Philosopher · Iron Age · Nepal

The Buddha

c. 563–c. 483 BC (traditional)

Siddhartha Gautama, the awakened one, whose teaching on suffering and its end founded Buddhism, one of the world's great philosophical and religious traditions. Tradition dates him about 563 to 483 BC; some scholars place him about a century later.

Facts

Born: Traditionally about 563 BC, Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, a prince of the Shakya clan.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Buddha
Died: Traditionally about 483 BC, Kushinagar, India. Some scholars date his life about 480 to 400 BC.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Buddha
School: Buddhism, founded on his teaching.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Buddha
Known for: The Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the doctrines of no self and dependent arising, taught for 45 years after his enlightenment at Bodh Gaya.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Buddha

Images

The Buddha preaching his first sermon, Gandharan stone relief (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA)

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