- From
Siddharah to Sakyamuni
- & finally
to the Buddha or the enlightened one
- an
incredible transformation of a prince to
an enlightened teacher ,
- who walked
the earth more than 2500 years ago
- Upon seeing sorrow
, misery , pain & death , in the prime
of his youth ,
- prince
Siddharth decided to discover their causes
and means of overcoming their occurrences
,
- thus
renouncing worldly pleasures and leaving
home & family behind , he traveled
from place to place until finally
attaining enlightenment by fixed
meditation under the Bodhi Tree.
- He then
preached the truth he discovered, and
exhorted his disciple to follow the eight
fold path for the cessation of the endless
cycle of birth and rebirth .
- Several
major sights & school of Buddhist
learning has been high lightened for the
ardent Buddhist academic interest ,