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The Dharma Wheel represents the Buddhist Dharma, Guatama Buddha's teachings, and the path to Nirvana. It's also connected to the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path.

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The goal for all Buddhist traditions was to overcome suffering and the cycle of death and rebirth, either through Nirvana or the path of Buddhahood.

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Buddhism spread through promotion. Buddhist monks were sent to surrounding territories to share their teachings. Buddhism spread throughout India, Ceylon, Burma, Nepal, Tibet, central Asia, China, and Japan.

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There are different forms of Buddhism. There is Theravada, and Mahayana Buddhism.
Mahayana Buddhism is the more god like view of Buddhism, the modern view. It also had a long term of historical significance.
Theravada Buddhism is the ancient practice of Buddhism, and also preserved the old teachings of Gautama Buddha.

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Buddhist worshiped their god called Buddha. Buddhist could worship in a temple, or at home. Their ways of worship do not depended on the location. When at home, Buddhist have a room with a statue of Buddha, candles, and an incense burner. At the Temple, some temples have different shapes. To add, Buddhist temples are designed to symbolize five important elements. They are, fire, air, earth, water, and wisdom. Now, when the worshiping happens, Buddhist sit on the floor, barefoot, looking at an image of Buddha. Monks chant religious texts, and sometimes instruments are part of the prayers.

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Buddhism originated between the 6th and 4th century in ancient India as a Sramana tradition. Siddhartha Guatama was thought to have started Buddhism.

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The Noble 8 Fold Path was the path of Buddhist practices that lead to the painful cycle of rebirth. There were 8 practices: the right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi. This teaches by restraining oneself, cultivating discipline, and practicing mindfulness and meditation.

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Buddhism started in the sixth century B.C.E. and it has been existing ever since. Buddhism is still a continuing religion today.
480 B.C.E. Gautama Buddha was born in Kapilavastu.
405 B.C.E. was when Gautama Buddha died.
845 C.E. Chinese Emperor Wuzong suppresses Buddhism

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The Four Noble Truths were the truth of suffering, the truth of the origin of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path to the end of suffering.

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Positives:
Know the importance of the divine, compassion, joy and composure as a location of the divine.
Recognizes a human being has the potential to heed as a god through sympathy, compassion.
Negatives:
Repressive political/military regimes ran a country.
Lack of application of Dharma to the global, social, and political issues.
Beliefs and views about Karma were used to judge individuals, nations, and groups.