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		<description><![CDATA[About Buddha Figures What do Buddha figures mean? Let me tell you something about Buddha dharma. That is a religious and philosophic teaching, born in Asia around the sixth century B.C. The founder of this teaching is Siddhartha Buddha, and the main goal of this teaching is to reach nirvana. For the people who are [...]]]></description>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">Let me tell you something about Buddha dharma. That is a religious and philosophic teaching, born in Asia around the sixth century B.C. The founder of this teaching is Siddhartha Buddha, and the main goal of this teaching is to reach nirvana. For the people who are following this religion nirvana is the upper point of happiness, this is like an awakening for them and the best way to achieve it is through meditation.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">This kind of religion is like psychology, it helps people not to be a burden for the society and to solve their problems. And that is pretty much what psychology does. But to be honest Buddhism is much more than just that. It teaches you how to experience life and space as happiness and joy, not like a threat. When you start exploring the Buddhism you start developing your mind, you get more courage, you feel more love around you. And all these feelings come when you are doing the meditation in the right way.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">And that is the reason why Buddha figures are usually made in such a position. The most common thing for him was to sit and meditate searching his nirvana. He had a fabulous life of royal person and everything was like a fairytale for him, until one day he met a really old, poor and dying man and he found out that there are other things in life which are more important than just having fun and that nothing lasts forever. That is why he left the castle and went in the mountains – to search the truth. And because he is the founder of this religion you can find a lot of different Buddha figures now, showing him meditating in different positions.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">Even these are just Buddha figures, if you hold just one you can feel the harmony there is inside it. Is it because of the way it looks or that you know who does it represent and the story behind it , but there is something like a little mystery about these figures. It is like they exhale calmness. And may be that is exactly what we need in our stressful life, full of daily tasks and worries about the job, about the family, about the payments and so on. So everyone needs a little time to feel like the only person in the world. And one of the ways to achieve such a self-knowledge is through Buddhism. And a part of the Buddhism culture, of course, is the Buddha figures.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">And if you accept this religion and use it like your guiding light in your life, than you really need to visit the biggest Buddha figures and statues in the world. Most of them are situated in Hong Kong and Asia, because this is the part of the world where Buddhism was born and the people there follow it. When you visit such a place you can feel the greatness of this religion.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">So try to reach your nirvana, using meditation or some other way. After the entire main target for people is to reach the happiness, and to live their lives knowing that they are happy and that they have achieved something.</p>
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		<title>Buddha Garden Statue</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[About Buddha Garden Statue Make your garden more beautiful Nowadays Buddhism is a very widely spread religion. Their god is called Buddha which in general means “awakened one” – a person who sees the things in the way they are. What is interesting about Buddhism is that it is a very peaceful religion and the [...]]]></description>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">Nowadays Buddhism is a very widely spread religion. Their god is called Buddha which in general means “awakened one” – a person who sees the things in the way they are. What is interesting about Buddhism is that it is a very peaceful religion and the way they show their love and respect to their god is by figures. Buddha figures have been produced for centuries.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">Nowadays there are many Buddha figures which are being sold all over the world. It is not mandatory to be Buddhist to buy such statue. They vary in size, shape and price. You can place such statue in your home in almost every room but you can also place it in your garden. Buddha garden statue is a good decoration for your home. There are some legends about these figures and according to many people they are true. First of all it is said that having a Buddha garden statue will help you to achieve inner piece and happiness for you and your whole family. If you like to meditate the statue can also be helpful thanks to its energy.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">While choosing a proper statue for your garden you should have in mind the face of Buddha – if you want to have more joy and happiness then you’d better choose a smiling statue. This will improve also the passion and the love in the family. Important thing here while choosing a Buddha garden statue is the material – here it does matter. If it is made from stone, marbles or bronze means you will harmonize the environment of your garden.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">The prices of such statues also vary. It depends on your need and budget. If you intend to spend a little fortune then you have a very big choice. Always pick up the best material and a size that will fit your garden. It is recommended for each family to have one Buddha garden statue because it will protect your home from evil. In spite of the religious legends about this figure it is a pretty nice decoration as well.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">While choosing a Buddha garden statue you should listen only to your soul and nothing else. This is not an ordinary buying. There is something spiritual in each figure of Buddha. Last but not least be very careful while buying because there are many cheaters which will try to steal your money. To be sure your statue is genuine you should know that it has to be made in Nepal. After all if you have a garden and you are wondering how to decorate it Buddha garden statue is one good option. Not only it is nice looking, but it will also protect your family from evil.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bronze Buddha Information Achieve inner piece with the help of Buddha Buying a bronze Buddha statue is very important for every family. The most essential reason for doing this is to achieve inner peace – something which every man needs. Worshiping such statue will help us to understand the Buddhism. Having such figure in your [...]]]></description>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">Buying a bronze Buddha statue is very important for every family. The most essential reason for doing this is to achieve inner peace – something which every man needs. Worshiping such statue will help us to understand the Buddhism. Having such figure in your home will help you find your way through life. Bronze Buddha statues are considered as one of the most popular statues because of the material.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">How to choose the best bronze Buddha statue without being cheated? That is a common question and if you want to prevent such happening you should know something about these figures. First of all you have to be very careful while buying it. Make sure that your bronze figure is made in Nepal because that is the place where all original Buddha statues have been created. Unfortunately there are many cheaters so you have to observe very carefully the material – make sure it is bronze not something fake. Always watch the face of the statue – the better it is made the finest the statue is – this is etiquette for quality. Watch for the nose, the eyes. If the statue is original you will feel its spiritual energy. Also check the ears – original bronze Buddha statue should have long ears. The carvings on the body also can tell you if it is original. After all you will easily notice if it is fake because such holy statue is not easy to be falsified. You should know that it is extremely hard to find an original bronze statue of Buddha. In some countries it is illegal to export such goods. This is another reason why you should be very careful while making a decision whether to buy a certain statue or not. Have in mind the size of the figure – it should fit your room – not too big or small.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">There are different bronze Buddha statues. If you want to welcome all of the happiness of life you will need a smiling Buddha. Otherwise, if you want to achieve inner piece you will need a meditating one. If you just love the art and like such statues you can buy whichever you want – all of them are good especially if they are made from bronze.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font: 16px Times; text-align: justify;">Last but not least we should mention that in order to purchase the best statue that will meet your expectations you’d better consult with a specialist. Other thing you can do is to visit a store with good reputation. These two ways are the best for buying an original statue. Do not trust auction sites offering bronze Buddha statues very cheap – this is fraud. Always choose carefully because this is not an ordinary purchase.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[About Buddha Statue The Symbolism and History of Buddha Statue Siddhartha Gautama was the creator of Buddhism and is the form represented by the Buddha sculpture. He was Indian prince who existed from 559 till 491 B.C. Buddhism is a spiritual viewpoint that, different a lot of other customary religions do not consider in a [...]]]></description>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Siddhartha Gautama was the creator of Buddhism and is the form represented by the Buddha sculpture. He was Indian prince who existed from 559 till 491 B.C. Buddhism is a spiritual viewpoint that, different a lot of other customary religions do not consider in a private God that punishes our wrongdoing and rewards our fine actions individually. It was at first begun as an atheistic viewpoint. It is based on the dignified Eightfold trail and the Four Truths. The Buddha statue represents the &#8220;free-thinking One.&#8221; The Four Noble Truths are that misery is part of life, desire is what causes misery, the misery stops when the desire stops, and that the only way to overcome the desire and misery is to pursue the dignified Eightfold trail.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">The First Buddha Statue is believed to be not created until 5 hundred years after the casualty of Buddha out of admiration. Consequently, the sculptures are not a precise duplication of the human being and there is no exact way to symbolize him. The artist had creative liberty of expression in that area. But, there are definite characteristics and figurative fundamentals that you will discover at least one of in every Buddha statue.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">1. The hands are placed on the knees this stand for contemplation</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">3. In the initial Buddha sculpture, the shape has both hands lifted with the ring finger on the left hand crossing the thumb and the index finger on the right hand is close to the thumb to create a circle with the 3 other fingers stand aright.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">A lot of people looking on the Buddha sculpture discover it a foundation of contentment and tranquility. It is a representation of the end of misery and true tranquility. The Buddhist idea is that we must struggle for excellence and manage our personal desires to work for the good of all is not an awful idea. If civilization as a whole would take on at least some of these notions there would be much more tranquility and lenience on the earth. We could start to come to a condition of nirvana.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Buddhism was founded in the country of India and from there with the help of King Asoka’s preachers it travelled all over to the south and Far East. This was long time back during the golden age of the Indian civilization. The religion was started as a way of life and an anti to the strict and exclusiveness of the Hindu religion. The saint or the founder of the religion was Lord Buddha, who was the prince Siddhartha at one time. He was inquisitive to know the life beyond his palace and hence left one day in search of enlightment. And it was his enlightment that made him find answers to his as well to others miseries.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">With these teachings he was loved and respected amongst people and soon the teachings were taken up by many. When lord Buddha died in the circa 485 BC, many amulets and carvings were done of him, his footprints and so on to keep as a remembrance of him. Also they were considered to be lucky charms or talismans to ward off the evil. Hence this idea of keeping Buddha amulets with oneself caught up and became quite famous as a ritual or practice. Hence the wearing of Buddha amulets is very famous now as well, with many people involved in this business of making Buddha amulets and selling them. At present you can see a lot of variations in the amulets being sold. They would be in different styles of carvings; the postures of the Buddha would be different. There are lots of variations to make them attractive pieces for buying and keeping as a decorative piece at home. But still the decorativeness of the Buddha amulet is just to add to the appeal and not to degrade its eminence in any way. The Buddha amulet is equally precious and sacred to them as it was some thousand years ago. The sense of worship to the god has not withered or got lost in the marketing or production of the material Buddha.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Earlier the Buddha amulets were carved off the natural wood or the herbal woods. They were made of the sacred din, chin and phong, etc. but these days the plastic versions of these amulets are catching up in the production. They are easy to produce and the variations are easy to make as well. Being the most famous material these days plastic has totally taken over the market and the production arena. There a lot of different types, postures, colors available. There are the ones which glow in dark as well.<br />
These amulets are a great hit in the Thailand. They make the most and are famous for their style of making. Most of the people believe in ghosts and evil spirits and hence they are sought after as a help and blessing from the god. The amulets are considered to safeguard them and their loved ones.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Well, these are serious questions that you and I have faced already or they may prop up in life sooner or later.  All these questions have greater importance in life and when we find the right answers, we can surely be drawn to a better way of living. We would be, perhaps, more enlightened to lead a happy and peaceful life. In fact, this is the reason why Buddha is called the Enlightened One; he found the real answers to these profound questions.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Buddha was the son of King Suddhodhana and his real name was Prince Siddhartha. He lived in the kingdom of Kapilavastu about 2,500 years ago. Kapilavastu was a rich kingdom located somewhere along the India &#8211; Nepal border in ancient times.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Prince Siddhartha, not surprisingly, led a luxurious life — he could eat, drink and sleep the way he wanted. He could also roam about in his kingdom anywhere at his free will. In his rich and lavish life of 30 years, he is said to have never experienced pain, poverty or misery. However, one night, he was swayed by some serious questions about life and death, diseases, pain and suffering. In order to find real and genuine answers, the prince left the palace at night giving up all pleasures. He did not even tell about this renunciation to his wife and son who were sleeping at that time.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">As he traveled in darkness, the inner light of wisdom started dawning. In his long and tiresome journey, the prince was forced to live a life of poverty; he saw the pain and misery of the people around and it drove him gradually to the path of self-realization. He was involved in deep meditation until one day he realized that the path of luxury and poverty are both dangerous to mankind; there was a need to follow a middle path. The moment when this delightful and divine realization came, he started preaching it to all people and came to be called the ‘Enlightened One’. His name also changed from Siddhartha to Gautam Buddha. Buddha received this amazing realization while sitting under a Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">In the course of time, Buddha’s teachings gained more popularity. As more and more people became his followers, Buddhism became a way of life. Buddhism highlights an eight-fold path: Right view, Right thought, Right speech, Right conduct, Right livelihood, Right effort, Right mindfulness and Right concentration.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Soon Buddha’s statutes were erected everywhere; many amulets associated with Buddha were created worldwide. You can view them in many countries even today.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Is Buddhism relevant in the modern world? Are the teachings of Gautam Buddha who lived over 2,500 years ago useful to us today? If you are asked these seemingly simple questions, you would turn inward and first try to recollect the teachings of Buddha.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Well, before we find answer, let us note what Buddha himself is reported to have said during his lifetime.“Do not accept my teachings simply because I am called Buddha”. More often he used to tell his disciples and followers not to have blind faith in principles and concepts. He wanted them to believe in what was realistic and right.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;"><strong><em>As a result, Buddha preached the ‘Right’ path:</em></strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">However, in reality, Buddha preached what is called the ‘Middle path’. This is because he never believed in a life of either extreme luxury or utter misery.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Let us learn more about Buddha’s teachings as it would help us to correctly answer the main question about the relevance of Buddhism today.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Prince Suddhodhana, who later became famous as Buddha, renounced his life of luxury from the Kapilavastu kingdom when he was just 30 years old. During this period, he was weighed down by some serious questions like:</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Buddha found the genuine and eternal answers to all these questions and much more. Buddha was sitting under a Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya when he suddenly got enlightened and received the divine realization. And this is why he is called Buddha, the Enlightened One.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">In this enlightened condition, Buddha taught his disciples to understand four Noble Truths. They are:</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Buddha wanted the suffering in the world to end and, therefore, taught the ‘Right path’ as mentioned above. He propagated that every person has the capability to know what is happiness and misery. However, when that person analyzes it, the path becomes clearer and it can usher in peace and bliss.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">He wanted all people to give up sensual pleasures as it the main reason for inviting unhappiness in life. He also wanted that people should give up negative thoughts and emotions. By committing negative actions, man becomes miserable. In order to tide over these problems, Buddhism highlights positiveness in thought and actions. And you can achieve this by performing meditation every day.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Buddha’s teachings are divided into Hinayana and Mahayana. In Hinayana, Buddha teaches us how to get freedom from suffering while in Mahayana, we learn about the way to receive enlightenment.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">All these teachings brought enormous respect to Buddha during his lifetime and ever after in many countries. The followers of Buddhism increased. Statutes and amulets of Buddha were created worldwide. The teachings of Buddha have eternal value. All people can follow these principles as they are highly relevant today to bring in happiness and joy.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Buddhism is a world religion, named after its founder Buddha. At the luxury living, Buddha was impressed by an elderly, a patient, one dead and a monk so much that he decided the transience of the world to be overcome as ascetic. According felt Siddhartha Gautama, an Indian prince, a deep aversion to its rich citizens lives and left with 29 years secretly his family. At the age of 35 years, he came through a &#8220;middle way&#8221; between asceticism and abundance (religious restriction) to enlightenment under a fig tree at Bodh Gaya in India. Then he founded with 5 ascetics a monk orders and moved with his followers teaching in North India. In addition to the legendary Siddhartha Gautama Buddhism knows other heralds in his past and future, who reached on its own power to enlightenment.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Buddhism is a doctrine whose founders with the honorary title of &#8220;Buddha&#8221; is designated. The word Buddha comes from the Sanskrit of Budh, it means awake. It means that someone who is awakened bears this name and he is awakened from the night of error to the light of realization. The essence of a Buddha is that he has it on its own acquired his knowledge, neither by this revelation of God nor by studies of sacred writings or acquired by teachers. Buddha is not God, not even the incarnation (incarnation) of God, but a man who is just like any other disease of aging and is subject to the death. A Buddha is different to other people because he has overcome all blindness and passion and as a result of its intellectual and human perfection miracle forces can flourish, while others have failed. He can not remember only to his numerous previous existences, he also knows the past and future births of other beings. Most of his magical abilities are revealed to him, if he is the perfect enlightenment (bodhi) and therefore has reached a candidate for the dignity of Buddha, a bodhisattva, a Buddha, an awakened one, has become enlightened. Bodhisattva means to be an essential towards the Buddha.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">The first sermon of Buddha are the Four Noble Truths: the noble truth of suffering, from the origins of suffering, the destruction of suffering and destruction to the suffering of the leading road. This path is the &#8220;Eight Noble Path:</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Buddhist ethics is at the service of self-redemption. Buddha also drew from cult acts deliberately. Buddhism flourished from 268 &#8211; 227 BC. But by 380 BC, there were significant differences within the Order. It led to the split in the two directions, known as &#8220;vehicles&#8221; of the Hinajana (small car) &#8211; Buddhism in Mahayana (large vehicle) &#8211; Buddhism, has been taken since this split different paths in their teaching and propagation. At present, the Buddhism as Hinajana &#8211; Buddhism is practiced in Sri Lanka,Thailand, Burma, Laos, Kambodsha. The Mahayana &#8211; Buddhism, the real world Buddhism is practiced in China, Nepal, Vietnam, Korea, Japan and as a special form of Lamaism in Tibet. The condition was that the person who has decided, to kive after the Buddha to seek a solemn vows to help all beings, and he will be active in all its reincarnation to the well-being of others. In the meditative contemplation, as well as in practical life, he takes the wisdom of the disciples&#8217; transformation of the neighbor in its own self.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">&#8220;His universal love&#8221; for all beings stops also not by enemies, he knows no atrocities against him, because he himself, as he knows that he is the karmic (karma = fate) of the accident. Buddha performed, so long as he lives on earth, miracles, but he is not a savior, and after his death he has no direct effect on religious pilgrims.  Not like gods in Hinduism, Islam Allah or Jesus. Buddhism can be determined as a 500 BC created special form of Indian religion. The essential elements of the ancient belief, reincarnation and redemption, as well as a number of mythological and cosmological ideas have been retained. Rejected were the agonizing self torment which are by many Hindus so highly rated. Buddhism cultivated in no way a cool world of pain, but also makes it mandatory that every imperfection on earth and that all things perish as inevitable and he accepts his view on the over all, looking forward to nirvana. Nirvana is Sanskrit and means expire/drift. The history of Buddhism shows that a doctrine of salvation, which abandoned deliberately kept at a colorful appearance (clothing and Culture), could be only a lesson of wisdom  for few. Buddhism, therefore, had to come forward by former Culture of other religions who were there before him.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times;">Over the centuries, during which he worked for many people and he had adopted erverywhere a differentiated appearance, he has preserved the character of the innermost core of a philosophy for thinkers. Buddhism has, in contrast to other world religions, never from those who were with him, demands that they belong exclusively to him and to give up their former relationship with other religions.</p>
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