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The Buddha

Also known as Buddha, Bhagwan Buddha, Prabudha, Munish, Lord Buddha, Sakya-muni, Shakyasimha, Devarajalu

Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)

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The Buddha was a male human and a Buddhist monk, philosopher, writer, and spiritual teacher. He was part of Buddhism and followed the religion or worldview of Buddhism. He was the student of Alara Kalama and replaced Kassapa Buddha. His notable works include the Tripitaka and the appearance in the work Pom Poko. He is described by sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

He was born in Lumbini and died in Kushinagar. Dates of birth include 563 BCE, 623 BCE, and 500 BCE, while dates of death are listed as 483 BCE, 543 BCE, and 500 BCE. His family included his father Śuddhodana, spouse Yaśodharā, child Rāhula, and siblings Sundarānanda and Sundari Nanda. He spoke Magadhi Prakrit, Pali, and Sanskrit. His last meal consisted of mushroom and pork. A quote attributed to him asks, “Well, Lord, is the soul the same as the body, is the soul one thing and the body another?”

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Person · Open Library

Works: 3

Top works

Anthology of Buddhist, Taoist, and Stoic Texts
How to Feel
Power of Now
Diamond Sutra วัชรปรัชญาปารมิตาสูตร 金剛經

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1960
Active to: 1970-04-10

60sbeatbritishbritish invasionbritpopclassic rock

Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 185
Total plays: 895

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“There are these four ways of answering questions. Which four? There are questions that should be answered categorically [straightforwardly yes, no, this, that]. There are questions that should be answered with an analytical (qualified) answer [defining or redefining the terms]. There are questions that should be answered with a counter-question. There are questions that should be put aside. These are the four ways of answering questions.”
“Whereas some ascetics and Brahmins remain addicted to attending such shows as dancing, singing, music, displays, recitations, hand-music, cymbals and drums, fairy-shows, acrobatic and conjuring tricks, combats of elephants, buffaloes, bulls, goats, rams, cocks and quail, fighting with staves, boxing, wrestling, sham-fights, parades, manoeuvres and military reviews, the ascetic Gotama refrains from attending such displays.”
““The tongue is like a sharp knife, it kills without drawing blood; words in the hands of someone skilled can do more damage than a weapon in the hands of a warrior.””
““Well, Lord, is the soul the same as the body, is the soul one thing and the body another?””
“Just as a bird, wherever it goes, flies with its wings as its only burden, so too, the bhikkhu becomes content with robes to protect his body and with almsfood to maintain his stomach, and wherever he goes he sets out taking only these with him. Possessing this aggregate of noble virtue, he experiences within himself a bliss that is blameless.”
“Any kind of material form whatever, whether past, future, or present, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near, all material form should be seen as it actually is with proper wisdom thus: “This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.””

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Part of: Buddhism
Gender: male
Place of birth: Lumbini
Place of death: Kushinagar
Spouse: Yaśodharā
Child: Rāhula
Father: Śuddhodana
Mother: Maya
Sibling: Sundari Nanda
Occupation: preacher
Languages spoken: Sanskrit
Religion: Buddhism
Family: family of Gautama Buddha
Noble title: prince
Field of work: Eastern philosophy
Followed by: Maitreya
Follows: Kassapa Buddha
Movement: dharma
Image: Buddha Bodhgaya.JPG
Residence: Nepal
Said to be same as: The Buddha in Hinduism

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Commons category: Shakyamuni Buddha
topic's main category: Category:Gautama Buddha
Commons gallery: Shakyamuni Buddha
date of death: 0500-00-00
date of birth: 0500-00-00
replaces: Kassapa Buddha
present in work: Pom Poko
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
had as last meal: pork
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
topic has template: Template:Gautama Buddha
canonization status: avatar
influenced by: Dīpankara Buddha
commemorates: Bhagavan
worshipped by: Buddhism
honorific prefix: Bhagavan
time period: Mahajanapada
manner of death: natural causes
Stack Exchange tag: buddhism.stackexchange.com/tags/gautama-buddha
different from: Buddha
mount: Kanthaka
iconographic symbol: physical characteristics of the Buddha
replaced by: Maitreya

Sources (8)

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Works in European collections

8 objects attributed to The Buddha, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Ci-ci : Catalinetta bella ; Tango di primavera / Buda, tenore ; Orch. Kristallo

Dorce-bitter brush; Love/Buda, tenor; Orch. Kristall

Mi comanda la natura ; Cio' che piace a me / Buda, tenore ; Orch. D. Olivieri

Serrana ; Il bacio di Pupy / tenore F. Buda ; orchestra Mignone ; Mignone, direttore ; [brano 2] tenore Mori

Faccetta nera ; Pellegrino che venghi a Roma / ten. Buda ; Orch. Kristall

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Encyclopedic overview

Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (lit. 'the awakened one'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic. After leading a life of mendicancy, asceticism, and meditation, he attained nirvana at Bodh Gaya in what is now Bihar, India. The Buddha then wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a monastic order (sangha). Buddhist tradition holds he died in Kushinagar (in modern day Uttar Pradesh, India) and reached parinirvana ("final release from conditioned existence").

According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and severe asceticism, leading to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth, and suffering. His core teachings are summarised in the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, a training of the mind that includes ethical training and kindness toward others, and meditative practices such as sense restraint, mindfulness, and dhyana (meditation proper). Another key element of his teachings are the concepts of the five skandhas and dependent origination, describing how all dharmas (both mental states and concrete 'things') come into being, and cease to be, depending on other dharmas, lacking an existence on their own (svabhava).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Buddha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.