Bulliet

Old Order?Accept your duty & station in life. (Brahmin priests top, untouchables bottom; Vedic religion)?Male dominance (Women had rights - own property, study & compose, participate in rituals...), holy sacrifices, groups sometimes able to rise in station.?Challenge to Old Order?After 700BC people object to hierarchy & caste?2 Beliefs - Distance from worldly desires => Moksha (liberation)?Jainism?Mahavira (Jina)?Holiness of life (non violence)?Buddhism?Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha)?4 Noble truths: life = suffer <- desire?Curb desire = stop suffer; follow 8-Fold path:?Right view, aspiration, speech, conduct, livelihood, effort, mindfulness & meditation?Individual moderation than god's aid ; seek enlightenment, reward nirvana (no soul, stop reincarnating) VS.