The Buddha was a hindu sant/satguru(enlightened and blessd soul),not a god or a prophet, who lived two thoushand five thoushand years ago in acient India. A very famous king o
…f India called King Ashok believed in him and spread his messages all the way across India and Asia through missoneries, causing the followers of the Buddha's to grow to such an extenient that it split of Hinduism and became a separate religion called Buddhism! Before Christanity and Islam, Buddhism was the worlds largest religion, almost the whole of Asia was Buddhist. Still Buddhism is the worlds largest religion after Christanity and Islam. So I suppose you could say tha tthe Buddha was the founder of the Buddhism! Buddha was born in Hindu family in Lumbini, Nepal into a royal family where he was a prince. He was the one who figured out a way in which people could do to be freed from suffering and sorrow. His birth name was Siddhartha Gautama A grateful and hopeful man who taught us how to live in peace and harmony, a great man who deserves for everyone to know his name, Buddha. (MORE) 
