What is Buddhism and where did it originate?
Buddhism originated in India with the famous Prince Siddhartha, also called Gautama (566-C480 B.C.) and later spread to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia. It claims that life is full of suffering and that we should eliminate al l desire to end our suffering in an enlightenment that may eventually end our countless births and rebirths so that we can enter a state called Nirvana (Release from the cycle of rebirths and earthly pain and suffering). Ironically, Buddhism has virtuall y disappeared from India, its country of origin.
