Youve already explained it to yourself.For Buddhism is not a religion. it is the answer to every question. Acknowleging life is become the buddha
my lama once told me: if you can explain buddhism then your not a buddhist, then you can feel the buddhism, then you are a buddhist.
Lol you got some really down to earth answers there. Basically quite a while ago (2500 I think) there was a man named Siddhartha Gautama - he became enlightened (understood Life, The Universe and Everything), became known as "The Buddha" and taught people what he had learned. These teaching are what the rest of Buddhism stems from. He did load of teaching but his first sermon include the ones most people think about when they think of Buddhism. These are the first Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. Four Noble Truths: 1.Suffering 2. Cause of Suffering 3. Cessation of Suffering 4. Path to the Cessation of Suffering. That's the BASICs of it but it goes MUCH further than that. Blessings Sebbi
