The real teenage Witches

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 446.

What do these figures refer to in the text?

Give definitions for the following.

Answer the following questions.

1) What teaching is Buddhism based on?

2) What are the two major branches of Buddhism?

3) Where can they be found?

4) What are three Jewels of Buddhism?

5) What are the most common Buddhist practices?

6) When was Buddhism incorporated in Russia? How?

7) What regions adopted Buddhism afterwards?

8) Why can a certain number of converts into Buddhism be found in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg?

9) What countries recognize Buddhism as an official religion?

10) Where are Buddhist university-monasteries mainly concentrated in Russia?

Datsan, bodhisattva, conventional living, meditation, the Dharm, Theravada Mahayana, insights

230 million, the late 15th century, 1993, 700,000, 0.5%, 500 million

Before you read. Think over the following questions.

-What is paganism in your opinion? What kind of deities do you think

pagans worship?

- Why does an increasing number of young people become pagans?

It is not clear why Paganism is so popular among young people in the UK while the Christian Church struggles to raise the numbers of teenagers in the pews. But the youth-friendly image of Paganism may have something to do with it. There certainly aren't too many cool teenage Christians on TV.