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is a major religion, founded in northeastern India in AD 552. It is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, who is known as the Buddha, or "Enlightened One." Buddha is the Indian philosopher and the founder of , born in Kapilavastu, India. He was the son of the head of the Sakya warrior caste, in later life he was known also as Sakyamu ...

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... image, angering his father, who wanted him to be a warrior and ruler rather than a religious philosopher. Giving in to his father's wishes, he married at an early age and participated in the common life of the court. Buddha found his carefree, dishonest life boring, and after a while he left home and began wandering in search of "enlightenment." One day in 533, according to tradition, he met an old man, a sick man, and a dead body, and he suddenly realized that suffering is the common part of human ...