Who was the Buddha? Detailed answer

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Who was the Buddha?

Buddhism is one of the most influential religions in the world. Most Buddhists live in Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Korea and Thailand, but to a certain extent it is everywhere.

The founder of this religion was Prince Gautama Sidhartha, who was born in luxury. One day, while outside the walls of his palace, he saw three men: one was very sick, the other was old, and the third was dead. Shocked by the human suffering he saw, he began to wonder how a person can find truth and lasting happiness. He fasted and meditated while pondering the answer to this difficult question.

One day, as he sat in the shade of a fig tree (also known as the Bo tree, or the tree of enlightenment), it suddenly dawned on him that the remedy for all the destitute lay in the ability and their own desires of each of them. And he went around the world to teach people his discovery. As Buddha (Enlightener) he traveled around India with his disciples for more than 40 years, enlightening people how to find the happiness of truth.

Admirers of the Buddha began to treat him as God, installed statues, worshiped them. The Buddha himself did not believe in a supreme God. He taught that the soul of a person after death passes into higher or lower organisms, depending on good or bad deeds during life. And such a transfer of the soul to another body continues for several cycles until the desire disappears. After that, the soul reaches Nirvana - a state of ideal peace and tranquility. And in order to reach this state, a person must overcome a very difficult path of Faith.

Author: Likum A.

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