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Siddhartha Gautama


Siddhartha Gautama was born about 563 BC in what is now modern Nepal. His
father, Suddhodana, was the ruler of the Sakya people and Siddhartha grew up
living the extravagant life on a young prince. According to custom, he married
at the young age of sixteen to a girl named Yasodhara. His father had ordered
that he live a life of total seclusion, but one day Siddhartha ventured out into
the world and was confronted with the reality of the inevitable suffering of
life. The next day, at the age of twenty-nine, he left his kingdom and new-born
son to lead an modest life and determine a way to relieve universal suffering.
For six years, Siddhartha meditated under a bodhi tree. But he was never fully
satisfied. One day he was offered a bowl of rice from a young girl and he
accepted it. In that moment, he realized that physical hardships were not the
means to freedom. From then on, he encouraged people not to use extremes in
their life. He called this The......

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