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Siddhartha Gautama

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Founder of Buddhism

Born in Northeast India, Modern-day Nepal

Prince, that was either to be a ruler or a religious leader

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Founder of Hinduism

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Siddhartha Gautama

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Main message of Buddhism

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All of life of suffering

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Nirvana

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The world for Salvation in Buddhism

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Who was Gautama a temporary of

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Mahavira

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Dharma

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Buddhist teachings

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Pali

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Common language of Buddhist

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Middle Way

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Not practicing extreme deeds like asceticism but not indulging in pleasures all the time. Contentment is key

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Country of Orgin

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India

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Where Gautama was born

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Northeast India, modern day nepal

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Four Passing Sights

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Old Age

Sickness

Death

Ascetic

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Great Going Forth

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When Gautama leaves his family and the pleasure of being a prince, starts a life as an ascetic

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Arhats

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Worthy Ones, Saints

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Three Jewels

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Taking refuge in refuge in The Buddha, The Dharma, and The Sagna

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The Sagna

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First monastic community, included nuns and monks

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Three Marks of Existance

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Anatta: No ultimate reality, essence to Buddhism is there is no essence

Anicca: mean impermanence, close to anatta, focuses on idea that existence is constantly changing

Dukka: Means suffering, natural result of anatta and anicca, disjointed, things aren’t quite as they should be

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Five Perceptions

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Do not take life

Do not take what is not given

Do not engage in serious misconduct

Do not use false speech

Do not drink intoxicants

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Four Noble Truths

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1) to live to suffer
2) Suffering is caused by desire
3) Suffering can be brought to cession
4) Solution to suffering is the Nobel Eightfold Path

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Buddhism

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Founder: Gautama

Origin: India

Main Idea: All of life is suffering, and you must dettach yourself from this world to reach nirvana, state of bliss/salvation

Sub Ideas: emphasizes the development of wisdom/insight into the human condition, no act of revelation

Most philosophically oriented out of all the great religion

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Buddha

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Can only show you the rode to take to get to salvation, you are in charge of your own destiny to get to salvation

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