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Siddhartha came near a town Gaya and sat under a tree and meditated.

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After 7 weeks of deep meditation he learned the 3 reasons of human suffering.

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Throughout the Buddha's lifetime he asked many people about religious matters.

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Siddhartha started fasting or going without food

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The Buddha shared his first ideas with his companions.

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Siddhartha left his home and traveled and had discussions with priests and people.

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Siddhartha started fasting and devoted his time to meditation the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas.

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The Buddha spent the rest of his life traveling across northern India and teaching people his ideas.

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Siddhartha ideas became the foundation of a major new religion in India.

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When Siddhartha was 35 he was now known as the Buddha or the enlightened one.

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The Buddha gained many followers some were merchants, and artisans , but very few kings.

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One of the Buddha's teachings were suffering and unhappiness are a part of human life. No one can escape sorrow.

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Another teaching is people can overcome ignorance and desire by following an eight fold path.

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The Buddha's first eightfold path saying was believe in the nature of existence as suffering and in the four noble truths.

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Another is don't steal from or harm others.

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it also says to reject work that will hurt others.

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The Buddha's followers spread his teachings throughout India.

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The Buddha says control your feelings and thoughts.

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the Buddha believed A middle way between human desires and denying oneself any pleasure.

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The Buddha also believed that people should overcome their desire for material goods.

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The Buddha rejected many of the ideas in the Vedas, such as animal sacrifice.

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The Buddha told people that they did not have to follow these texts.

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The Buddha challenged the authority of the Hindu priests.

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He taught that it was his or her responsibility of each person to work their salvation.

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The Buddha taught that people who failed to reach nirvana would be reborn until they acheived it.

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The Buddha's opposition to the caste system won him the support of the masses.

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Unlike Hinduism, Buddhism made them feel that they had the power to change their lives.

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The Buddha gained followers among the higher classes.

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By the time of his death in 483 BC, the Buddha's influence was spreading rapidily throughout India.