The so-called Buddhism originated from ancient India at the beginning. Shakyamuni founded Buddhism in order to oppose and deny Brahminism.
Shakyamuni founded Buddhism to solve the pain problems in life and try to save people from the sufferings of life.
Everyone knows that the dominant religion in India is Brahmanism, also known as Hinduism. Brahmanism was formed earlier than Buddhism. The highest god Brahma is the unity of the three gods Brahma, Vishnu , and Shiva .
Brahminism pays great attention to hierarchy. This hierarchy is called caste system, which is formed by Solomon, Kshatriya, Vaisya and Shudra. The first level Brahmin is mainly monk nobles, with the privilege of interpreting religious scriptures and worshiping gods. The second level shatriya is military nobles and administrative nobles, with the privilege of collecting various taxes. The third level of Vaishya is the free civilian class of Aryans. They engage in agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing, hunting, etc., and have no political privileges and must provide for the first two levels by donation and tax payment. The fourth level Shoudra is mostly conquered indigenous people, and the profession they engage in is considered lowly.
Indians have a very big gap between the rich and the poor. The lowest kind of people think that they suffer, cannot eat enough, don’t wear warm clothes in this life, live in a very poor and dirty place, and will be reincarnated in the next life, so they do not resist. The highest kind of people hold banquets for these poor people to eat every holiday or any major festival, so they form a culture to maintain this four caste system. This is caused by the power of Indian religion.
, and Buddhism founded by Sakyamuni opposed it, believing that all beings are equal and everyone has Buddha nature, and that one can become a Buddha by understanding the mind and seeing the nature. Therefore, Buddhism has no longer stood firm in India. It ran to China during the Han Dynasty. It has completely disappeared from the 13th century to the early 19th century. It was only Hinayana Buddhism . The most fundamental reason why Buddhism founded by Sakyamuni is that it can solve the problems of life and death of sentient beings and reveal the truth of the universe.