Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, was the founder of Buddhism. He was born into a royal family in Lumbini, Nepal, around 563 BCE. According to legend, his mother Maya Devi died shortly after giving birth, and he was raised by his father, King Suddhodana. Siddhartha's life was one of privilege, but he was sheltered from the realities of suffering. When he ventured outside the palace, he was confronted with the sight of old age, sickness, and death. These experiences caused him to question his existence and seek a way to end suffering....

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Introduction to Buddhist Sutras

Introduction to Buddhist Sutras

The Sutras contain the teachings of Buddha Gautama during 45 years of spreading the Dharma, including basic teachings such as the Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Anatta... They are recorded in the Magadhi language of the Buddha's time, condensed, transmitted by oral tradition, and systematized through the first and second Congresses of sutra compilations...

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Nibbana: the end of all suffering

Nibbana: the end of all suffering

Nibbana(Nirvana) is defined in the Sutras as follows: “Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, nonreliance on it." The mind no longer has all hidden desires and desires, that is Nirvana, It is called Nirvana because Nirvana is the cessation, the separation - Ni - from craving - Vana, sensual desire...

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