Founded
by Gautama the Buddha, Buddhism is known for its Middle Path—that which neither
promotes extreme asceticism nor absolute hedonism. The Buddha promoted the eightfold
path, that of right understanding, right thinking, right speech, right conduct,
right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration. Though
Buddhism discouraged the concept of an external God waiting to mete out reward
or punishment, it firmly believed in the cycles of reincarnation completing which
a seeker could attain nirvana, the ultimate enlightenment.
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