Siddhartha Gautama, [e] most commonly referred to as the Buddha (lit. 'the awakened one'), [4][f][g] was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia [h] during the 6th or 5th century BCE [5][6][7][c] and founded Buddhism.

In the Buddhavamsa, he is described as: Phussa Buddha removed the darkness, calmed the world and gave the Dhamma rain. Phussa was 58 cubits, or 87 feet tall and was frequently compared with the sun and the moon. Phussa was born in Kāsika. His parents were King Jayasena and Queen Sirimā.

Archaeologists have been searching here for an altogether different Buddha—not the figure of faith and metaphor, but an actual man who was born, lived, preached and died in this region at least...

1 day ago · Buddha, the enlightened teacher and spiritual leader, revolutionized religious thought with his teachings on compassion, mindfulness, and achieving liberation from suffering.

Oct 1, 2003 · According to tradition, the historical Buddha lived from 563 to 483 B.C., although scholars postulate that he may have lived as much as a century later. He was born to the rulers of the Shakya clan, hence his appellation Shakyamuni, which means “sage of the Shakya clan.”

In Buddhism a 'Bodhisattva' is a potential Buddha, or someone who has achieved perfect enlightenment and is entitled to enter directly into 'Nirvana', but who renounces this in order first to bring salvation to all suffering mankind.

Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Buddha? Buddha, born with the name Siddhartha Gautama, was a teacher, philosopher and spiritual leader who is considered the founder of Buddhism.

Sep 10, 2019 · Explore the Life of the Buddha in image and text from the seventeenth-century Tibetan monastery Takten Puntsokling. Produced by the famed scholar of the Jonang School Tāranātha, these murals are closely related to narrative, poetic, and artistic literature evoking the story of the Buddha.

The Buddha—that is, the “Enlightened One”—lived nearly 2500 years ago in northern India. His followers have always seen his life as a shining example to all, but what “really happened” is now impossible to know for certain.

Sixth century B.C. was an important era in history. This was the period when a great benefactor of mankind was born and became renowned as Gotama the Buddha. The Buddha rediscovered the path of Dhamma leading to the eradication of universal suffering.