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Initiation Rights of Buddhism
Title: Initiation Rights of Buddhism
Category: Society & Culture / Religion
Details: Words: 1216 | Pages: 5.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Initiation Rights of Buddhism
The Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, founded Buddhism in Northern India. He was born circa 563 in Lumbini, which is in modern-day Nepal. At the age of 29, he left his wife, children and political involvements in order to seek truth; this was an accepted practice at the time for some men to leave their family and lead the life of an ascetic. He studied Brahmanism, but ultimately rejected it. In 535 BCE, he reached enlightenment and assumed the title …showed first 75 words of 1216 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1216 total…Simple, Broadway Books, December 1998
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