https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93 10 facts per Focus pg. 28-33 en-us 2017-04-25 14:24:11 UTC 2017-04-25 15:02:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168118155 Siddharta Guatama began to question Hinduism and the meaning of human life. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168118155 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168118469 Nobody could give convincing enough answers to Siddharta's questions.]]> 2017-04-25 14:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168118469 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168118662 Siddharta freed his mind from daily concerns by fasting and meditating. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168118662 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168118893 Siddharta meditated under a tree, later known as the Tree of Wisdom, and finally got the answers he was looking for. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168118893 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168119196 Siddharta was then called the Buddha or the "Enlightened One". ]]> 2017-04-25 14:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168119196 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168119441 Siddharta spent the rest of his life traveling to teach his ideas. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168119441 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168120671 He realized human sufferings cam from three things:
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. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168120671 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168121273 Siddharta left his home and traveled to many regions in India to look for answers. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168121273 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168121670 His followers called this talk the First Sermon. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168121670 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168122192 Suddharta spent 7 more weeks meditating under the Tree of Wisdom, after he found his answers. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168122192 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168122693 As Buddha traveled, he began to gain many followers. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168122693 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168122860 Like Hindus, Buddha believed people should act morally and treat others well. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168122860 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168123068 Buddha had four guiding principles called the Four Noble Truths. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168123068 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168123779 Buddha believed the Eightfold Path was a middle way between human desires and denying oneself any pleasure. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168123779 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168124236 Buddha taught people to overcome their desire for material goods, but should not starve their bodies/cause any pain. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168124236 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168125220 After Buddha dies, 500 of Buddha's followers gathered together to make sure Buddha's teachings were taught correctly. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168125220 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168125612 Buddhist teachings were popular and easy to understand, so these ideas spread very quickly. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168125612 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168125889 The king, Asoka, became a Buddhist, and sent missionaries to spread their religious beliefs. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168125889 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168126299 Missionaries introduced Buddhism to lands west of India. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168126299 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168126606 Buddhism was taught to millions of people, and spread as far away as Syria and Egypt. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168126606 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168126930 Buddha rejected many of the ideas taught in the Vedas, such as animal sacrifice. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168126930 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168127247 Buddha challenged the authority of the Hindu priests. He did not believe the Brahmins or their rituals were necessary. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168127247 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168127651 Buddha did not reject the idea of Hindu reincarnation. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168127651 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168127894 The Buddha disliked the caste system. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168127894 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168128527 Buddha thought it was wrong for someone to be put into a particular place in society. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168128527 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168128825 Buddha made people feel they had the power to change their lives, unlike Hinduism. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168128825 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168128982 It didn't matter what Varna or caste someone belonged to. As long as they lived the way they should, that was fine. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168128982 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168129599 Many rich and powerful Indians began to follow Buddhism. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168129599 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168130364 Buddha thought/taught every person who followed the Eightfold path would properly reach nirvana, unlike Hinduism. ]]> 2017-04-25 14:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168130364 23060531 https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168131036 Buddha agreed that those who failed to reach nirvana (or in Hinduism their caste), would be reborn time and time again until they achieve it. ]]> 2017-04-25 15:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/23060531/vi89vx0wop93/wish/168131036