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             For decades, the Buddha wandered through India preaching the path to
             Enlightenment. He died an old man, having introduced to India an
             alternative to the stratified, pantheism of Hinduism. It was a welcome
             message for a country where so many lived in poverty. Because the Buddha's
             teachings were very practical proscriptions, Buddhism is often described as
             more of a philosophy than a religion. "When the people carried their
             puzzlement to the Buddha himself, the answer he gave [to the question 'What
             are you''] provided an identity for his entire message...'I am awake'."
             Christianity, similarly, has its foundation in the teachings of Jesus
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