Examples of Siddhartha Gautama in the following topics:
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- After attaining Enlightenment, Siddhartha Gautama became known
as the Buddha, and taught a Middle Way that became a major world religion, known as Buddhism.
- Buddhism
arose between 500-300 BCE, when Siddhartha Gautama, a young man from an
aristocratic family, left behind his worldly comforts to
seek spiritual enlightenment.
- Early
texts suggest Siddhartha Gautama was born into the Shakya Clan, a community on
the eastern edge of the Indian subcontinent in the 5th century BCE.
- Gautama is thought
to have been born in modern-day Nepal, and raised in the Shakya capital of
Kapilvastu, which may have been in Nepal or India.
- Siddhartha,
thereafter known as Buddha, or "awakened one," was recognized by his followers,
called Buddhists, as an enlightened teacher.
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- Born to a royal family and originally named Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha left his family and all worldly possessions to live as an ascetic and achieve enlightenment.
- At the age of 35, Siddhartha became known as the Buddha, the "enlightened one," and began to teach his philosophy of "The Middle Way" (a middle path between the extremes of luxury during the first part of his life and the asceticism of the second part) in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent during the 6th and 5th centuries BCE.
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- Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Gautama Buddha, in the sixth to fifth century BCE, evolving via contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world.
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- Thousands of years ago, Gautama Buddha was offering teachings on how not to hold on to hostilities, saying: "You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger."