2. Background: The decline of Brahmanism and the rise of Samoan ideology and caste system.

3. Early claims:

Four noble truths-suffering, determination, extinction, Tao, twelve causes, world view with origin as the core, and liberation view with Nirvana as the purpose.

4. Generation time:

Buddhism originated in the 5th century BC. Buddhism is one of the three major religions in the world, which originated in ancient India in the 5th century BC. Its founder was Siddhartha Gautama (565-486 BC). At the age of 20, he left home and became a monk. Since then, he has been honored as "Buddha", which means enlightened person, and the religion he preached is called "Buddhism". Hundreds of years after the Buddha showed nirvana, Buddhism spread all over the Indian subcontinent and was called primitive Buddhism. This period is called primitive Buddhism period.

5. Function

Buddhism can also be said to be higher philosophy. It has profound dialectical thought and irrefutable doctrinal and legal significance, aiming at making people achieve the purpose of religious belief through various arguments. The significance of Buddhism is religious education, which enables people to get rid of mystery, gain enlightenment, get rid of troubles and feel complete. He is an extension of higher education after family education, school education and social education, and is one of the main bodies of religious education.

6. Impact:

It has experienced the development of primitive Buddhism, ministerial Buddhism, early Mahayana Buddhism (middle view), middle Mahayana Buddhism (knowledge-only) and late Mahayana Buddhism (tantric). It was introduced into Han nationality in China to form Han Buddhism, into Southeast Asia to form Southern Buddhism, and into Tibetan Buddhism in China.

Extended data

Buddhism was founded in ancient India in the 6th century BC. Before Buddhism, Brahmanism was the mainstream ideology in India. From 1500 BC to 1000 BC, it was a period of Vedic mythology and belonged to polytheism.

Around 1000 BC, the Aryans conquered the original Indian aborigines and advanced from the Indus River valley to the Zhu Mu Na River and Ganges River valley. It changed the original social structure of India and created a primitive slave country. This is known in history as the post-Vedic era or Sanskrit and Upanishads era. Brahmanism was formed in this era.

From the 6th century BC to the 5th century BC, a large number of free thinkers emerged, among which the founders of Buddhism and Jainism belonged to. This suspicion even attacks the inherent religious tradition, that is, the trend of Brahmanism, which is collectively called Samoan trend of thought.

From the fourth century BC to the first two centuries BC, Buddhism and Jainism spread widely in the Peacock Dynasty, and Brahmanism declined correspondingly, but they were inseparable. It gradually revived in the first century BC, and in the fourth century, the Gupta dynasty completed its own transformation and evolved into Hinduism.

Brahmanism originated from the Vedas. Vedas are the most important and basic classics of Brahmanism and modern Hinduism. "Veda" means "knowledge" and "consciousness". The four sets of Vedas are Rigveda (ode to Ming), Lamomoveda (ode to Ming), Yale Veda (sacrifice to Ming) and Ajiweida (disaster to Ming).

Although the Rigveda is mostly a myth and a hymn to God, it also contains a lot of "thinking buds" in human childhood. The first seven volumes of Rigveda are mythological cosmology, polytheism, pantheism, and the isomorphism or homogeneity of god-man-beast-god. From the eighth volume, the transition to monotheism is gradual:

At the same time, Vedic philosophers began to explore the universe and human nature philosophically. They have their own opinions, some of which are fundamental philosophical issues. The other three volumes of Veda are all derivative works of Rigveda, written one after another, and the last volume is Avina Veda.

Later, in addition to the four Vedic collections, Brahmanism continued to produce new collections about the origin, purpose, methods of sacrifice and the interpretation of Vedic hymns and spells. According to the historical age of their birth, they are generally non-apocalyptic classics such as Brahma Book, Forest Book and Upanishads.

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