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This religion’s largest sacred complex was built under the Shailendra dynasty, and was publicized by Stamford Raffles’s history of a non-Singapore island. One traveler wrote a report on the practice (10[1])of this religion in the “South Seas” after returning from the (10[2])Srivijaya (-5[1])Empire. (10[1]-5[1])The Records of the Western Regions recount the pilgrimage of a man (10[2])who collected this religion’s texts at its intellectual center of Nalanda. Pilgrimage sites for this religion have (10[1])included the Javanese temple Borobudur (10[1])and (10[1])the Mahabodhi (10[1])Temple, built near the tree (10[1])under which this religion’s founder gained (10[1])enlightenment. (10[1])For 10 points, name this religion based on Siddhartha Gautama’s teachings. (10[1]) (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Buddhism [or Buddhist religion]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%33%77.89
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%81.25
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%33%79.50
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY10100%0%30%78.90
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%86.44
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%60%86.80
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%59.25
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%25%83.38
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%44%81.78

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan Furman (DII)Penn A (DII)Fordham A2910
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)NYU A (UG)4010
Hannah Nieuwveld (DII)Penn B (DII)Rutgers A (UG)4010
Andrew YangColumbia BRutgers A (UG)41-5
Elijah Scheinson (UG)Columbia A (UG)Penn A (DII)42-5
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Rowan A (DII)4210
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Lehigh A (UG)5410
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Rutgers B5410
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Columbia B7110
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BLehigh B (DII)7610
Kevin Liu (DII)Maryland B (DII)Lehigh B (DII)7710
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BBard A (UG)7910
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU A (UG)Penn B (DII)8410
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Fordham A9010
Ben Spirtas (DII)Maryland B (DII)Princeton A (UG)9110
Jason Lee (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Columbia B10210
Ethan Furman (DII)Penn A (DII)Columbia A (UG)10310
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BPrinceton A (UG)10910