History Of Buddhism
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Buddhism is started by Buddha. |
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Buddha was born at around 644 BC to 544 BC. |
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Buddha is actually a prince named Siddartha Gautana, son of Suddhodana, the king of Shakya tribe. |
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His birthplace is at the forest grove of Lumbi in the hilly region |
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He was troubled by the problems of life related birth, sickness, old age and death and meaning of life |
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At the age of 29, he left his palace, wife and child to follow a spiritual life of mediation |
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For six years, he led a life of self denial but could not find the truth. |
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He attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya |
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Till the end of his life, traveling all over India, he taught others about his enlightenment. |
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In the last eight years of his life, Shakyamuni (Siddartha Gautama) taught his enlightenment directly, by preaching, what he designated as his highest teaching, the Lotus Sutra. |
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In this sutra, Shakyamuni (Siddartha Gautama) declared that all his teachings before the Lotus Sutra should be disregarded as merely preparatory, and that the Lotus Sutra alone should be followed. |
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In the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni (Siddartha Gautama) described his experience of enlightenment and the existence of the Law of life, however he did not define it, nor did he explain how to attain enlightenment. |
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