Gautama Buddha, forby kent as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni,[note 2] or simply the Buddha, wis a sage[3] on whose teachins Buddhism wis foondit.[web 2]

Gautama Buddha
A statue o the Buddha frae Sarnath, 4t century CE
Bornc. 563 BCE or c. 480 BCE[1][2]
Lumbini, Shakya Republic (accordin tae Buddhist tradeetion)
Dee'dc. 483 BCE or c. 400 BCE (aged 80)
Kushinagar, Malla Republic (accordin tae Buddhist tradeetion)[note 1]
Kent forFoonder o Buddhism
PredecessorKassapa Buddha
SuccessorMaitreya

Notes

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  1. Accordin tae Mahaparinibbana Sutta,[web 1] Gautama died in Kushinagar, which is locatit in present day Uttar Pradesh, Indie.
  2. Baroni: "The sage of the Shakya people"[3]

References

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Prentit soorces

  1. Cousins 1996, pp. 57–63.
  2. Norman 1997, p. 33.
  3. a b Baroni 2002, p. 230.

Wab soorces

  1. "Maha-parinibbana Sutta", Digha Nikaya, Access insight, part 5
  2. Boeree, C George. "An Introduction to Buddhism". Shippensburg University. Retrieved 10 September 2011.