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Beginnings of Buddhism

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Name 2 ways that Hinduism and Buddhism are different.
1. Hinduism believes in many gods, Buddhism does not.
2. Hindus believe in different social classes (caste system), whereas Buddhists believe everyone is equal.
List 2 ways that Hinduism and Buddhism are alike.
1. Both believe in nonviolence.
2. Both religions have priests.
According to Buddhism, how is human suffering connected to human desires?
According to Buddhism, human suffering is caused by selfish human desires (desires for power, wealth and pleasure).
What happened to Buddhism in India?
It died out in India, but took root in China.
Many Hindus came to honor Gautama as a reincarnation of the god ___________.
Vishnu
The Golden Age of Buddhism came during the reign of ___________, one of India's greatest rulers.
Asoka
A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others is a ____________.
missionary
Gautama taught that all people are ______________, regardless of their social class.
equal
Lasting peace that Buddhist's seek by giving up selfish desires is _________________.
nirvana
According to Buddhism, the way to become free from human suffering is to follow the _____________.
Middle Way
Buddha taught that human suffering is caused by __________.
selfish desires for
1.power
2. wealth
3. pleasure
Buddha taught that the answer to human suffering lay not in worshipping gods, but in __________________________.
right thinking
self denial
Buddhism differed from earlier religions in one important way- other religions worshipped _______________.
many gods
______________ is thinking deeply about sacred things.
meditating
Gautama could not accept the Hindu belief that only ____________ could pass on knowledge.
Brahmans
The followers of Gautama called him "the enlightened one," or ____________.
Buddha
Gautama's dissatisfaction with the teachings of ___________ led him to a set of new beliefs.
Hinduism
The founder of the Buddhist religion is _______________.
Siddhartha Gautama
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