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Siddhartha Gautama lived in what is now called, Nepal sometime between the fourth and sixth centuries B.C. about 2,300 to 2,500 years ago.

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He meditated until the sun came up the next day and remained there for several days. While he was there, he used his time to overcome Mara, an evil demon who challenged his rights to become the Buddha.

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Buddha means “enlightened one “ or “the awakened”.

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Siddharthas father was a king and his mother died 7 days after he was born. His father wanted to keep his son sheltered from religions and hardship and kept in the palace just for Siddharthas. But a holy man said he would be a military leader, a great kind, or a great spiritual leader.

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The prince reached his late 20s with little experience of the world outside his palace. Eventually the prince had explored more of the world away from his palace. On these adventures the prince had found people in vain and agony, decaying corpses and sickened elderly and ascetic. “The driver” had explained to him.
“The ascetic had given up worldly goods so that he would no longer be afraid of death and suffering.” Siddhartha was overcome by these sights and thoughts
The next day, Siddhartha had left his kingdom, to have his wife and new born son to live an ascetic life. And finding his understanding of the central features of humanity.

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A picture began to form in his mind. Siddhartha finally saw the answers to all his questions about suffering.  Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha.

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The ascetic life consists of living with very little money and food. Young Siddhartha was an ascetic and almost starved to death. But soon he invented a new path he called “The Middle Way”.

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After experiencing many different things for many years and agreeing with none of them. Gautama spent spent the night in deep meditation his mind was in a state of calmness and  silence.

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The Buddha did not know if he even wanted to teach. He knew it could not be communicated to others in words. The king of the gods, Brahma, convinced Buddha to teach. Just then he got up from under the Brodhi tree to do just that.

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Siddhartha Gautama decided to become an ascetic because he saw one in the street on one of his trips beyond the walls. When he became an ascetic he took his wife and young child with him.

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After mediation all the answers became clear and he was fully aware of the universe and thereby becoming Buddha.

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About 100 miles away, the Buddha came across the five ascetics who left him and preached his first sermon. The ascetics then became Buddha’s first disciples. Woman also joined his community of disciples.

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Buddha traveled, preaching the Dharma. He believed in peace. He wanted to lead others along to and along the path of enlightment.

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Siddhartha means “he who achieves his aim”.