<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8aae813d-0dcd-4076-a988-b98fc79f759d/55401D03-CBA0-47E5-9898-B5D1178B1B3F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212"><H1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading">Buddhism</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212"><P><B>Buddhism</B> is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religion<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><A title="" href="#cite_note-0"><SPAN>[</SPAN>1<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><A title="" href="#cite_note-1"><SPAN>[</SPAN>2<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>and is based on the teachings attributed to <A class="mw-redirect" title="Siddhartha Gautama" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhartha_Gautama">Siddhartha Gautama</A>, commonly known as "The Buddha" (the Awakened One), who was born in what is today Nepal.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><A title="" href="#cite_note-2"><SPAN>[</SPAN>3<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><A title="" href="#cite_note-3"><SPAN>[</SPAN>4<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP> He lived and taught in the northeastern region of the <A title="Indian subcontinent" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</A> and likely died around 400 BCE.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><A title="" href="#cite_note-4"><SPAN>[</SPAN>5<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/B8111BD1-FB85-4925-88CA-504A73452CAA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212"><DIV class="thumbcaption"> <DIV class="magnify"><A title="Enlarge" class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BuddhaTwang.jpg"><IMG height="11" width="15" alt="" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></A></DIV> A Statue of <A class="mw-redirect" title="Siddharta Gautama" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddharta_Gautama">the Buddha</A> in <A title="Tawang" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawang">Tawang</A> <A title="Gompa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompa">Gompa</A>, <A title="India" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India">India</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212"><P>Buddhism is broadly recognized as being composed of two major branches:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A title="Theravada" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada">Theravada</A>, which has a widespread following in <A title="Southeast Asia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia">Southeast Asia</A></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A title="Mahayana" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana">Mahayana</A> (including <A class="mw-redirect" title="Pure Land" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Land">Pure Land</A>, <A title="Zen" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen">Zen</A>, <A title="Nichiren Buddhism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren_Buddhism">Nichiren Buddhism</A>, <A class="mw-redirect" title="Shingon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingon">Shingon</A>, <A title="Tibetan Buddhism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism">Tibetan Buddhism</A> and <A title="Tendai" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendai">Tendai</A>), found throughout <A title="East Asia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia">East Asia</A>. It should be noted that in some methods of classification, Vajrayana is considered a third branch.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212"><SPAN class="mw-headline">The Noble Eightfold Path</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212"><DIV class="rellink noprint relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <A title="Noble Eightfold Path" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path">Noble Eightfold Path</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/B34E284C-BC55-48D2-8ABA-729F000B4839" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&oldid=274037212"><DIV class="thumbcaption"> <DIV class="magnify"><A title="Enlarge" class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dharma_Wheel.svg"><IMG height="11" width="15" alt="" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></A></DIV> The <A class="mw-redirect" title="Dharmachakra" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmachakra">Dharmachakra</A> represents the <A title="Noble Eightfold Path" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path">Noble Eightfold Path</A>.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/55401D03-CBA0-47E5-9898-B5D1178B1B3F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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