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THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA AND HIS TEACHINGS
IRJMSH Vol 10 Issue 1 [Year ] ISSN – (0nline) – (Print) THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA AND HIS TEACHINGS RESEARCHER: GANESH PRASAD DEPARTMENT OF BUDDHIST STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI Buddhism is one of the world's largest religions and originated 2, years ago in India.
Buddhists believe that human life is one of suffering and that meditation, spiritual and physical labour and good behaviour are the ways to achieve enlightenment or nirvana. 1Siddhartha Gautama, a prince who resigned his privileged upbringing for the lifestyle of an ascetic (e.g., Basham ; Davids ; Lamotte ; Lopez ), is said to be the founder of Indian Buddhism around the fifth or sixth century BCE (archaeological history of Buddhism).
Siddhartha attained enlightenment after many hardships, discovering the way to terminate the cycle of reincarnation and misery. He taught this method to an expanding number of disciples for the rest of his life. Following his death, his students pro