The” siddharta” also known as the guatama buddha or “enlightened one” was the founder of buddhism and lived the the eastern part of india during the sixth or fourth centuries B.C. And went around the world teaching The Four Noble Truths in places such as india ,bihar ,and nalanda as well. Often he would meditate to relax his mind and so he could know the ways of a better life. His father was king of the shakya kingdom named after a clan called the shakyas and as for his mother she died at birth while having him, but a great holy man prophesied great things for the young prince.
The Siddhartha would either have to choose between being a great king or a spiritual leader, so as the prince had grown into his 20s with hardly any good life experience beyond the walls of …show more content…
For the next six years he lived this life, an participated in the practices, studies, and meditation while religious teachers guide him, however he had redoubled his efforts, enduring pain, fasting closely to starvation and refusing to drink water. No matter how hard he tried the Siddhartha felt as though he couldn't reach the level of his own satisfaction so he realized he had to work harder to get where he wanted to be. Later, the five ascetic's suggested he take on a bigger or better tasks such as following the ways of the flesh and left him astray without reasoning, However he encouraged people to follow the path of balance he called this path “the middle way”. One night as he was in meditation he overcomes the threat of mara, an evil demon and challenged his right to become the buddha. Then he traveled to deer park of India where he gave his first religious sermon and talked about the basis of Buddhism, the four noble truths are : (1) existence in suffering (2) this suffering is caused by human craving (3) there is cessation of the
The Siddhartha would either have to choose between being a great king or a spiritual leader, so as the prince had grown into his 20s with hardly any good life experience beyond the walls of …show more content…
For the next six years he lived this life, an participated in the practices, studies, and meditation while religious teachers guide him, however he had redoubled his efforts, enduring pain, fasting closely to starvation and refusing to drink water. No matter how hard he tried the Siddhartha felt as though he couldn't reach the level of his own satisfaction so he realized he had to work harder to get where he wanted to be. Later, the five ascetic's suggested he take on a bigger or better tasks such as following the ways of the flesh and left him astray without reasoning, However he encouraged people to follow the path of balance he called this path “the middle way”. One night as he was in meditation he overcomes the threat of mara, an evil demon and challenged his right to become the buddha. Then he traveled to deer park of India where he gave his first religious sermon and talked about the basis of Buddhism, the four noble truths are : (1) existence in suffering (2) this suffering is caused by human craving (3) there is cessation of the