Buddhism: Buddhism is a religion & philosophy founded in India in the 6th century B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha). It teaches the practice of meditation, observance of moral precepts. Buddhism declares that by destroying greed, hatred and delusion which are the causes of all suffering, man can attain perfect enlightenment.
Buddhism defines reality in terms of cause-and-effect, accepting the doctrine common to Indian religions of samsara, or bondage to the repeating cycle of births and deaths according to ones physical and mental actions.