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Origins of Hinduism:
Ayurveda
Indian society:
Vedas
Holy Books. The main Hindu
scriptures are: the Vedas, a
collection of hymns praising the
Vedic gods. Veda means
'knowledge'
Buddhis
2.SAMUDAYA
3.NIRODHA
One fundamental belief of Buddhism is often referred to as reincarnation -- the concept that people are rebo
4.MAGGA
m
Practices and
In 500s BCrituals:
a young prince
called Siddhartas attracted
Sila many people to his teachings
Samadhi
about how people should live.
PrajnaThat became the foundation of
the major new religion in India.
While estimates vary between
200-500 million adherents, the
generally agreed number of
Buddhists is estimated at
around 350 million (6% of the
world's population). This
makes Buddhism the world's
fourth largest (in terms of
number of adherents) religion.