RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Gautama Buddha, Gavin Flood, Indus River

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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Inquiries should be addressed to: faculty of arts and science, Course notes material are based on content provided by: Danielle lefebvre, department of religious studies, queen"s university. Graphics, figures, animations, videos from sources as indicated. P a g e | 3: defining hinduism. One of the difficulties of defining hinduism is that there is no start date from which we can trace the origins and development of the tradition. Unlike buddhism, where we can look back to the life and teachings of a historical person, siddhartha gautama, or. Judaism, where we can trace the beginnings of the tradition to the lives of abraham and.