Religion of Ancient India

Buddhism

• There is an end to suffering (freedom from desire)
• Another word for the social classes in the Caste system that ranked people from high to low
• Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.
• Lowest caste, farmers and common folk

Nirvana

• The state of enlightenment (perfect peace) for Buddhists.
• Another word for the social classes in the Caste system that ranked people from high to low
• the cycle of life and rebirth in Hinduism
• Belief in many gods

Siddartha Gautama

• Founder of Buddhism that gave up his life as a prince to find a solution to suffering
• Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.
• as taught by the Buddha, the four basic beliefs that form the foundation of Buddhism
• Lowest caste, farmers and common folk

Buddha

• as taught by the Buddha, the four basic beliefs that form the foundation of Buddhism
• The cure to end suffering (follow the Eightfold Path)
• There is an end to suffering (freedom from desire)
• Sanskrit for "enlightened one"

Four Noble Truths

• the belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death
• The belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life
• Founder of Buddhism that gave up his life as a prince to find a solution to suffering
• as taught by the Buddha, the four basic beliefs that form the foundation of Buddhism

Eightfold Path

• the cycle of life and rebirth in Hinduism
• In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties
• In Buddhism, the basic rules of behavior and belief leading to an end of suffering
• There is suffering

Dukkha (First Noble Truth)

• lowest class of people in the caste system of Hinduism, do all the dirty work of society
• There is suffering
• The belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life
• Belief in many gods

Samudaya (second noble truth)

• Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.
• There are causes of suffering (desire)
• the idea that all existing things in reality come from one original source (one ultimate reality)
• The state of enlightenment (perfect peace) for Buddhists.

Nirodha (Third Noble Truth)

• Belief in many gods
• the belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death
• There is an end to suffering (freedom from desire)
• as taught by the Buddha, the four basic beliefs that form the foundation of Buddhism

Magga (Fourth Noble Truth)

• preserver god
• The cure to end suffering (follow the Eightfold Path)
• A single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything
• Lowest caste, farmers and common folk