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Some major beliefs that Buddhist's have are the "Four Noble Truths". They are mainly based on suffering and karma. The first noble truth is about suffering, the cause, the end of suffering and what leads to the end. It plans for the suffering mentally and physically. They also believe in reincarnation. This is when you are to live many lives and if you do good in one life you will become something better. But if you live your life worse than before, then you are to relive a life of an insect or a plant. Another thing they believe in is "The Eight Fold Path". These are the rights of Buddhism. The right of understanding, thinking, speech, conduct, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration.======

**Lifestyle Norms**
Keep the statues of Buddha in most public places. Lotus symbolizes the teachings of Buddha. Buddhists can worship daily and/or monthly. They can worship Buddha in a temple and/or in their house. At their house they build a shrine like a room or a part of a room used for meditation. It can be decorated with candles, statues, and burning incense. Buddhist people are to support the poor, so every morning they are to feed the poor with spare food that they have.

**Experienced Discrimination**
the Buddhist people faced discrimination in India. Many many of the people that live in India are very open about their intolerance for Christians and Buddhists.

**Human Rights Violations**
An author was arrested for writing books that were considered offensive to Buddhists.

**Religious Followers**
The Dalai Lama is one who has a strong understanding of Buddhism and the "Four Noble Truths". He is the leader of Tibet spiritually and politically. Number of Religious followers based on popular areas of the world 
 * Buddhism is taught differently in many parts of the world
 * Buddhism originated in the 6th century
 * 90 million people consider themselves buddists in Japan
 * today less than 1% of people in India are buddist, there are more in the east

**Impact on Governments**

 * Conflicts**

They are Free to practice the Buddhist religion openly and freely**.**
 * 1st Amendment Connection**

**Christian attacks on Buddhism from 1982-1993:** 1982: Christian gatherings in south Korea are made to put down Buddhism**.** 1984: Red crosses are painted on Buddhas temple wall paintings. In a Korean text book they call Buddhism a "fading religion". 1985: they got their tires slashed by an unidentified man. 1986: Christians burned down the Main Dharma hall. 1987: 2 christian Fundamentalist groups burned 2 sacred temples to the ground. 1988: 1 temple and 1 Dharma hall are burned to the ground 1989: 2 sacred buildings are burned and 1.1 million and damages. A Buddha statue was destroyed. 1991: 5 buildings are destroyed and priceless articles were lost. 1992: 1 building is burned to the ground. 1993: 1 building is badly burned. And many other terrible things have been done by Christan Radical fundamentalist groups.
 * Terrorist Acts**

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