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By: Mykalah Kellogg
The goal for Buddhism is to attain nirvana, a state of
complete peace in which one is free from the
distractions of desire and self-consciousness.
 Creator of Buddhism
 Birth: 580 BC
 Buddha Siddhartha
Gautama
 Location: Lumbini,
Southern Nepal
 Left Southern Nepal at
the age of 29
 Set on a path to teach
people “Enlightenment”
 Foundation of Buddhism
 1. Dukkha – Truth of
Suffering
 2. Samudaya – Truth of
the cause of suffering
 3. Nirhodha – Truth of
the end of suffering
 4. Magga – Truth of the
path that frees us from
suffering
 Meditation – Mental concentration and mindfulness
 Mantras – Sounds
 Mudras – Symbolic movementof the hand
 Prayer Wheel – Recite Mantras with the turn of a
wheel
 Thich Nhat Hanh
 Born: 1926
 Founded the School of
Youth for Social Services
(SYSS) in Saigon,
Vietnam
 Studied at Princeton
University
 Lectured at Cornell
University and Colombia
University
 Nominated for the Nobel
Peace Prize (1967)
 Tenzin Gyatso Dalai Lama
 14th Dalai Lama
 Born: 1935 in Tibet
 Leader of Tibetan people
 Left for India in 1959
 First Dalai Lama to travel
to the West
 Noble Peace Prize (1989)
 State Congressional Gold
Metal (2007)
 Master Cheng Yen
 Born: 1937
 Female
 Taiwanese Buddhist
Nun/Teacher
 Founder of Buddhist
Compassion Relief TzuChi Foundation
 Provides active help for
the Myanmar’s Cyclone
Nigris
 By the spread to numerous
countries, it was able to
develop into a religion
 Spread to almost all the countries of the world
 Population: 350 million
 Half of the practice is Mahayana Buddhism
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