Buddhism

• When was Buddhism founded?


  560 BC
• Who founded Buddhism?


  Siddhartha Gautama
• What is the teachings of Buddhism based on?


  The teachings of Buddha
• Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism--- AKA The Buddha
• enlightenment


  free from suffering and desire
• meditation


  focusing the mind on religous things
• What are the 4 noble truths?


  the teachings of Buddha
• What is the eightfold path?


  the eight requirements to be a good Buddhist and get you to heaven
• missionaries


  people who go to a foreign place to tell other people about their religion
• What was Bodh Gaya?


  the place where Siddhartha Gautama was enlightened
• fasting


  giving up something due to religious reasons (typically food)
• Nirvana


  Buddhist heaven