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Siddhartha Gautama was born in 563 BC

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Siddhartha left his Prince life to find the meaning of life

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Siddhartha searched for many years in many countries

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Siddhartha fasted (going without food) and did a lot of meditation (the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas)

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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 of Wisdom is when it is said the First Sermon was.

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Siddhartha is now called Buddha

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Buddha means "Enlightened One"

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Buddha spent the rest of his life traveling across northern India

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When Siddhartha left his palace it was called The Great Departure

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Buddha had four guiding principles which are called the Four Noble Truths

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One of the four is "Suffering and unhappiness are a part of human life. No one can escape sorrow.

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Nirvana is a state of perfect peace.

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Buddha's rules are called The Eightfold Path

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Buddha disagreed with many of the Hindu rules

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Buddha rejected the idea of animal sacrifices

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Buddha taught that people who failed to reach the nirvana would be reborn time and time again

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Buddha was opposed to the caste system

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Buddha said that no matter your social class low-class or high- class can reach the enlightenment

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Buddha died at the year 483 BC

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After Buddha died 500 followers gathered together to make sure Buddha's teachings were remembered

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Those followers also spread his teachings across India

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Within 200 years of Buddha's death, Buddhism spread almost all of India

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Even a powerful king called, Asoka, became Buddhist

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Missionaries are people who work to spread their religious beliefs across a country

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The missionaries sailed to Sri Lanka, some followed the trade route to Myanmar, and some went north to the Himalayas

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Eventually it spread all of India, Persia, China, Japan, and parts of Egypt and Syria

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The two major branches of Buddhism are Theravada and Mahayana

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Theravada Buddhists follow exactly as Buddha stated them

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Mahayana Buddhists believed that Buddha's teachings could be interpreted and still reach the nirvana

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Mahayana Buddhism is more popular among the people then Theravada Buddhism