HIST103 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gautama Buddha, Dharma, Four Noble Truths
30 Jan 2017
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Hinduism background: hinduism in south asia was based off the cast system, brah(cid:373)i(cid:374)"s priests, kshatri(cid:455)a"s warriors, vaisyas merchants and landowners, udra"s slaves and servants. A branch of hinduism known as krishna started teaching meditation and starving o(cid:374)eself of the (cid:271)od(cid:455)"s (cid:374)eeds: siddhartha then discovered that the extremes are unnecessary, and. Life of the buddha began the founding of buddhism. Siddhartha gautama father was a king, he knew he would either become a king or spiritual leader: father locked him up and spoiled him with material goods to try to get him to become king. Siddhartha leaves ho(cid:373)e, has 4 e(cid:374)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ters that show hi(cid:373) wealth a(cid:374)d power wo(cid:374)"t protect him from death: old, decrepit man, man suffering from debilitating illness, corpse, mendicant monk. Iddhartha realized this was e(cid:454)tre(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)stead suggests a (cid:862)(cid:373)iddle path(cid:863) halfwa(cid:455) between indulgence and self-denial meditates under pipal tree where he is tempted but does not give in and achieves.
