RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Question
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Siddhartha Gautama received the title of Buddha because he ____
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achieved enlightenment
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left his life as a prince
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advocated the ascetic life
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began to spread his teachings
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It is not a personal name, but a title for those who have attained bodhi (awakening, enlightenment). Buddhi, the power to “form and retain concepts, reason, discern, judge, comprehend, understand, ‘’ is the faculty which discerns truth (satya) from falsehood.
Detailed explanation-2: -The culmination of his search came while meditating beneath a tree, where he finally understood how to be free from suffering, and ultimately, to achieve salvation. Following this epiphany, Gautama was known as the Buddha, meaning the “Enlightened One."
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