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Buddhism is the fifth largest [[list of religions based on followers|religion in the world]]. It is a belief system which teaches that desire causes suffering and if desire is eliminated, [[Buddhist enlightenment|enlightenment]] and [[Nirvana]] are attained. Buddhism is a [[Dharmic religion]].

Buddhism is the fifth largest [[list of religions based on followers|religion in the world]]. It is a belief system which teaches that desire causes suffering and if desire is eliminated, [[Buddhist enlightenment|enlightenment]] and [[Nirvana]] are attained. Buddhism is a [[Dharmic religion]].

Buddhism's foundations lie with an Indian prince, [[Siddhartha Gautama]], who after observing the suffering of his people, worked to discover the reason for suffering and pain. There are many accounts and theories as to the course of Gautama's life,  one of which story proclaims that he went into meditation for 49 days seated under a fig tree, and after finishing his period of meditation he achieved enlightnment, and formed Buddhism.

Buddhism's foundations lie with an Indian prince, [[Siddhartha Gautama]], who after observing the suffering of his people, worked to discover the reason for suffering and pain. There are many accounts and theories as to the course of Gautama's life,  one of which story proclaims that he went into meditation for 49 days seated under a fig tree, and after finishing his period of meditation he achieved enlightnment, and began to teach the principles that are now associated with Buddhism.

The philosophy has its roots in Hinduism and Vedic religion, to which Gautama belonged until the foundation of Buddhism.  

The philosophy has its roots in Hinduism and Vedic religion, to which Gautama belonged until the foundation of Buddhism.