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Foundations (The Buddha (Enlightenment (Siddhartha became enlightened, sat…
Foundations
The Buddha
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Began walking immediately, leaving lotus flowers at his steps
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Asceticism
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Reduced his food intake to a minuscule amount, quickly became emaciated and didn't achieve his intended result
Ascetic experience, as well as hedonistic upbringing taught him the most productive course way the middle way - a life of moderation
Enlightenment
Siddhartha became enlightened, sat beneath a bodhi tree, in one night
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Second watch allowed him to see the decease and rebirth of all beings in the universe based on their good and bad deeds (karma)
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Attained nirvana, he was now the Buddha ('awakened one')
Initially deterred from being a teacher as he thought communicating his understanding would be too difficult
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Teaching
Buddha met with old associates who rejected Him on his belief that the middle way would lead to enlightenment
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Preached to his associates in a sermon preserved as a discourse called 'Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dharma' - within this sermon were the Four Noble Truths
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Context
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Aryan Civilisation
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No concept of meditation, focus on sacrifices
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Sramana
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Promotion of concepts that would later be popular in major Indian religions, i.e. Samsara (life, death,rebirth)
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Brahmanism
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Goal of Brahmanism was to unite the soul, Atman, with Brahman, the one God, thus achieving spiritual liberation
Emphasis on ritual bathing, animal sacrifice and self-abnegation (denial of interests for others) in order to achieve liberation
A social and economic system that separated people into classes, designating roles accordingly
Caste, race and gender are considered eternal