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FOUNDER: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)

ORIGIN: near Nepal, 530 B.C.

HOLY TEXT: The Three Baskets of Wisdom

MAIN TEACHING: follow the Four Noble Truths -> Eightfold Path to achieve nirvana, union with the universe and release from the cycle of rebirth

PRACTICES/RITUALS: meditation; rejects idea of priests, formal rituals, and gods

DIVINE BEINGS: spiritual force called Brahman

SECTS: Theravada- believe Buddha is spiritual guide
Mahayana-believe Buddha is a god

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Siddhartha Guatama to
The Buddah

Siddhartha Guatama sat under a tree for 49 days trying to understand why people must suffer. At the end of this meditation, Siddhartha became the Enlightened One, the Buddha.