Throughout history, belief systems and their practices, have influenced societies and regions. This affected civilizations and the societies around them. For example the Caste system found in the area where Hinduism was practiced. While this was happening, Buddhism was founded and did away with this practice. Hinduism is the world's most followed belief system. Hindus believe in karma, dharma,vedas and moksha. Karma and Dharma have a cause and effect relationship. Dharma is the actions that you took in life or a past life whether the actions were good or bad. Your karma is your reward. If you do good Dharma you will receive good karma and vice versa. The vedas are a collection of religious hums and other religious text. Every Hindu
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Buddhism is the third most practiced religion. Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama. This religion did away with the caste system, a direct effect of Buddhism is people from different caste saw each other as members, not higher or lower rank. This would mean people would associate more.The Eightfold Path of Buddhism, also called the Middle Path or Middle Way, is the system of following these eight divisions of the path to achieve spiritual enlightenment and cease suffering. Buddhist believe that following this path they will achieve enlightenment or nirvana. Nirvana is the ultimate goal of Buddhism, the third noble truth. In nirvana, the suffering and the desire that causes suffering have come to an end, as has the cycle of birth and death. This all comes with intense meditation. One belief of Buddhism is to not harm living things and not think evil things. To respect all people. One ruler from the Mauryan empire named Asoka was a fierce war and ruthless king. One day he saw how negative he was living and wanted to live a peaceful life. He then converted to buddhism. This impacted the area very much. The impact was he promised to rule in a fair and just way. He urged religious toleration. His empire was strong but for once it was
Buddhism is the third most practiced religion. Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama. This religion did away with the caste system, a direct effect of Buddhism is people from different caste saw each other as members, not higher or lower rank. This would mean people would associate more.The Eightfold Path of Buddhism, also called the Middle Path or Middle Way, is the system of following these eight divisions of the path to achieve spiritual enlightenment and cease suffering. Buddhist believe that following this path they will achieve enlightenment or nirvana. Nirvana is the ultimate goal of Buddhism, the third noble truth. In nirvana, the suffering and the desire that causes suffering have come to an end, as has the cycle of birth and death. This all comes with intense meditation. One belief of Buddhism is to not harm living things and not think evil things. To respect all people. One ruler from the Mauryan empire named Asoka was a fierce war and ruthless king. One day he saw how negative he was living and wanted to live a peaceful life. He then converted to buddhism. This impacted the area very much. The impact was he promised to rule in a fair and just way. He urged religious toleration. His empire was strong but for once it was