in the time period between 560 to 480 B.C. His mothers name was Maya, and his father's

name was Sudhodana. His father was a clan chieftant, who by profession was a

land-merchant. Buddha who was the only child was born into the Gautama clan of the

Sakya hill tribe in Southern Napal. His family was well to do. Buddha was a very smart

young man that excelled in all of his studies, and was a very competitive athlete.

Buddha was tired of all the death, suffering, and problems that the world had to

offer him. He wanted to find a solution to all the problems of the world. At the age of 29,

he set out on a journey search for the meaning of life. He left his family and friends to do

what he felt was right. He also wanted to reach a state of true Nirvana which, is where

you are truly enlightened about your life and the way you live it. On this journey, Buddha

encountered many different people on his quest to find the meaning of life. He went from

place to place searching for enlightenment. He found a group of people that called

themselves the Guru's. This is where he decided to start fasting. He fasted for six years

impermanent things be permanent, human suffering can be ended by ending human desire,

To explain Siddhartha in ways of knowledge, he was more of an Antinomian than

"So, Ananda, you must be your on lamps, be your on refugees. Take

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