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'''Buddhism''' is a religious system whose followers seek liberation from suffering through adherence to the teachings of the Buddha [[Siddhartha Gautama]]. To Buddhists, sentient beings are trapped in an eternal cycle of death and rebirth (<i>samsara</i>) characterized by suffering (<i>dukkha</i>). Buddhism provides a practical set of teachings (the <i>dharma</i>) designed to help sentient beings escape samsara and achieve <i>nirvana</i>, a state of freedom from suffering.
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'''Buddhism''' is a religious system whose followers seek liberation from suffering through adherence to the teachings of the Buddha [[Siddhartha Gautama]]. To Buddhists, sentient beings are trapped in an eternal cycle of death and rebirth, (<i>samsara</i>) characterized by suffering (<i>dukkha</i>). Buddhism provides a practical set of teachings (the <i>dharma</i>) designed to help sentient beings escape samsara and achieve <i>nirvana</i>, a state of freedom from suffering.
    
[[Image:Nara.jpg|thumb|200px|Great Buddha at [[Nara]]]]
 
[[Image:Nara.jpg|thumb|200px|Great Buddha at [[Nara]]]]
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