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"Buddhism begins with a man. In his later years, when India was afire with his message, people came to him asking what he was. Not 'Who are you?' but 'What are you?' 'Are you god?' they asked. 'No.' 'An angel?' 'No.' 'A saint?' 'No.' 'Then, what are you?' Buddha answered, 'I am awake.' His answer became his title, for this is what Buddha means. The Sanskrit root budh means to awake and to know. While the rest of humanity was dreaming the dream we call the waking human state, one of their number roused himself. Buddhism begins with a man who woke up."("Buddhism" The Worlds Religions p.60) Buddha was born a prince named Siddhartha Gautama in a small kingdom in what is now Nepal in 563b.c.e. Gautama's birth is described as a miraculous event, his birth being the result of his mother's impregnation by a sacred white elephant that touched her left side with a lotus flower. The scriptures claim that when Gautama was born "immeasurable light spread through ten thousand worlds; the bl!ind recovering their sight, as if from desire to see his glory" ("What Man Believes" Evans p.141) Shortly after his birth, his father consulted with a number of astrologers, all of whom declared that the newborn prince would become a great king and that he
The second noble truth reveals that all this suffering comes from the craving of the pleasures of life. He grew so weak that he almost died. He followed their practices, and eventually was eating only a single grain of rice per day. After Gautama's death, his disciples passed along his message by oral tradition. This experience stirred in Gautama a desire to share his knowledge with others. According to tradition, Buddha taught strict allegiance to the Four Sacred Truths, and insight through the practice of meditation. On the fourth trip, Siddhartha saw a world renouncer, a man who stood apart from the crowd, who owned nothing and was unaffected by the petty concerns of the masses, and who radiated calm, serenity, and a profound inner peace. Although later followers make him into a god, Gautama never taught that he was divine. If desires cannot be quenched then the cyclical existence (reincarnation) will begin again, with more suffering. would rule the world in truth and righteousness. All of these divisions have their own sects, having varying views on how Buddhist tradition should be implemented. This man had nothing, yet he had obtained happiness. The first sacred truth is that all the world is sorrow and suffering.
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