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Approximately 600 years BC, admist the surrounding Himalayan range, in the city of Kapilavatthu, Nepal a prince was born. He was born into a royal Hindu family and was named Siddhartha Gautama(Prince Gautama) where Gautama was His family name. His father was the leader of the Sakya caste. As prince, He was surrounded by wealth and pleasure in the palace. He was not to be allowed to wander away from the palace by His father who does not want Him to observe and be exposed to suffering as He would be King one day..

Heeding His father's wishes, he married young and lived in the luxury of the palace at the idea of inheriting His father's throne. However as He grew older, His curiosity of what is happening outside the palace walls begins to develop as He knew that something is missing from His life in the palace. So one day, he managed to slip out of the palace without been seen.

On his first trip, he met an old beggar. He then realized that everybody will grow old someday and aging cannot be stopped. Youthful life is 'fun' but alas, it is only temporary.

Gautama managed to slip out from the palace one day. On his second trip he came across a very sick and weak man who was very thin until his bones are portruding his skin. Seeing this He realized that everybody cannot escape illness & diseases.

Developing more curiosity, He slipped out of the palace again and on His third trip, he travelled around and he saw a corpse in a funeral procession. He then realized that life is not a permanent state of existence and all beings who live must die one day.

He realized that however high a throne may be to a king, however rich a person may be, however great an empire a king may build, nobody can escape the destinies of : old age, sickness and death.

However, on His fourth runaway from the palace, He met a monk who convinced Him to seek into the 'other' side of life - to find for the truth. This is the Great Renunciation as He discard His wealth, power and also His family in order to seek for the truth.

He left the palace alone, dressed in a yellow robe and went on as a mendicant, begging for food, without a home. It is from here that he learnt the meaning of suffering. In search for the truth, he studied about Hinduism from various teachers and although He learnt much, it did not meet His purpose. He fasted and did everything to find the truth. He had five disciples. However all of them deserted Him.

One day He reached a village near the Neranjara river and He sat beneath a Bodhi tree to meditate. And after all the torment of seeking the truth, he finally gained Enlightenment in which He became the Buddha and found the truth, the way of salvation from suffering and the Dhamma. (Buddhist celebrate this day as Wesak Day every year)

He then spreaded His teachings and gave sermons to everybody far and wide. His five followers also rejoined Him. After 45 years of preaching and spreading of His teachings, He passed away peacefully into Nirvana in Kusinagara. He was 80 years old then.

After his death, his followers gathered His teachings, complied & consolidated them and then were passed down until today where Buddhist literature and sutras can be found everywhere.

Read about Buddha & His Dharmma at Ambedkar's Portal

SADHU, SADHU, SADHU.....