Siddhartha Gautama
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was born about 563 BC in what is now modern Nepal. His
father, Suddhodana, was the ruler of the Sakya people and Siddhartha grew up
living the extravagant life on a young prince. According to custom, he married
at the young age of sixteen to a girl named Yasodhara. His father had ordered
that h ....
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.... sat under
the bodhi tree, and meditated till dawn. He cleared his mind of all worldly
things and claimed to get enlightenment at the age of thirty-five, thus earning
the title Buddha, or "Enlightened One." For the remainder of his eighty years,
the Buddha preached the dharma in an effort to help other people reach
enlightenment. When Siddhartha is a Brahmin, he believes in the existence of
many gods, and performs sacrifices to them. After a while he realizes this is
meaningless and dec ....
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