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    Gautama Buddha was born in Nepal in the 6th century BC and given the name Siddhartha Gautama. He was troubled by suffering in the world and sought enlightenment by leaving his family and meditating under a banyan tree. After six years, he attained enlightenment and became known as the Buddha, or awakened one. He then taught others the Four Noble Truths about suffering and the path to end it through non-violence and nirvana without gods. Buddhism spread widely before Buddha's death in 483 BC.

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    Gautama Buddha was born in Nepal in the 6th century BC and given the name Siddhartha Gautama. He was troubled by suffering in the world and sought enlightenment by leaving his family and meditating under a banyan tree. After six years, he attained enlightenment and became known as the Buddha, or awakened one. He then taught others the Four Noble Truths about suffering and the path to end it through non-violence and nirvana without gods. Buddhism spread widely before Buddha's death in 483 BC.

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    Gautama Buddha was born in Nepal in the 6th century BC and given the name Siddhartha Gautama. He was troubled by suffering in the world and sought enlightenment by leaving his family and meditating under a banyan tree. After six years, he attained enlightenment and became known as the Buddha, or awakened one. He then taught others the Four Noble Truths about suffering and the path to end it through non-violence and nirvana without gods. Buddhism spread widely before Buddha's death in 483 BC.

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    Biography of Gautama Buddha

    Gautama Buddha was the founder of Buddhism religious. He gave the message of
    truth, peace, humanity and equality. His teachings and sayings became the basis of
    Buddhism, one of the world’ leading religions which are followed in some countries like
    Japan, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, ect.

    Gautama Buddha, was born in Lumbini Garden, the Terai Region of Nepal, in 6 th
    Century BC .His real name was Siddhartha Gautama. His father’s name was “Suddhodana”,
    who was the king of “Kapilawut”. And his mother was “Maha Maya Dawi”, who died soon
    after giving birth to him. So he was looked after and grown up by his stepmother “Gautami
    Terri”.

    He wanted to devote his life to spirituality and meditation. This was what his father
    didn’t like about him. His father was worried that someday, Gautama will leave his family to
    follow his wishes. He never let his son leave the place anytime. When he was sixteen year
    olds, Gautama was married to “Princess Yathodaya”, a princess with a magnificent beauty.
    They had a son named “Rahula”. But all of this cannot change his mind.

    The Buddhist traditions mention that when “Siddharth saw an old man, a sick person
    and a corpse, he understood that nothing in this world is permanent. After he left his family
    and Kingdom and he started his journey in search of his wishes. He met many scholar and
    saints but nobody was able to teach his thirst of truth.

    And then he started meditation with aim to suffer and then realized the ultimate the
    truth sitting in meditation under a huge banyan tree after six years. “Siddharth” now got
    transformed into “Buddha” or the enlightened one at the age of thirty five. The banyan tree
    under which he got transformed into “Gautama Buddha” is known as “Bodi Vriksha”.

    He preached his first sermon in Sarnath, near Varanasi. “The Four Noble Truths” is
    one of the most famous sermon in Buddhism. They are:

    : The Truth of Suffering

    : The Truth of the Causes of Suffering

    : The Truth of the End of Suffering

    : The Truth of the Path Leading to the Ending of Suffering

    Buddha taught that the final goal of every Buddhist is the attainment of “Nirvana”.
    He didn’t mention any god or a mighty controlling our fate. His teaching are the best
    philosophical that we can follow. “Gautama Buddha” was his new name after gaining
    “Nirvana” and knowing the truth. Buddhism is identified with the principles of non-violence.
    Buddha attained his “Nirvana” in 483 B.C.
    : Reference from Wikipedia

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