" is the Vinaya, and Buddhists deny there being an ultimate, inccoruptible soul. The closest thing to the soul is the awareness of mind, and the alaya that holds and stores karmic actions and effect, in the subconcious.

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There are only four people who know a quarter of the answer, and two of them are dead.

But from what they said in their lifetimes, it's probable that:

John - atheist

George - theist

Paul - has kept his thoughts to himself as far as I can tell

Rigno - ditto, but then he always does, about everything.

The phrase or term "Protestant" has been applied to Buddhism for a variety of reasons. There are certainly many explanations, depending on the context in which it is offered or who is doing the labeling. In modern application it is largely an academic term which arose around the turn of the last century. As such it is often attributed to a scholar named Gananath Obeyesekere in observing events affecting Buddhism as it unfolded in response to the colonialism of Sri Lanka.

"Protestant", as an adjective, may be used to represent different forms of Buddhism which developed in response to criticisms of the traditional role of Bhikkhu's and the Fourfold Sangha of those ordained. Examples are present in lay-lead communities of Buddhists and national reform movements (ie. Thailand). Occasionally it is used to describe "individualized", "internalized" or self-practicing Buddhism. Further, it may be heard to be voiced in connection with groups of Buddhists who broke with, or became separated from their meditation lineages to return to a practice based on the Pali Canon, Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path (for example: concentrating on re-learning the path based on scripture); a type of Buddhism without "credentials", perhaps.

Buddhism (as a whole) is sometimes referred to as a protestant religion because it is portrayed as a protest against the practices and teachings of Brahmin leaders of the day.

Many times taken as a derogatory reference, it can be that Buddha's teachings even promoted "protest" or "dissent", where justified, among adherents and disciples in a well-known sermon (Kalama Sutta).

Interestingly as well, it may be we are observing one such movement in its infancy and regarding the ordination of Bhikkuni's which recently took place in Australia which has resulted in a largely lay Buddhist petition (or protest) against those leaders in the Theravada Forest Tradition who nullified or disavowed the action and expunged a popular Ajahn, under whose auspices the ordination of females took place.

There is no intention here to hijack a phrase more commonly used in reference those in Christianity who once felt a need to strike out on their own and separate paths. "Protestant" actually only refers to a person or movement of persons protesting something or some things.

Siddhartha Gautama created Buddhism. He was a wealthy prince who was born around 563 BC. When he was traveling outside of the palace walls he saw many people who were ill, homeless and suffering. He invented Buddhism to teach people that to find the truth about the world they had to give up all desires.

The Tang emporer suppressed Buddhism to gain the wealth of the Buddhist monasteries. After this, Buddhism in China declined.

The Four Noble Truths. Once realized, not just intellectually understood, but seen directly and non-conceptually, particularly the fouth truth, that is, the truth of nirvana, you are on the path to freedom forever from suffering.

Ideology of Buddhism is that human life is unsatisfactory and has suffering. The Buddha points out a path which leads to the complete freedom from suffering/unsatisfactoriness which is called the Noble Eightfold Path, which can be broadly classified into three categories of Morality, Concentration and Wisdom.

No. Buddhists believe that all sentient beings have a Buddha nature, and are capable of enlightenment. Some beings have become enlightened already, and they should be respected and emulated, but there's no reason to worship them as gods.