HW 12-9

More on buddhists

• Siddhartha Guatama
• denominations
• tibetan
• zen
• theravada
• amidists
• 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 of suffering
• Eight fold path: basically do the right thing
• Judaism
• number of people: 14 to 18 million (ninth largest)
• jews
• From Israel
• Founder: abraham
• holy books: Talmud and Torah
• Ethical monotheism
• God is one and concerned with mankind 
• 10 commandments
• 13 principles of faith