QUESTION: What is Buddhism?
ANSWER: The name Buddhism comes from the word bud/il which means ‘to wake up’ and thus Buddhism can be said to be the philosophy of awakening. This philosophy has its origins in the experience of the man Siddhattha Gotama, known as the l3uddha, who was himself awake ned at the age of . Buddhism is now 2,500 years old and has about 300 million followers worldwide. Until a hundred years ago Buddhism was Mainly an Asian philosophy but increasingly it is gaining adherents in Europe, Australia and America.
ANSWER: The name Buddhism comes from the word bud/il which means ‘to wake up’ and thus Buddhism can be said to be the philosophy of awakening. This philosophy has its origins in the experience of the man Siddhattha Gotama, known as the l3uddha, who was himself awake ned at the age of . Buddhism is now 2,500 years old and has about 300 million followers worldwide. Until a hundred years ago Buddhism was Mainly an Asian philosophy but increasingly it is gaining adherents in Europe, Australia and America.
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