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Life of Gautama Buddha
Not much details are available regarding the life of Gautama Buddha but it is said that he was a historical figure who lived around 5th century BC in India. Gautama Buddha life is divided into twelve glorious events and important events of his life are described in paintings known as Twelve Great Deeds of the Buddha's Life.
It not only depicts the progress of Gautam Buddha towards spiritual enlightenment but also depicts the philosophy underlying the great Buddha. It talks about the twelve important events in the life of Gautama Buddha which changed him completely.
Born as Siddhartha Gautama he was also referred to as Sakyamuni and was bestowed the title of enlightened one by his followers. Gautama Buddha is believed to have lived between 563 BC and 483 BC.
Life of Gautam Buddha has been passed orally and was written in scriptures few hundred years after his death. Buddhist scriptures narrate the life of Buddha and how his life changed over due to certain important events which took place in his life.
It was at the age of 29 Gautam Buddha after visualizing the sufferings of people and getting dissatisfied with his life left his palace to seek enlightenment. After leading austere life for more than six years Gautama Buddha realized that this was not giving him better understanding therefore he left this and followed the middle path and he achieved enlightenment under the Bodhi tree and therefore came to be known as the enlightened one or Buddha.
For forty five years Gautam Buddha traveled across the Gangetic Plain of central India and preached his findings and teachings. At the age of eighty Buddha died in Kusinagar in India.
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