Who was Siddhartha Gautama? 19 Articles

by Trenna Sue Hiler

Siddhartha Gautama had a life of contradictions. He was born to a mighty warrior and a member of royalty. As was the custom a seer was called on at his birth to predict his future. The seer predicted he would either s...read more

by MysLykeMeeh

Siddhartha Gautama, known as Gautama Buddha was the founder of the most pragmatic religion called Buddhism. He was the popular spiritual teacher who devoted his life to find balance and enlightenment. His name was univers...read more

by Ivor W. Hartmann

Prince Siddhartha Gautama (est. 563 - 483 BCE) Prince, warrior, scholar, and teacher. Aka: Sanskrit: Siddhartha Gotama, later: Shakyamuni Buddha or The awakened one of the Shakya clan. "Do not believe in anything simpl...read more

by V. Hughes

Siddhartha Gotama was born 2400 years ago (give or take a century) in the village of Lumbini in what is now Nepal. His father, Suddhodana was minor royalty of the Sakya clan and Queen Maya, his mother. You can read about...read more

by Tiongho Poh

Sakyamuni Buddha He lived from 566 to 486 BC. His teachings were passed down orally and they were only committed to writing in Sri Lanka around the middle of the first century BC. They consisted of three baskets or divisi...read more

by Graham Fisher

The Buddha usually referred to when discussing Buddhism, did not look like the happy, fat, bald man, that the many statues now sold in gift shops, claim to be The Buddha. That particular character is a representation of a ...read more

by Thresia Paulose

Who was Siddhartha? Who was Gautma? Was he a man? Was he a saint who was enlightened by the world? Or did he enlighten the world with his enlightenment that he got under the tree of knowledge'? These had been the tormentin...read more

by Aldo Bonincontro

The real name of the Buddha was SIDDHARTA GAUTAMA and "Buddha" is a nickname meaning "The Enlightened" or "The Awakened". He founded a new great religion, contrary to the extremes of hedonism and asceticism of the relig...read more

by Tonglin Lok

Two super transition which divide Siddhartha Gautama's life into three distinctive parts and further summarised his earthly present. The three parts comprised of royal prince, seeker and founder. The Founder Today, h...read more

by Mark Hopkins

Siddhartha Gautama began life as a typical pampered Prince, born into a royal family in their palace in the northern Indian city of Kapilavastu in the 530s BC. By the time of his death in 480 BC he had founded a new relig...read more

by Christopher Johnson

Siddhartha Gautama is the historical Buddha. Born a prince of the Sakya clan, in India, Siddhartha grew up a child of privilege. On the day of his birth, the king, his father, called for several wise men to augur the chi...read more

by Can Tran

Siddharta Gautama is the founder of the faith and religious movement known today as Buddhism. He was the first Buddha or "enlightened one". He was born into a life or royalty with the title of prince who was supposed to ...read more

by Augusto Na

Siddhartha Gautama is a very important historical figure for Buddhists. He is considered by almost all scholars the historical founder of the religion of Buddhism, as well as a supreme Buddha. There are many legends concer...read more

by Rita Chaney

Several version of Siddhartha Gautama's life have been told. There is some disagreement as to which accounts are true. However, he is considered "the Buddha", the founder of what has evolved into the Buddhism of today. ...read more

by Sahara Stirling

Siddhartha Gautama, known Sakyamuni Buddha ("sakyamuni" translates to "sage of the Sakyas"), is arguably the most important historical figure in the Buddhist tradition, and is the one most often referred to when people spe...read more

by Mariya G

We know him better in the West as the Buddha, but his name was Siddhartha Gautama. Like many Hindus of his time he was born into a particular station in life. A Kshatriya (Warrior/Ruler Caste) by birth, Siddhartha was a pr...read more

by jayj

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."- (1) Siddhartha Gautama is bett...read more

by Roberta Lee Small

Legend tell us that he spoke to his mother the day he was born and told her he would free mankind from suffering. He also walked on his first day of birth. After taking a few steps in all directions in the grove where he w...read more

by Bryan-James

Impossible to compete with the fine descriptions already written here of the life and times of Siddhartha Gautama. Instead, I will concentrate on who this man was in relation to what he did for this world, and what effect...read more