Now, as we've talked about in other videos, there's a spiritual core of Hinduism described in the Upanishads. This idea of Atman, your inner self, Brahman, the ultimate reality, that we live in an illusion of maya and through meditation we should be able to pierce that veil and eventually break free from the cycle of birth and rebirth, samsara, and become one with Brahman, become one with the ultimate reality. But in the time of Buddha, there were other aspects of Hinduism that were maybe even more associated with the religion. There is also a lot of ritual in the Vedas. And in the time of Buddha, the Hinduism that he grows up in is very focused on the ritual aspects of it. And it was a Hinduism in which not just anyone could do the rituals, it was a fairly stratified society that he grew up in. We've discussed the caste system in some detail.