Gautama Buddha, Known for Founder of Buddhism

          Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni, or simply the Buddha,  was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in eastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.

          The word Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one". "Buddha" is also used as a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha of our age. Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the Sramana (renunciation) movement common in his region. He later taught throughout regions of eastern India such as Magadha and Kośala.

          Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition and first committed to writing about 400 years later.

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Gautama Buddha, Known for Founder of Buddhism

Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism and Supreme Buddha of our era, taught that all suffering derives from some sort of desire, whether it be your own or that of those around you. Think about that. How true is that statement? Very true, indeed. How many times has someone wanted a new car or to win the lottery and this doesn't happen? They are sad. What if someone does get the car or wins the lottery? They'll get sick of them, want more of what's out there and inevitably suffer more. For years philosophers and social scientists have pondered how to achieve world peace, and all the while a Nepali prince named Siddhartha Gautama had discovered the solution nearly 2,600 years ago.  

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