Problem
• Discuss Sakyamuni Buddha's responses to the social, religious, and philosophical environment in India during the 5th century BCE.
o Which prevailing beliefs and practices did the Buddha accept?
o Which beliefs and practices did he reject and why?
o What ideas did he reinterpret or develop further?
• Explain the relationship between the Buddha's teachings on karma, duhkha, and samsâra?
o What is karma and how does it operate?
o What is duhkha, what are its causes, and how can we end it?
o What is samsâra?
o How are these three concepts interrelated?