The Buddha.
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
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About The Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering religious teacher who lived in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic. After leading a life of mendicancy, asceticism, and meditation, he attained nirvana at Bodh Gaya in what is now Bihar, India. The Buddha then wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a monastic order (sangha). Buddhist tradition holds he died in Kushinagar and reached parinirvana.
Everything about The Buddha →- Occupation
- Buddhist monk, philosopher, founder of religion, religious leader
- Born
- 563 BC, 623 BC, 500 BC
- Died
- 483 BC, 543 BC, 500 BC