... has many similar features, which are common in other major religions such as Christianity and Islam. I would like to identify that Buddhism has a Founder; it has sacred scriptures, sacred time, sacred objects, and sacred place. The Founder of Buddhism was Siddhartha Guatama lived about 2600 years ago; he was the son of a wealthy Indian King and had all the luxuries that anyone would have ever wanted. But, he became unhappy about the purpose of his life and knew that there was more to life, then lavishness. He knew that this wouldn't bring true happiness and that they wouldn't prevent him from growing old and then finally dying. So he left the palace in search of an answer. He is now known to be one of the greatest teachers ever known and now has 327 million people, who followed his path and become Buddhists. Buddhism has sacred scriptures just ...

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