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Siddhartha was a prince who was born Kshatriya.

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Siddhartha noticed how hard some people had to work and wondered the point of human life.

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Before he was 30 he left home for answers on how people struggled.

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No one gave convincing answers to Siddhartha.

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Siddhartha starting fasting, which means going without food.

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He did not bath either

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He devoted a lot of his time to meditation.

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He was once meditating under a tree for 7 weeks straight.

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Suddenly he had found the answers he was looking for, he realized 3 reasons why people are struggling, they want what they like but do not have, wanting to keep what we like and already have, and not wanting what they dislike but already have.

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The tree he was meditating under is now known as the Tree of wisdom.

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Siddhartha taught mostly merchants and artisans. He even taught some kings.

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The followers were some of the first believers in Buddhism.

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There were 4 noble truths in the Buddha's teachings.

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The 1st one is suffering and unhappiness are a part of human life. No one can escape sorrow.

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The 2nd one is suffering comes from our desire for pleasure and material goods. People cause their misery because they want things they don't and cannot have.

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The 3rd one is People can overcome their desires and ignorance and reach nirvana, a state of perfect peace. Reaching nirvana would free a person's soul from suffering.

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The 4th and last one is people can overcome ignorance and desire by following an eight fold path that leads to things like wisdom, enlightenment, and salvation.

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One of the teachings were prevent evil do good.

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Another teaching was to avoid lies and gossip.

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The last teaching of the eightfold path is to practice proper meditation.

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The Buddha challenged the authority of the Hindu priests and Brahmins.

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Some of the Buddha's teachings were challenged by Hindu ideas.

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The Buddha did not believe in the enlightenment of their rituals.

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One thing he did not reject was the reincarnation though.

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The Buddha thought that it was a persons own work for their salvation.

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The Buddha's opposition to the castes won him masses of followers.

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The reasons to this is because all of the low class people did not have to bother about their low class, it wouldn't matter.

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The higher classes also joined in because many rich and powerful Indians welcomed his ideas about avoiding the extreme behavior of seeking salvation.

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The Buddha rejected many ideas from the Hindu texts such as the animal sacrifice.

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The Buddha hated the caste system, he didn't think people should be confined to a particular place in the society.