Buddhism

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that the life was a continuing cycle of
death and rebirth. The well-being of oneself was determined on your behavior in
your previous life. Buddha said that by ridding oneself of worldly things he
would be in nirvana, peace and happiness. After Buddha's death, his followers
collected his teachings that became the dharma.

The sangha is what sometimes referred to as an ideal Buddhist community. All the
people in the community follow all the laws and seek nirvana. The arrangement of
the monks that had a role in the sangha. The monks' arrangement kept the
preserving and the spreading of Buddhism. In many Buddhist countries the monks
had to live in poverty and meditate. The monks wore very long robes. In a sangha
everyone, including the common Buddhists.

The Buddhists have a book called Tripitika, meaning three baskets. The first
part of the book is about the Basket of Discipline, which talks about regulating
the order of Buddhist monks. The second part is the Basket of Discourses, ...

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