BUDDHISM

HISTORY

• Formed in c. 5th century B.C.E.
• Originated in India

BELIEFS

• Believe a variety of gods and goddesses
• Believe You Should Not Believe Anything Without Thinking
• teaches that in an interconnected world, all actions have consequences
• Main God is Buddha

RITUALS

• Meditating
• Mantras - Sacred sounds
• Mudras - Symbolic hand gestures
• Prayer Wheels - Reciting mantras with the turn of a wheel

FACTS

• Sacred Texts are Pali Tipitika, Mahayana, Vajrayana Canons
• Have 350,000,000 followers

MONOTHEISTIC OR POLYTHEISTIC

• Buddhism is polytheistic

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.patheos.com/Library/Buddhism.html