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Buddha did not recreate reincarnation.

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He taught that it was the responciablity of each person to work for their salvation

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Buddha did not belive in sacrifices and a way to make the gods happy.

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He did not think that you should be seperated by wealth or occupation.

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The buddha was opposed to the caste system.

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He did not belive that they or their rituals were nessicary for enlightenment.

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He told people he did not have to follow these text.

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For example, the Buddha rejected many of the ideas containing the Vedas.

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Some of the Buddha's teachings challenged traditional Hindu ideas.

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People over came their desires and ignorance and reach nirvana, a state of prfect peace

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Buddha believed that this path was a middle way betweenmhuman desires and denying oneself any preasure.

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The chart on the next page shows the steps in eightfold path.

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Like Hindus he belived that people shouldact morally and treat others well.

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Budduism contiued to attract followers over the years.

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At the heart of the Buddha's teachings were four guiding pricables.

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These followers were the first people of budisum.

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Then he had the river he was near was told that it is sacred.

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Then he had many followers thad included kings and other high positions.

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Then he had tought many people about his learnings and understandings

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Then one day he had sat under a tree and meditaded for days then found out what he was looking for and went into town and told everyone.

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For several years he searched and searched but was never able to fugire it out.

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Siddhartha did not give up. Instead he became even more determinded to find the answers.

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Siddhartha had asked many people for answers and found none.

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Before Siddhartha reached age 30, he left his home and family to look for answers.

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The restless young man was Siddharths Gautama. Siddharths had many followers and was a prince who grew up in luxury. And his ideas became the foundation of Buddhism.

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In the late 500s BC a restless young man, dissatisfied with the teaching of Hinduism, began to ask his own questions about life and religios matters.