Reflection Of Buddhism

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Buddhism a religious teaching propagated by the Buddha and his followers, which declares that by destroying greed, hatred, and delusion, which are the causes of all suffering, man can attain perfect enlightenment. Buddhism originated in northern India in the 5th century B.C.E. The tradition traces its origin to Siddhartha Gautama, who is typically referred to as the Buddha. According to Buddhist tradition, the young prince lived an affluent and sheltered life until a journey during which he saw an old man, a sick man, a poor man, and a corpse. Shocked and distressed at the suffering in the world, Gautama left his family to seek enlightenment through asceticism.Siddhartha observed the suffering in the world and set out to find an antidote. Through meditation and analysis, he attained an enlightened state of being that marked the end of attachments, and therefore suffering, and ultimately, upon his death, release from the cycle of rebirth (samsara).Buddha was the son of a king and most probably the next king but when he got out the boundary of his luxurious palace and saw the dark side of the world then many question raise in his mind he saw that people really suffer and life is not as easy ,simple and beautiful as the used to think it is .After seeing people suffer he left his luxurious life and tried to find the real meaning of life. The philosophy of Buddhism revolves around the social life and the reality of life rather than a creator who is invisible.
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