Gautama Siddhartha

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	[ The Buddha: Buddhism began about 525 B.C. in India. The founder, Gautama Siddhartha, reached enlightenment through meditation. He is known as the "Buddha," or "Enlightened One."... ] ; The Buddha: Buddhism began about 525 B.C. in India. The founder, Gautama Siddhartha, reached enlightenment through meditation. He is known as the "Buddha," or "Enlightened One." Buddhists: There are approximately... Read more
	LOCAL BUDDHIST GROUPS TO MARK BUDDHA'S BIRTH.(News) ; Many members of Western Washington's Buddhist community will be celebrating the birth of Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha, this weekend and next. Northern Asian Buddhists mark the birth of Buddha in 566 B.C. in Nepal with a flower festival... Read more
	Strangeworld.(News) ; ...17 ( but his followers have been keeping him from public view at night. Many visitors believe he is a reincarnation of Gautama Siddhartha, who was born not far away in south-western Nepal around 500BC and later became revered as the Buddha, which means Enlightened... Read more
	A tiny mountain town may reveal secrets of Buddha ; ...area of Nepal, archaeologists - including a British team - are excavating the remains of Tilaurakot, the home town of Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, followed by 320 million people worldwide. The excavations are likely to settle the... Read more
	In Brief ; ...thousands of people had gone to see the boy in his forest abode because they thought he was the reincarnation of Nepal's Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha. Makeshift shops had been set up to cater to the visitors, who had come from Nepal and neighboring India... Read more
	Food lovers give their backing to Fat Buddha restaurant. ; ...who visited the restaurant this week to try out samples agreed with her views, Mr Fung said today. When they come in they see Buddha smiling, happy and wealthy and it makes the atmosphere so brilliant. The 38-year-old, who was born in Hong Kong, vowed to... Read more
	THOUSANDS STAND IN LINE TO SEE BUDDHA'S FINGER.(News) ; Byline: Associated Press HONG KONG -- Thousands of people lined up Thursday to see one of Buddha's fingers -- on loan from China for 10 days. Beijing flew the finger to Hong Kong Wednesday -- when locals were celebrating Buddha's birthday -- for a display that critics call a cynical gesture to calm Read more
	Taiwanese flock to see Buddha's finger ; HUNDREDS of thousands of Taiwanese flocked to glimpse a 2,500- year-old relic believed to be the Buddha's finger at the weekend after it arrived from the mainland on a goodwill tour that Beijing hopes will further the cause of reunification. Encased in a glittering gold miniature pagoda and Read more
	Buddhist celebration will be a first ; ...Laotian, Thai, Vietnamese and Tibetan groups will join the Japanese temples in the ceremony revering the Indian prince Gautama Siddhartha, who founded the Buddhist philosophical tradition. The 9 a.m. service, to be led by Bishop Taido Kitagawa, president of... Read more
	Vast portrait of Buddha unveiled ; ...horns and cymbals and broadcast chanting as 130 maroon-robed monks lifted a cover, revealing the image of Sakyamuni, or Gautama Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism. The picture - 126ft high, 111ft wide and sewn by the monks in the monastery - is unveiled each... Read more

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