Understanding the Buddha: His Life and Teachings
…dhism whose teachings, the Dhamma, form its core.
-- The historical Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. as Prince Siddhattha Gotama, in the Lumbini Park at Kapilavatthu, on the Indian border of present day Nepal. …
…akened', refers to a fully enlightened being. Gotama was the historical Buddha, born in 623 B.C. as Prince Siddhattha in present-day Nepal. At 29, he renounced royal life in search of solutions to suffering…