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search for enlightenment

spent rest of his life teaching

feeling complete peace

felt free

found bodhi tree

travelled india 6 years

sat under it for 46 days and gained enlightenment

tree of wisdom

ate and drank nearly nothing

thought if u forced body to suffer, becomes less important to u

didn't do anything

the budda

born nepal

named Siddartha Gotama

died age 80

body cremated, placed in a stupa

Siddartha gotama

indian prince

let out of palace at 16 for first time

predicted to be great man

father ordered no one sick old in palace

clever and hansome

saw a sick person,an old man, and a corpse

decided he should find the meaning of suffering

saw suffering and thought for the first time

left palace, changed into rags and shaved his head

if he saw suffering, would become great religious ruler

married; princess Yasodhora

had family

left his family behind

discovered buddhism

2 main types of buddhism are; Theravada, Mahayena

population now; 376 million approximately

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