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It began with a man named Siddhartha Gautama

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whenever Gautama traveled he would have discussions with priest and people known for their wisdom

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According to legend , Siddhartha spent six years wandering throughout India. he eventually came to a place near a town of Gaya close to the Ganges river. There he sat down under a tree and meditated.

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He had realized that humans suffering comes from three things.

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Siddhartha was born around 563 BC in northern India as a prince where he grew up in Luxury.

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He meditated fro 7 weeks under that tree and people called that tree the tree of wisdom

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He was 35 years old when he found the enlightenment

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He described is ideas to five of is companions. His followers later called this talk the first sermon

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now  they call him Buddha or the enlightenment one

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As he traveled the Buddha gained many followers

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the followers were the first believers in Buddhism

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many of his teachings reflected Hindu ideas

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he believed that people should act morally and treat others well

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he was born in the Kshatriya (the warrior group)

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He felt something was missing in life  so he went looking

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at the heart of the Buddha teachings were four principles.

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the Buddha believed that this path was a middle way between human desires and denying oneself any pleasure

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he believed that people should over come there desire for material goods.

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suffering and unhappiness are a part of human life no one can  escape sorrow

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he thought that they should however be reasonable and not starve their bodies or cause themselves unnecessary pain.

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Buddha and Hindu teachings are different in ways. like Buddha teachings challenged traditional Hindu ideas

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Buddha reject Vedas but Hindus don't

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Buddha also reject animal sacrifices.

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he told that they did not have to follow these texts

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the Buddha challenged the authority of the Hindu priest

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he taught that people who failed to reach nirvana would have to reborn time and time again until they achieved it

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he did not believe that they or their rituals were necessary for enlightenment

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the Buddha was opposed to the caste system

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unlike Hinduism Buddhism made them feel that they had the power to change their lives

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both the Hindus and Buddha believed in reincarnation