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The Raise Of Bhuddism
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The Raise Of Bhuddism
The Raise of Buddhism
Buddhism is one of the major religions of the world. It was founded by Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha) in Northeastern India. It arose as a monastic movement during a time of Brahman tradition. Buddhism rejected important views of Hinduism. It did not recognize the validity of the Vedic Scriptures, nor the sacrificial cult, which arose from it. It also questioned the authority of the priesthood. Also, the Buddhist movement was open to people of all castes, denying that a person\'s worth could be judged by their blood.
Siddhartha Gautama was born in 563 B.C to the royal family of the Sakya tribe, Prince of Kapilavasthu, at the part of the Himalaya Mountains near the border of Nepal. [Siddhartha] He possessed certain markings that the tribe believed that he had the potential of either becoming a great king, or an influential spiritual leader. After the birth of Siddhartha his mother and father passed away fearing that the Siddhartha would leave. He was married and had a son, he was surrounded by all the court\'s glamour, luxuries, and by beautiful women, with so many pleasures around him, he dint feel any pain, he don\'t know what is pain, death, or any disease, with such pleasures around him Siddhartha did not leave the palace for over twenty-five years.
One day, when Siddhartha rode his chariot beyond the castle walls into the surrounding city, he saw an three amazing things, that he never saw in his whole life, he saw an old age, [a man who is old, suffering from his old age] sickness [who he saw an old woman who is sick going through all suffering and pain ] and death [he saw that many people were crying at the dead body of some one ]. These three really amazing things went through his heart, having been so secluded in his own domain he was unaware of the existence of these true aspects of human nature, which he realized to be suffering which is away from his palace.[Siddhartha]...
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