02-11-2008, 07:51 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Fourth Plain Village WA
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Buddhism FAQ
Since some of Aders have been wanting me to create a thread about Buddhism, so I am going to create the thread with my own FAQ about Buddhism with the source provide. I am going to start off with "Who and What is Buddha?".
Note: Purple fonts are my own word and any text that are in quote box are from other link.
Who and What is Buddha?
Two answer for this, one answer would be "The Awakening One" which mean a person are full enlightmented. Other answer would be Siddhartha Gautama, which are the real name for Buddha. In the note, Siddhartha Gautama are not the only one who are Buddha.
Siddhartha Gautama (from now on I would just say "Gautama") was born in India, Gautama was used to be a prince and also was used to be a Hindu, his parents refuse to let him see anything that are reality which when people suffer like sick, becoming old, war, fighting, crimes, etc. for whole his childhood till he was about 20ish age, he finally see the reality and he decide to leave being a prince, also reject the Hinduism religion, and left his hometown and teaching many thousands of people about the suffering, helping people to be happy, traveling all around central eastern Asia by only his barefoot.
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Usually Buddha ("Awakened One," from the root bodhi) refers to Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama), the historical founder of Buddhism, who adopted that title. He is sometimes referred to as Sakyamuni or Buddha Gautama (Sanskrit; Pali: Buddha Gotama) in order to distinguish him from other Buddhas (cf. buddhahood, enlightenment, nirvana). For perspectives by other religions of Siddhārtha Gautama, see Buddha (other religions) and Buddha from the Hindu perspective.
All forms of Buddhism acknowledge the existence of other Buddhas. The Pali canon recognizes twenty-eight Buddhas of the past, as well as Maitreya (Sanskrit; Pali: Metteya), the Buddha who is yet to come. Mahāyāna tradition teaches the existence of Buddhas and bodhisattvas without number. An example of the former would be Amitabha.
Buddha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Also for the life of Siddhartha Gautama, here' s a link about the story of Siddhartha Gautama, I don't want to copy and paste because the story seems longer than my answer.
Any more questions? Please keep this thread going, and I will try answer your questions as best as I can 
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