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BUDDHA AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS- WHO WAS BUDDHA? Also known as GAUTAMA BUDDHA, SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA Famous as: founder of religion BUDDHISM Born on: 563 BC Born in: LUMBINI, NEPAL Father: KING SUDDHODANA Mother: MAHAJAYAPATI GAUTAMI Siblings: NANDA AND SUNDARI Spouse: QUEEN YASHODHARA Children: RAHULA Died on: 483 BC at the age of 80 Place of the death: KUSHINAGAR GAUTAMA BUDDHA was a spiritual leader on whose teachings BUDDHISM was founded. Born as a prince, he spent his childhood in the lap of luxury. He lost his mother at an early age and his doting father tried his best to keep his young son away from miseries of the world. When he was a little boy, some wise scholars predicted that he would become either a great king or a renowned spiritual leader. His father hoped that his son would become a great king. The prince was kept away from all forms of religious knowledge and had no idea about the concepts of old age, sickness and death. Once on trip through the city on a chariot he witnessed an old man, a diseased person and a corpse. This new knowledge about the sufferings in the world gave rise to several questions within his mind and the prince soon renounced all his worldly affairs in order to embark on a journey of self discovery. Finally after years of rigorous contemplation and meditation he found enlightenment and became the Buddha, meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one". HIS ACHIEVEMENT:- GAUTAMA BUDDHA is a major figure in BUDDHISM. The religion of Buddhism has its foundation in his teachings, he gave the four Noble Truths which expresses the basic orientation of Buddhism and provide a conceptual framework of the Buddhist thought and proposed the Eightfold Path to end suffering. THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS:- Suffering is common-- everyone suffers cause of suffering-- self, greed, desires and ignorance End of suffering-- renunciation of greed and ignorance Path to end suffering-- correct way of living EIGHTFOLD PATH:- Right knowledge, Right attitude, Right speech ,Right action, Right means of livelihood, Right effort, Right awareness Right meditation