The Siddhartha Gautama

Siddhartha Gautama-The Buddha, by finding the path to enlightenment, Buddha was led from the pain of suffering and rebirth towards the path of enlightenment and became known as the Buddha or awakened one. The basic teachings of Buddha which are core to Buddhism are: The Three Universal Truths: The Four Noble Truths; and The Noble Eightfold Path. The four Noble Truths are: The truth of suffering (Dukkha). The truth of the origin of suffering (Samudaya). The truth of the cessation of suffering (Nirodha) and the truth of the path to the cessation of suffering (Magga). And the Eightfold Path consists of eight practices; right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right samadhi (meditative absorption or union).

"I can die happily. I have not kept a single teaching hidden in a closed hand. Everything that is useful for you, I have already given. Be your guiding light" said by the Buddha, while leaving his body at the age of eighty.