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Siddhartha had desire for much despite having everything during his life as a prince because his father restricted him from seeing anything bad about life. Siddhartha would soon assume that there was more to life past the palace.

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He sneaks out of the palace and sees an old man, a sick man🤢, and a corpse💀.Soon after he ponders the purpose of life since he came to the conclusion that it always ends in suffering.

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After finding out that life is all suffering, Siddhartha renounces the throne and decides to become a wandering monk for 6 years🐗. He finds out that this journey had made him further away from nirvana.

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Siddhartha meditates under the Bodhi tree

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Siddhartha meditates under the Bodhi tree

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Siddhartha goes back to eating normally but he finds a tree to meditate at and it is now called the bodhi tree. After meditating for a month he had found the eightfold path/the middle way.🐖

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After his meditation at the bodhi tree Siddhartha discovers the middle way and writes down his eightfold path with his 4 noble truths that will guide people to reaching enlightenment just like him.🤯

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Once Siddhartha had made his guide and had lost his desire, he reached nirvana and now enjoyed his life instead of desiring anything.🤑

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After Siddhartha’s eightfold path became widespread it started to be taken outside of India and became a very large religion, now being the 4th largest in the world.

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A. How can Buddhism be considered a “reform” of Hinduism.

- Buddhism is shown as a way to end suffering and escape the circumstances of what you were born as unlike Hinduism.

B. Why was Buddhism appealing to lower caste Indians.

-It’s a way to escape the caste system which they were born in. Unlike having to settle with the life they have they can find a way to end their suffering.