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🧘 Buddhism
💡 Key Concepts:
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The Eightfold Path: Right view, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, concentration.
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Rebirth: Life is a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (samsara).
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📖 Sacred Texts:
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Mahayana sutras are important in Mahayana Buddhism (e.g., the Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra).
Divided into three parts: teachings (Dhamma), monastic rules (Vinaya), and philosophical commentaries (Abhidhamma).
Written in Pali, Sanskrit, and other languages depending on the tradition.
Used for meditation, ethical guidance, and understanding the path to enlightenment.
🏯 Places of Worship:
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Structures often include stupas, pagodas, and shrines with Buddha images.
Used for meditation, chanting, offerings, and learning.
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Visitors often bring offerings (flowers, incense) and bow to the Buddha statue.
🔆 Key Rituals:
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Offerings: Giving flowers, incense, or food at shrines as a sign of respect.
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🌟 Distinctive Practices:
Living by the Five Precepts: Avoid killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, and intoxication.
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Pilgrimage to sacred Buddhist sites (e.g., Bodh Gaya).
Vesak: Celebrates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and death.
Seeking wisdom, ethical conduct, and mental discipline to end suffering.
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