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Siddhartha Gautama found answers that attracted many followers, and the young man's ideas became the foundation of a major religion in India.

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Siddhartha  began to ask questions of human life, and did not get answers

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Siddhartha did not give up and to free his mind he started fasting and meditating

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Fasting:
Going without food.

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Meditation:
The focusing of mind of spiritual ideas.

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After he sat under a tree and meditated for seven weeks he suddenly found the answers

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human suffering comes from:
- wanting what we like but do not have
- wanting to keep what we like but already have
- not wanting what we dislike but have

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Siddhartha Gautama's followers named the tree that he meditated at for another 7 weeks Tree of Wisdom.

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Siddhartha was about 35 years old when he found enlightenment under the tree.

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From finding enlightenment he was now called "Buddha" or "enlightened one".

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From 35 and on, Buddha spent traveling northern India and teaching people his ideas.

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Buddha gained many followers traveling place to place in northern India. These followers were the first believers of Buddhism.

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At the heart of Buddha's teachings were four guiding principals that became known as the four noble truths.

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Nirvana:
A state of perfect peace

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Buddha believed in the Eightfold path.

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Buddha taught priests responsibility.

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Many of Buddhas followers were merchants and artisans.

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Buddha even taught a few kings

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Buddhas teachings reflected off of Hindu ideas

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All of the eightfold paths were right.

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Buddha taught that people who failed to reach the nirvana would have to be reborn time and time again until they reached it.

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Many of Buddha's teachings reflected off of Hindu ideas. He also believed in the Eightfold path.

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Some of Buddha's teachings challenged traditional Hinduism ideas.

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Buddha rejected many ideas contained in the Vedas.

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Buddha was opposed to the caste system.

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Buddha challenged the authority of the Hindu priests.

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Buddha did not reject teachings of the reincarnation.

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It didn't matter what varna or caste you were in you lived the way you should.

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

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Hinduism and Buddhism are from India.