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A prince named Siddhartha Gautama started asking questions about the meaning of human life because he was not satisfied.

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Siddhartha became more determined to find answers to life that he wandered and fasted and meditated to find the answers.

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According to legend Siddhartha wandered for six years in India and he eventually made it to a place near the city of Gaya, close to the Ganges river. There he sat underneath a tree and meditated.

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After 7 weeks of deep meditating he found the answers to why humans suffer: Wanting what we do not have, Wanting to keep what we like and already have, and not wanting what we dislike but have.l

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Siddhartha Gautama was about 35 years old when he found the tree of enlightenment

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Siddhartha became the Buddha or the enlightened one and spread his teachings across India.

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As the Buddha traveled he gained many followers most of them were merchants and artisans but he even taught a few kings.

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The Buddha was raised as a Hindu and he used some ideas from Hinduism to create Buddhism.

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The Buddha's teachings guided by 4 main principles known as the four noble truths.

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The Buddha believed there was a path between human desires and denying oneself any pleasure. This path was called the eight fold path

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The first foot of the eightfold path is right thought which says believe in the nature of existence as suffering and in the four noble truths

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the second foot of the eightfold path is Right Intent which says Incline toward goodness and kindness.

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the third foot of the eightfold path is Right speech which says avoid lies and gossip.

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the forth foot of the eightfold path is Right action which says don't steal from or harm others

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The 5th foot of the eightfold path is right livelihood which says reject work that hurts others

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the 6th foot is the right effort which says prevent evil and do good

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The Buddha challenged the authority of the Hindu priests. He did not believe that their rituals were necessary for enlightenment.

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The Buddha was opposed to the caste system He didn't think people should be ranked in society.

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The Buddha's opposition to the caste system won him the support of the masses most of them herders, farmers, artisans, and untouchables liked what they were hearing.

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By the time the Buddha died in 483 BC the Buddha's teachings were spreading rapidly throughout India.

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After the Buddha's death his 500 followers wanted to make sure that his teachings were remembered correctly.

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The followers were spreading Buddhism all over the place because his teachings were easily understood.

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The spread of Buddhism increased after one of the most powerful kings in India Asoka became a Buddhist in the 200s BC.

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Early Hinduism taught both men and women could gain salvation.

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Hinduism taught that women were inferior to men and were not allowed to study the Vedas or other sacred text.

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Hindu women have more rights now then they had back then.

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the 7th foot on the eightfold path is Right mindfulness which says control your feelings and thoughts

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Siddhartha was born a Kshatriya

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Siddhartha was born in the late 500s BC

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the Buddha named the tree he sat under for 7 weeks the Tree of Wisdom