5 Major Religions #2

Buddhism
- Number of adherents: 500 million to 1.5 billion (estimates vary quite a bit)
- Call then: Buddhists
- geographic location: Southeast Asia, China, Nepel, Japan (there are 1.2 million Buddhists in the United States)
- Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
- Denominations: Trbeton, Zen, Theravada, Amidist
- Four Noble Truths:
  ~ There is suffering
  ~ Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering
  ~ There is a cessation of suffering
  ~ The Eightfold Path will lead to the cessation
- Eightfold Path:
  ~ Right view
  ~ Right intention
  ~ Right speech
  ~ Right action
  ~ Right livelihood
  ~ Right effort
  ~ Right mind fulness
  ~ Right dedication

Judaism
- Number of adherents: 14-18 ( ninth )
- Call them: Jews
- Geographic location: Israel
- Founder: Abraham
- Holy book:
  ~ Talmud
  ~ Torah ( the first five books of the end Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leuitheus, Numbers, Dueteronomy )
- Beliefs: ethnical monotheism - God is one, and conceded with the actions of humankind
  ~ Ten Commandments
  ~ 13 Principles of Faith