They started performing sacrifices to make it rain or to bring out the sun and little by little every aspect of Mother Nature became a god with super powers. ... On the other hand, we have Buddhism that was founded in the fourth or fifth century B.C. in northern India by a man known traditionally as Siddhartha (meaning "he who has reached the goal-) Gautama, the son of a warrior prince. ...

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Confucianism in Japan and China The Japanese people had little civilization of their own until, during the fourth century AD, they began to have contact with the Chinese. ... Every man who served the state should make his ideal the Confucian loyalty to the prince, and this prince must be none other than the Emperor himself.? ...

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There are 750 million+ Hindus in the world, most concentrated in India (pearls.org). Before elaborating on what beliefs and practices Hinduism has, perhaps it is helpful to first consider the "familiar to a Westerner" features that it doesn't have. There is no "founder" of Hinduism and no specific ...

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