WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The history of Buddhism can be traced back to the 5th century BCE. Buddhism arose in Ancient India, in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha, and is based on the teachings of the renunciate Siddhārtha Gautama.

Detailed explanation-2: -Following this epiphany, Gautama was known as the Buddha, meaning the “Enlightened One.” The Buddha spent the remainder of his life journeying about India, teaching others what he had come to understand. The Four Noble Truths comprise the essence of Buddha’s teachings, though they leave much left unexplained.

Detailed explanation-3: -Buddhism is an ancient Indian religion, which arose in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha (now in Bihar, India), and is based on the teachings of Gautama Buddha who was deemed a “Buddha” ("Awakened One"), although Buddhist doctrine holds that there were other Buddhas before him.

Detailed explanation-4: -The religion’s founder, Buddha, is considered an extraordinary being, but not a god. The word Buddha means “enlightened.” The path to enlightenment is attained by utilizing morality, meditation and wisdom. Buddhists often meditate because they believe it helps awaken truth.

Detailed explanation-5: -Siddhartha Gautama (better known as the Buddha, l. c. 563-c. 483 BCE) was, according to legend, a Hindu prince who renounced his position and wealth to seek enlightenment as a spiritual ascetic, attained his goal and, in preaching his path to others, founded Buddhism in India in the 6th-5th centuries BCE.