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Buddhism originated in the Middle East. It is believed that some Buddhism people were there before Jews. Buddhism started about 2500 years ago by a man named Guatama and he is known as Buddha. Buddhist value the virtues of kindness, humanity, patience, giving, and compassion. In Buddhism there are Nuns and Monks. Nuns and Monks are artists that work in the Zen Buddhism religion.

Buddha was the man who founded the Buddhism religion. He started the Buddhism religion in India. Before he was called the Awakened One, "Buddha", his name was Sakyamuni, and this is where he got the name, "Sakya", for the name of his clan. He taught Buddhism verbally and it started to spread into different branches, such as Zen Buddhism. He taught others to sit in the lotus position.

Rituals that Buddhist have are that, you have to have a baby, get married, and follow the teachings of the Buddha. This means that they must live under the rules and laws of the religion. They also must Dhamma the Buddha religion. This means they must teach the religion for other people to learn. They must meditate as a part of the religion as well. When they meditate they have to sit in the lotus position. A lotus position is when people sit with their legs crossed and their feet facing upwards toward the sky.

Meditation has been done for several generations in the Shinto and Zen religions. There are also many others religions that meditate, but Shinto and Buddhism/Zen Buddhism are the 2 major religions that meditate. There are forms of meditating, such as Zazen, done by the Buddhists. When meditating, people sit in the lotus position, which is when people sit with legs crossed and soles of feet facing upwards.

Nuns were artists that worked in Zen Buddhism. To become a Nun, some Buddhist would join a community called Sangha. They would devote their time to studying teachings, and explain them to each other. They would agree to over 200 rules. Soto Zen Nuns could not become Zen teachers or Zen Masters. Zen Buddhism grew and flourished in medieval Japan (ca. 1221-1600) in a great measure because of the exceptional support it received from women and nuns.

Monks were men artists, they painted quickly, and preferred to work as Teachers, patriarchs, and enlightened individuals. They were Men Nuns, but called by a different name. Some people are Monks or Nuns from birth, but others will lead the monastic life for a short time. If a person lead the monastic life for a short time they would have earned merit for the time they spent to complete devotion to the Buddhist way. Monks could also be lords. As part of being a Monk, they had to agree to 200 rules just like the Nuns.

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