Some History of Buddhism...

Happy Monday fellow bloggers!
Hope everyone had a FANTASTIC time at homecoming! :)
Anyways here's some information for you on the history of Buddhism!

Buddhism is one of the oldest religions practiced today. It all started when Buddha Siddhartha Gautama (make sure you remember that name), was born. Siddhartha was expected to become a great king one day, and was forced to live at home as a child. However, when he left the house he became a great sage and savior of humanity.

Siddhartha came from a wealthy family, who didn't want him to have anything to do with religion. He got everything he wanted, and didn't know what it was like to feel miserable. His father didn't let him venture into the real world because he didn't want Siddhartha to start realizing religion, and didn't want him to notice the suffering of other people. However, his father allowed him to venture out of the house once, but tried to make sure he wouldn't see any unhappy people. However, Siddhartha saw a lot more then his father expected.

On his trip to the outside world he saw four people who changed his view on everything. This is called the Four Passing Sights: He saw old men in pain, which made him hurt because he had never lived like that in his luxury, a group of sick people which made him feel more miserable, and a funeral which pulled all the emotions together. The last thing he saw was a monk who helped him along the way. Seeing all of these terrible sights made Siddhartha realize that he wasn't living life the real way, and that everything in his life wasn't how anyone else had it. Through this realization, he decided to follow the lifestyle of the monk who led him and try and help the people around him.


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*information from http://www.ahistoryofbuddhism.com/History-of-Siddhartha-Gautama.html
and wikipedia