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• Sidhartha Gautama
• lived in India - was a prince - had a life of luxury
• four sights

  1. old man
  2. dead man
  3. religious man
  4. sick man
• ascetic life - treat body harshly - didn't work as you concentrated on your hunger too much
• enlightenment - nirvana
• Dharma - Buddha teachings
• three marks of existence

  1. Annica - impermanence
  2. dukka - suffering
  3. anatta - no fixed soul
• four noble truths

  1. suffering exists - Dukka
  2. suffering causes craving - samundaya
  3. suffering can come to an end - niroda
  4. stop suffering - eightfold path
• Theravada - old Buddhism - south Asia - monks
• Mahayana - newer -
• Arhat - no longer re-born when they die
• Bodhisattva - choose to be re-born when they reach enlightenment to help others
• 3 poisons

  1. ignorance
  2. greed
  3. hatred