HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Hinduism
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Buddhism
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Both
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhists believe that the human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment, or nirvana .
Detailed explanation-2: -Enlightenment is necessary to attain nirvana. Enlightenment is a state of complete understanding and complete compassion. The Buddha remained on Earth to communicate his insights to others. He attained enlightenment around the age of 35 and did not die until he was 80.
Detailed explanation-3: -A man and only a man can become a Buddha. Every man has within himself the potential of becoming a Buddha if he so wills it and works at it. Nevertheless, the Buddha was such a perfect human that he came to be regarded in popular religion as super-human. Man’s position, according to Buddhism, is supreme.