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Buddha      With the birth of the Buddha, being elect as the awakened one at age xxxv, his journey by dint of life, and even in his death. Buddha has guided many to discovering the truths of life.     Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha at age thirty-five (Graves 1). The Buddha was believed to have been born in 563 B.C. in what now is Nepal but at the time was a part of India (1). The founder of Buddhism was the son of a caput of the h peaked(predicate) tribe of the shakyas, who gave up family life, became an ascetic when he was some xxix years old (Bary 3).      Legends say that as Queen Maya, Buddhas pay glum, reached her forefathers house, got out, and Buddha emerged from her right side. Without any service he took seven step in each direction on the compass. Where he had steeped, lotus flowers pullulate everywhere, though it was not the season. He announced, No further births have I to endure, for this is my l ast body. Now shall I destroy and pluck out by the roots the sorrow that is caused by births and deaths. Seven days after his birth, his mother passed a right smart (Wangu 19).     "One day, the Buddhist tradition holds, Siddhartha realized that his years of repentance had only weakened his body." (Wangu 22). His body got so tired he couldnt hypothecate properly. Scriptures say he went to bathe in the river and the trees bent down to help him. Buddha sat under a tree and would not arise until he found the answer he had looked for (Wangu 23).      The Buddha had an act of self-sacrifice. He had discovered the way to end suffering, so he wanted to share his enlighment with others (Wangu 24). The basic material body of life is suffering. Suffering is caused by cravings and desires. There exists nirvana, an end to suffering. The way to occur to Nirvana is to follow the "eight fold path." (Graves 2).     " The eightfold path is a series of eight stages that leads to the end of desire."(Wangu 26) About 300 million apply Buddhists (Wangu 6). After Buddha had found the answered he was looking for he set off for the towhist Saranth. There he thought people of his teachings. He drew the unit of measurement of life, which stand for his teachings (Wangu 24).     One day a blacksmith gave Buddha a meal, which caused him to become ill (he was about eighty).