![]() ![]() ![]() A summary of this path is expressed in the Noble Eightfold Path, a cultivation of the mind through observance of meditation and Buddhist ethics. He endorsed the Middle Way, a path of spiritual development that avoids both extreme asceticism and hedonism. The Buddha's central teachings emphasize the aim of attaining liberation from attachment or clinging to existence, which is said to be marked by impermanence ( anitya), dissatisfaction/suffering ( duḥkha), and the absence of lasting essence ( anātman). It is the world's fourth-largest religion, with over 520 million followers ( Buddhists) who comprise seven percent of the global population. It originated in present-day North India as a śramaṇa–movement in the 5th century BCE, and gradually spread throughout much of Asia via the Silk Road. "doctrines and disciplines"), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. Buddhism ( / ˈ b ʊ d ɪ z əm/ BUUD-ih-zəm, US also / ˈ b uː d-/ BOOD-), also known as Buddha Dharma, and Dharmavinaya ( transl. ![]()
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