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The second religion we studied in class was buddhism. While buddhism is similar to hinduism in many ways, there are also many ways that buddhism is different. For example, in hinduism the teachings are brought upon people by the teachings of several gods, while in buddism the teachings come from the Buddha. Hinduism also doesn't have a founder that is known by us, while buddhism's founder was a man named Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was a prince who grew up in a palace and was sheltered in this palace from all the negative things in the world, such as hunger, disease, and violence. When he reached his mid-20's he was married and had several childeren of his own. As a child h