Chapter 5-3 The Origins of Buddhism

The prince who questioned the meaning of human life

• Siddhartha Gautama
• Mahayana

Going without food

• fasting
• meditation

Focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas

• fasting
• mediation

“Enlightened One”

• the Buddha
• Four Noble Truths

The guiding principles at the heart of the Buddha’s teachings

• Four Noble Truths
• Theravada

A state of perfect peace

• nirvana
• fasting

Method for overcoming ignorance and desire

• Eightfold Path
• Mahayana

People who work to spread their religious beliefs

• missionaries
• meditation

 People who tried to follow the Buddha’s teachings exactly as they had been stated

• Theravada
• Eightfold Path

Believed that other people could interpret the Buddha’s teachings

• Mahayana
• Four Noble Truths