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Buddhism (Siddhartha Gautama-Buddha (Rejected the caste system (What is…

- - - - Which then created the monastery Nalanda, which was a great university which even attracted non-Buddhist's.
      - What made them want to stay there, and create monistaries
- - - - Buddhist idea's also travelled along Central Asian trade routes to China, But never gained a serious foothold in India.
        
        Why could it never gain a serious foothold in India, where it was originated?
        
        Traders were an important role in how Buddhism spread
        
        They got it beyond India to Sri Lanka, and brought it southeast to Burmuda, Thailand, and the island of Sumatra.
        
        Because the traders went everywhere Buddhism became the most widespread religion of southeast Asia
  - - - His birthplace Kapilavastu,
      - A fig tree near Gaya
      - The site of his first sermon at Varanasi
  - - - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Buddhism/Popular-religious-practices
- - - - Sidhartha spent 6 year in the forest seeking for wisdom or enlightenment.
        
        All the methods he did didn't bring him to the truth, so he sat in meditation under a large fig tree for 49 day's. He then found his understanding of the world, from then he has been known as "Buddha"
      - He then fasted, by eating 6 grains of rice a day.
      - He first debated with other religious seekers.
- - - - What is the Middle Way?
        
        It is the Noble Eightfold Path,
        
        Right Views, Right Resolve
        
        Right Speech, Right Conduct
        
        Right Livelihood, Right Effort
        
        Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration
        
        Nirvana
        
        When someone follows the Eightfold Path, they can reach Nirvana, a word that Buddha uses for the release from selfishness and pain.