Siddhartha Gautama and Buddhis
“According to Buddha, man would go through several rebirths before he would be able to overcome his desires. When he overcame his desires he would reach a state called nirvana; a Buddhist equivalent to the Christian heaven.” Between 560 and 480 B.C.; there lived a prince named Siddhartha Gautama in Nepal, a country north of India in the Himalayan foothills. Siddhartha was raised into a life of luxury and his parents made sure he never saw anything that was sad or unpleasant. When Siddhartha finally ventured into the world he was exposed to old age, sickness and death for the first time. These truths shocked him into leaving his kingdom, wife and children to search for the reason why men must experience suffering and sadness. One day while meditating, he had a moment of clarity and he understood. At this moment he became known
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