| This article is an answer to the
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| | austerities earlier. These ascetics had
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| question, when was Buddhism founded?
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| | abandoned him in Gaya when they had
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| Buddhism originally arose out of the
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| | seen him eating and drinking. They were
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| teaching and enlightenment of Siddharth
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| | determined not to welcome the Buddha now.
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| Gautama. Siddharth Gautama was the first
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| | But when the Buddha approached his sense
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| of many Buddhas or enlightened masters
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| | of presence and majesty was such that
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| - who have enriched the Buddhist
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| | they welcomed him and offered him water
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| tradition.
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| | to drink. The Buddha then preached to
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| Buddhism is a living seed and contains
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| | them the first sermon that about
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| many powerful methods to attain
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| | suffering, the cause of suffering and the
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| enlightenment. Its teaching have helped
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| | cessation of suffering.
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| many persons to become enlightened.
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| | The Buddha taught his teaching for the
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| The Buddha lived approximately between
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| | next 45 years till his death. He won
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| the years 563-483 BCE. He attained
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| | over the people and gathered many
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| understanding in around 531 BCE and spent
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| | followers, who became monks, to follow
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| the rest of his life preaching and
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| | his way. He ultimately died at the age of
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| propagating his teaching.
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| | 80 at about 483 BCE.
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| The Buddha lived a life of luxury in a
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| | This teaching became the Theravada
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| royal household till he was 29. On
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| | tradition of Buddhism. It is also
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| coming in touch with the fact that
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| | called the Path of the Elders or the
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| suffering is inevitable he decided to
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| | Southern school and is regarded as the
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| leave this life and take to monastic
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| | Buddha's original teaching.
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| ways.
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| | There is also the Mahayana tradition,
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| The Buddha practiced severed austerities
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| | Tibetan Buddhism and Zen all of which
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| for about 6 years and learned
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| | developed later.
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| meditation from many masters of his time.
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| | So, this is an answer to the question
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| The austerities were so severe that he
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| | when was Buddhism founded.
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| was reduced to mere skin and bones.
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| | Buddhism then spread to many countries in
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| It was only when he gave up this extreme
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| | East and North Asia. Burma, China,
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| also and practiced the Middle Way that
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| | Tibet, Japan, and Vietnam are some of the
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| he achieved his breakthrough. He found
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| | countries to which it spread.
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| himself in Gaya (in the present state
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| | Buddhism at all times has been a living
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| of Bihar in North India) and after a long
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| | seed and has grown and changed and
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| time had a meal of milk and rice. Then
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| | adapted itself to suit the different
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| refreshed, he did an all night
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| | countries in which it found itself.
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| meditation sitting. And he was
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| | There have been many enlightened masters
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| enlightened towards the dawn when the
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| | who have enriched and grown the
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| morning star arose.
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| | Buddhist teaching. Nagarjuna,
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| So, this is when was Buddhism founded.
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| | Padmasambhava and Bodhidharma are only
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| The Buddha must have been around 35 at
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| | three names in a distinguished list.
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| that time.
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| | So, this is the answer to the question
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| After that the Buddha went to some five
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| | when was Buddhism founded.
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| ascetics with whom he had practiced
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