Buddhism
is moderate in all way, and the desired result is complete insight and
serenity. A central conviction of the faith is that one should cause no harm
to others, and for this reason Buddhist are often vegetarian.
A
Buddhist monk is said to need only three robes. These are saffron in colour
and include a dhoti (a long cloth wrapped round the waist) and
a shawl round the shoulders.
The
Buddhist attemšts to free his mind from delucion and to attain a stste of
enlightenkent by exercises of concentration and meditation. Buddhist monk
and nuns are some time hermits and sometime live communally.
There are certain ways by which a Buddhist can gain merit: one way to give
alms; another is by visiting the importent site of Buddha'slife. In
the early year of the religion of the great stupas of
classical Buddhist temples.
The
Practices of Buddhism
