Buddhism has alternately been called a religion, a philosophy, an ideology and a way of life. As with all the other great spiritual traditions that have withstood the test of time, Buddhism offers many different paths for people with different kinds of sensibilities, needs and capacities. Buddhism began in Northern India six hundred years before the Christian Era. Over a period of about a thousand years, Buddhism spread north into Tibet, south into Sri Lanka, …showed first 75 words of 272 total…

…showed last 75 words of 272 total…the true nature of reality. The Third Noble Truth encourages humanity, asserting that there is a way to dispel ignorance and relive suffering. This path is detailed in the Fourth Noble Truth in the form of the Eightfold path. According to the Buddha the eightfold path is the means to achieve liberation from suffering. Specifically, this path includes Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.