"And what, O priests, is the noble truth of the path leading to the cessation of misery? It is...right belief, right resolve, right speech, right behavior, right occupation, right effort, right contemplation, right concentration." These words describe a teaching of which religion?

"And what, O priests, is the noble truth of the path leading to the cessation of misery? It is...right belief, right resolve, right speech, right behavior, right occupation, right effort, right contemplation, right concentration." 

These words describe a teaching of which religion?

A) Judaism
B) Hinduism
C) Christianity
D) Buddhism
E) Islam

Answer: D

8000 BCE - 600 CE

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