RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Question
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A likely reason Siddhartha came up with the idea of the “middle way” was that
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Neither extreme wealth nor extreme poverty suited him
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Neither prayer nor suffering led to enlightenment
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Neither the Four Truths nor the Eightfold Path suited him
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Neither Hinduism nor Buddhism led to enlightenment
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Buddha taught that one should avoid extremes-extreme penance or extreme pleasure, but instead follow a middle path. That is why Buddhism is also called the Great Middle Path.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Buddhist religion has a known founder: Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 B.C.). Siddhartha Gautama was born into a noble Hindu family. It is said that he led a very sheltered life, never seeing the hard, painful side of life that included suffering until he was a grown man with a family.
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