Prince Siddhartha or Buddha

The story of BuddhaÆs birth maintains the he was born to the king of the Sakhyas in 560 B.C., Suddhodana, and that the ôgods themselves prepared the way before him with celestial portents and signsö (Sivananda 1). Allegedly BuddhaÆs body feature auspicious marks and others representing large numbers. Prince Siddhartha, as the child was known, spent his life with a step-mother after his mother died a few days after giving birth to him. He married at sixteen and had a son named Rahula, but at twenty-nine Siddhartha abandoned his home and family to devote himself to spiritual pursuits and Yogic practices (Sivananda 2). Seeing an old man, a sick man, a corpse, and a monk motivated Siddhartha to renounced the world and become aware that ôWorldly happiness is transitoryö (Sivananda 2).

Siddhartha abandoned his wealth and family to discover a theory of life and religion through journeys. He taught specific concepts, like ôIf we can eradicate desire, all sorrows and pains will come to an endö (Sivananda 4). Eventually becoming known as Buddha, Siddh

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