He taught a training of the mind that included ethical training, self-restraint, and meditative practices such as jhana and mindfulness. The Buddha taught a middle way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the Indian Р•вЂєramaР±в„–вЂЎa movement.

The Buddha then traveled throughout the Gangetic plain, teaching and building a religious community. According to Buddhist tradition, after several years of mendicancy, meditation, and asceticism, he awakened to understand the workings of the cycle of rebirth and how it can be escaped. The Buddha was born into an aristocratic family in the Shakya clan, but eventually renounced lay life. His teaching is based on his insight into the arising of suffering or dissatisfaction and its ending-the state called Nirvana (lit. He taught for around 45 years and built a large following, both monastic and lay. He is regarded as the founder of the world religion of Buddhism, and revered by Buddhists as an enlightened being, who rediscovered an ancient path to freedom from ignorance, craving and the cycle of rebirth and suffering. Gautama Buddha, popularly known as the Buddha (also known as Siddhattha Gotama or SiddhР”Рѓrtha Gautama or Shakyamuni), was an ascetic, a religious leader and teacher who lived in ancient India (c.

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