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Siddhartha Gautama. A short history is below:
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born in Northern India (now Nepal) about 563 BCE to King Suddhodana and his wife Queen Maha Maya, so he was born a Prince. His mother died shortly after childbirth. The hermit seer Asita told his father, the King, that his son would either grow up to be a great ruler or a great holy man. The King didn't want his son to be a Holy man so he made it that the prince was only surrounded by luxury and beauty and hid from him sickness, old age and death. At 16 Siddhartha married his cousin of the same age named Yaśodharā. They had a child named Rāhula which means fetter (think ball and chain).
At the age of 29, Siddhartha left his palace to meet his subjects. Despite his father's efforts to hide from him the sick, aged and suffering, Siddhartha was said to have seen what the real world for the first time and was deeply troubled about the fact that so many people suffer. So he left his wife and child and renounced his throne to find out the answer to why there was suffering. Now it should be noted when Buddhists speak of suffering this includes dissatisfaction (unhappiness) with the way things are. Siddhartha went to study with various gurus to try to find the answer to his question. Theses gurus had him do various types of yoga and meditation to try to help him with his quest. None of them seem to have an answer to his question though.
Siddhartha left these various gurus and joined in with a group of ascetics. Asceticism is a path in which you deprive the body in order to conquer and control the mind. He practiced asceticism fiercely, almost to the point of death. At that point he realized that neither giving in to pleasure, as he did when he was a prince, nor trying to punish the body, was the proper path to finding the answer. So he sat down and meditated under a pi-pal tree. During this meditation he discovered the root of all suffering and the path to how to overcome suffering and became enlightened.
After his enlightenment he meets up with his ascetic friends, who by now were critical of him for leaving the path of asceticism. But he explains to them what he had discovered and they were instantly converted. From there The Buddha taught for 45 years until his death at 85 converting many to his teachings and now Buddhism is the 4th largest religion in the world.
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Who started Buddhism and why?
By Siddhartha Gautama in the 6th century BC
Who founded Buddhism and Hinduism?
Buddhism was founded by the Buddha, and nobody knows who founded Hinduism.
Siddhartha Gautama founded the?
Siddhartha Gautama founded the religion , Buddhism!
What religion did Siddhartha Gautama find?
Siddhartha Gautama founded Buddhism .
Who founded Buddhism during the 500s b.c.?
Who founded Buddhism during the 500s b.c.
Why should you learn about Siddhartha gotama?
You should learn about him because he was the one who founded Buddhism. If you want to learn how he started Buddhism, type the question into wikianswers as well, and you should get a good answer.
What is Buddhism founded on?
Buddhism is founded on the teachings of the Buddha, in particular the Four Noble Truths and the eightfold path.
What is the religion founded by The Aryans?
Hinduism and Buddhism. Christianity and Islam are also thought to have been originated in India (as exerpts of teachings in Hinduism and Buddhism) by some. Taoism and Confucianism also also derived from Buddhism, which was started by Aryans in India.
When did they find Buddhism?
Perhaps you mean when was Buddhism founded? Buddha was born in 563 B.C. so it was sometime after that, during his lifetime, since he founded Buddhism.
Where was Buddhism stared?
If you mean started, Buddhism started in India.
What civilization started Buddhism?
a civilization did not start Buddhism it was siddhartha gautama who originally started Buddhism!
What was the time Buddhism was established?
Buddhism was founded in approximately 500 BCE.
