"A Look Into Buddhism"
This research paper is going to be about the ancient religion of Buddhism. One of the major religions of the world. A religion where it is not that one god or many gods that is worshipped, but where the religion's followers try to pursue the same path as its founder, in order to gain ultimate enlightenment. It is a religion which does not require the same amount of blind faith such as Christianity or others. The reason is because the people do not have to wonder whether or not this man exists or once existed. In Christianity, everything is based on the assumption that God created everything. God created the earth in seven days, God controls everything we do, God decides whether you go to Heaven or Hell. The goals of the Buddhists is to follow this man's path, to base what they do on what he did and said, and to have faith in their own decisions and their own good nature, while not taking any day for granted because it could be your last.
Buddhism, today, has about 350 million followers. According to an article by Frank E. Reynolds, most of them live in Sri Lanka, the mainland nations of southeast Asia, and Japan.( Reynolds p.1). This is a much smaller amount of followers than that of Christianity, Islam, or Hinduism. However, at various times, Buddhism has been a dominant religious, cultural, and social force in most of Asia.( Reynolds p.1).
Buddha's real name was Siddhartha Gautama. He was born sometime during the 500's or 400's B.C. in South Western Nepal. He was a member of a royal and powerful family. He was never allowed to see all of the parts of life that ...