"Be a light unto yourself."
The quote effected the spread of Buddhism by placing meditation at the center of the religion. Do not believe what the Buddha said; rather, come to experience it yourself.
No. It was the other way around. Buddha was Hindu. Hinduism came before Buddhism.
Buddha and his family were Hindu before Buddha became enlightened. In areas where Buddhism came in as an "alternate" belief the peoples had many beliefs - Taoist, Confucian, Christian.
Gautama was a Hindu before his enlightenment. Updated Answer: The Buddha did not mean to start any religion; what he wanted to do is bring people to happiness through enlightenment. In the process of bringing his teachings to the world by his followers the Buddhist religion was born. It should be noted that we Buddhists do not worship Buddha as any form of a deity.
Buddhism is a religion based on teachings attributed to Buddha. Before him, there was no other. By definition a founder cannot be the first follower.
Buddhism started about 500 years before Christianity. In another way of looking at the question, the Buddha was about 80 years old when he died, the Christians' Jesus 30 or so.
Siddhartha Gautama,commonly known as Buddha is the founder of Buddhism.Answer:Buddha had his family were Hindu before he developed the thoughts that led to Buddhism. Many of the conventions in Buddhism relate to this background as Christianity relates to Judaism.
Buddhism and Sikhism can both trace their origins back to Hinduism, just as Judaism, Christianity and Islam share common roots. There are some parallels between Hinduism, the Buddha, Judaism and Jesus, which are often cited. Jesus was Jewish, and Christianity is based around the teachings of Jesus. The Buddha was Hindu, and Buddhism is ba.sed around the teachings of the Buddha. Buddhism and Jainism/ for unanswered questions.Where pure soul reside and can that place can be fixed before his death.
Lumbini, NepalLumbini is the birthplace of Buddha.
he used to be a prince before he was buddha
Yes,Buddha is not considered a God. Buddha is to Hinduism as Jesus is to Christianity. Gautama Buddha was born a Hindu, but tried to reform Hinduism.Buddhism has been referred to as Hinduism lite for that reason. Buddha founded Buddhism in India, but it is much more popular in China than India where Hinduism is still the dominant religion.Hindus actually only believe in one god, Brahma, but they believe that Brahma has many faces. The fact that they have names for the many faces of Brahma leads to misunderstandings and is one of the reasons for conflicts with Muslims.
Buddha is thought to have lived roughly 1000 years before Muhammed. Conversion to Buddhism was strong in the Far East. When Islam first started to gain converts in the late 600's CE, most were in the Middle East and eventually westward into Northern Africa.
Buddhismoriginated in India, but dominated the world for centuries before the great decline, which the Buddha himself predicted before his parinirvana. Buddhism is very much relevant today as it was two five thousand years ago.