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February 21st, 2010
12:16 PM ET
Understanding BuddhismBuddhism is the major religion of many countries in Asia, based largely on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, or Buddha. There are more than 300 million Buddhists worldwide. Most fall into one of two major schools of Buddhism, but there are dozens of different sects. A third school also has a small following. They all share basic beliefs.
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Understanding buddhism.. Awful 🙂
BTW – Sidhartha was his given name. Buddha is the state of enlightenment. He called himself Buddha which translates to "one who has been awoken". He is Lord Buddha, our teacher.
Inaccurate information. It's a BODHI TREE, not a BO Tree. It's a type of Ficus that grows and grows and grows. In fact, it is said the SAME tree is still in Nepal.
Please actually research this topic before publishing misinformation.