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Five major religions: Buddhism

Buddhism

Number of adherents: five hundred million to one point five billion (varies because you can have another faith and still be a Buddhist)
Call Them: Buddhists
Geographic Location: Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan, and one point two million are located in the United States.
Founder: Siddhartha Guatama
Denominations: Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, Amidist
Four Noble Truths: 1) There is suffering, 2) Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering, 3) There is cessation of suffering, 4) The Eightfold Path will lead to cessation of suffering.
The Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Dedication.

In today's class I learned that Mr. Schick, back when he lived in Chicago, he went to this place that wasn't exactly a temple, more of place where Buddhists gathered, he went to some classes or gatherings they had there and he learned about the religion. He was talking about how at one class he was told to hold a raisin and feel it and admire it and then put it in his mouth and feel it then bite into it once and savor the flavor and juice, and I just wanted to mention that I had done the same thing back in 5th or 7th grade at St. Joe's for like a mindfulness exercise.