> started in India then spread to China and Korea
> Siddhartha Guatama discovered the mispry and poverty of his people
> he was sad about it so he meditated for 49 days to find an answer
> became the enlightened one, or Buddha

4 noble truths
>all living things suffer
> suffering, caused by desires, leads to reincarnation
> goal of existence- to escape suffering and enter into Nirvana
> Nirvana is achived by following the eightfold path

Buddhism

> the wheel is the symbol of buddism
> they did not eat beef
> they rejected priests, formal rituals and gods