Anisa lhefyolanda
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6th FREE READING


BUDDHISM 
by: PAUL NATION
genres: FACTUAL
sub genres: CULTURE


This story is interesting , i love this story . the story of a man nmaed buddha . Buddha is a man who lived more than two thousand five hundred years ago in India. his family is rich and he lives in a beautiful house with many servants. however outside his home there are many poor unhappy people . 
when he was twenty nine years old , he left his family and his beautiful home and went into the world to find answer his question . he studied with the teacher but they did not answer his question . after this he lived alone in the forest and he didn't eat for days.
he thought for forty-nine days after this time he learned something from himself . he became teh buddha . his question were answered. buddha died when he was eighty years old . during his long life he travelled to many places and had many followers .
sinve the time of buddha , women have given their lives to buddhism . these women are called nuns. some of them pray and study buddhism , some study the great buddhist writings and others help the poor. 
there is more than one kind of buddhism . buddhism developed differently in each of the many countries it spread to . buddhism started in asia but today it has spread to western countries .