Buddha
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- Who was Buddha?
- How did the prince become Buddha?
- Interpret my dream please
- What did the prince learn?
- The Buddha was a man who lived in India from about 563 to 483 B.C.E. Before he was known as Buddha, he was a prince. His name was Siddhartha Gautama. Buddhism taught people how to reach enlightenment, which describes happiness that comes from the knowledge of deep truth.
- What did Siddhartha want to learn from being an ascetic?
- The queen asked the Brahmins, and / or Hindu priests, to interpret her dream. They said that he has 2 possible paths. He could rule the universe or become buddha.
- How did the prince become buddha? #2
- The prince learned that with time everyone becomes old and eventually dies.
- Basic idea of the 4 noble truths
- He wanted to learn about nature and believed he could reach to enlightenment through meditation. But he quit because he became so thin he could touch this back bone from his stomach.
- He had reached enlightenment. Nirvana is a state of happiness or peace.
- The basic idea of the 4 noble truths is that suffering is part and parcel of our lives.
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