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In the beginning, Buddah played soccer and single-handed-ly won the World Cup.

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Siddhartha, a young Kshatriya man looked around and saw how much pain there was in the world. This caused him to ask questions about the meaning of life.

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Before Siddhartha was 30 years old, he left to look for answers to his questions.

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Wanting to clear his mind of day to day concerns, Siddhartha stopped bathing and started ,fasting. He often meditated.

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Siddhartha spent 7 weeks meditating under a tree and found that human suffering comes from 3 things.

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Siddhartha was named the Buddha or the Entlightened one.

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Siddhartha said human suffering comes from wanting what we like but do not have, wanting to keep what we like and already have, and not wanting what we dislike but have.

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The tree under which Siddhartha was enlightened was named the Tree of Wisdom.

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After being enlightened, Siddhartha told 5 of his former companions his new ideas. This was later called the first sermon.

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The Buddha spent all his life after being enlightened teaching people his ideas.

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Siddhartha was not satisfied with his life. He felt something was missing.

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The teachings of Buddhism reflect those of Hinduism.

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The heart of Buddhist teachings is the Four Noble Truths.

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One noble truth is that "suffering and unhappiness are a part of human life. No one can escape sorrow."

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The second truth is that "suffering comes from our desires for pleasure and material goods. People cause their own misery because they want things they do not have. "

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The third noble truth is that "people can overcome their desires and ignorance and reach nirvana, a state of perfect peace. Reaching nirvana would free a person's soul from suffering and from the need for further reincarnation"

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The fourth noble truth is "people can overcome ignorance and desire by following an eight-fold path that leads to wisdom, enlightenment, and salvation.

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The eight-fold path is having right thought, right intent, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.

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The Buddha believed the eight fold path was in between denying yourself pleasure and human desire.

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The Buddah believed we should overcome our desire for goods.

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The Buddah said we should still be reasonable and not starve or cause yourself pain.

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Similarly to Hindus, the Buddha believed people should act and treat others kindly.

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The Buddha rejected ideas of the Vedas like animal sacrifice.

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The Buddha told people they didn't need to follow the Vedas.

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The Buddha challenged the Brahmins, or Hindu priests', authority.

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The Buddah believed, unlike Hindus, that the Brahmins and their rituals were neccessary for enlightenment.

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Unlike Hindus teach, the Buddha said it was one's own responsibility to work for their salvation.

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Buddhism agrees with Hindu reincarnation. It says people who fail to reach nirvana would be reborn.

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the Buddha disagreed with the caste system. He said it didn't matter what varna they were in, as long as they followed the eight-fold path.

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The Buddah taught that priests could not help people reach salvation.

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Unlike Hinduism, Buddhism empowered people because one's lower social rank would not affect their enlightenment.