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Siddhartha Gautama

was born about 563 BC in what is now modern Nepal. His
father, Suddhodana, was the ruler of the Sakya people and Siddhartha grew up
living the extravagant life on a young prince. According to custom, he married
at the young age of sixteen to a girl named Yasodhara. His father had ordered
that he live a life of total seclusion, but one day Siddhartha ventured out into
the world and was confronted with the reality of the inevitable suffering of
life. The next day, at the age of twenty-nine, he left his kingdom and new-born
son to lead an modest life and determine a way to relieve universal suffering.
For six years, Siddhartha meditated under a bodhi tree. But he was never ...

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the remainder of his eighty years,
the Buddha preached the dharma in an effort to help other people reach
enlightenment. When Siddhartha is a Brahmin, he believes in the existence of
many gods, and performs sacrifices to them. After a while he realizes this is
meaningless and decides to leave his family and community and become a Samana.
As a Samana, he tries to destroy himself in may ways. He feels if he kills
himself, with its passions and emotions, he will find the great secret.
Siddhartha doesn't spend much time as Buddha, although he has an important
revelation. He discovers he can't find peace by learning from a master. He
finds the only way to have peace with the world is by finding it for himself.
When Siddhartha leaves Buddha, he is enthralled with the world. He starts
paying more attention to the world because he knows he must get experience for
himself. As he walks he comes upon a town. He stays and becomes a merchant.
At first he looks at his actions as a game. ...

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Added: 8/25/2008 11:50:56 PM
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