lived between 563 and 483 BC in the

• lived between 563 and 483 BC in the area known now as the Indo-Nepalese region SIDDHARTHA (BUDDHA)

ORIGIN � Believed that he had passed through thousands of existences before coming to earth � Born to the rulers of the Shakya clan � It was believed that his mother, Maya, conceived him when she dreamed that a white elephant entered her right side and it was believed that she gave birth to him while standing and immediately after birth, Buddha took seven complete steps.

TRANSFORMATION INTO BUDDHA � He grew up in wealth and had no contact with the harsh realities of the world � At the age of 29 after taking three chariot rides outside of his palace he decided to try and seek the answer to the continual cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. � Spent six years fasting � Decided that was not the way to reach enlightenment � He then meditated under a tree all night and was then named Buddha, or the enlightened one.

TEACHINGS Middle Way, believed in a balanced life rather than one of extremes � Gave his first sermon on the outskirts of the city of Benares � Presented himself as only a teacher rather than a God or object of worship � "You should do your own work, for I can teach only the way. “ � Necessary to achieve Nirvana and end suffering, or Dukkha � Karma- actions that spring from mental intent have an effect on your birth, death, and rebirth cycle �

FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS � Life as we know it ultimately is or leads to suffering/uneasiness in one way or another. � Suffering is caused by craving. � Suffering ends when craving ends � Reaching this liberated state is achieved by following the path laid out by the Buddha

SENSE PERCEPTION � Emphasized that sense perception tends to mislead man � due to man’s conditioned ability to perceive and interpret � w/o mental construction, perception is incapable of providing any cognitive information about its object

Buddha dies at the age of eighty from food poisoning… DEATH

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