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how they left Egypt. It is a major eight-day festival. Throughout the festival they eat<br />
matzah (unleavened bread).<br />
Buddhism began in India and is based <strong>on</strong> the<br />
teaching of the Buddha. The religi<strong>on</strong> is 2,500 years old<br />
and is followed by 350 milli<strong>on</strong> Buddhists world wide.<br />
Buddhism is the main religi<strong>on</strong> in many Asian countries.<br />
Buddhism is not centred <strong>on</strong> the re lati<strong>on</strong>ship between<br />
humanity and God. The founder of Buddhism is<br />
Siddhartha Gautama. He was born around the year 580<br />
B.C. in Nepal. He was born into a royal family, but he<br />
stopped being a prince when he saw the life of his<br />
people He be came a homeless holy man known as the<br />
Buddha or “awakened <strong>on</strong>e”. Statues of Buddha include<br />
a lot of symbols. Buddha is often seen with a round<br />
mark <strong>on</strong> his forehead which is his third eye (a symbol<br />
to show that he can see things ordinary people cannot<br />
see). Buddhists worship at home or at a temple. Buddhists try to teach how to reach<br />
Nirvana, the most enlight ened state <strong>on</strong>e can achieve, a state with out suffering, by<br />
following the Buddha’s teaching and by meditating. Meditati<strong>on</strong> means training the<br />
mind to empty it of all thoughts. When this happens what is important comes clear.<br />
1. Match the names of the religi<strong>on</strong>s with the facts about them.<br />
a. Christianity<br />
b. Islam<br />
c. Judaism<br />
d. Buddhism<br />
1. The followers of this religi<strong>on</strong> do not believe that the world was created by God.<br />
2. This religi<strong>on</strong> is the youngest of the four.<br />
3. This religi<strong>on</strong> has more followers than the others.<br />
4. According to this religious teaching people can achieve happiness <strong>on</strong> earth.<br />
5. A key c<strong>on</strong>cept of this religi<strong>on</strong> says that <strong>on</strong>e of their holy men sacrificed his life for<br />
them.<br />
Answer the questi<strong>on</strong>s about the four major religi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
1. Who is the founder of Christianity? Where was he born? How did he die?<br />
2. What parts does the Bible c<strong>on</strong>sist of?<br />
3. What are the main Chris tian holidays?<br />
4. What is the Muslim Holy Book called?<br />
5. What is a mosque and what is a minaret?.<br />
6. Who is Abraham and who is Moses?<br />
7. Who created the universe ac cording to Judaism?<br />
8. Is Buddha a god? What do we know about him?<br />
9. What is Nirvana? Why do people try to reach it?<br />
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