{"id":6734,"date":"2023-11-06T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/733196486649823232-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:53:52","slug":"733196486649823232-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/733196486649823232-2\/","title":{"rendered":"733196486649823232"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/edens\/thailand\/buddhism.htm\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/edens\/thailand\/buddhism.htm\",\"title\":\"Basics of Buddhism\",\"description\":\"Basics of Buddhism\",\"site_name\":\"pbs.org\"}'><a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/edens\/thailand\/buddhism.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Basics of Buddhism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Siddhartha Gautama: The Buddha<\/p>\n<p>Historians estimate that the founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, lived from 566(?) to 480(?) B.C. The son of an Indian warrior-king, Gautama led an extravagant life through early adulthood, reveling in the privileges of his social caste. But when he bored of the indulgences of royal life, Gautama wandered into the world in search of understanding. After encountering an old man, an ill man, a corpse and an ascetic, Gautama was convinced that suffering lay at the end of all existence. He renounced his princely title and became a monk, depriving himself of worldly possessions in the hope of comprehending the truth of the world around him. The culmination of his search came while meditating beneath a tree, where he finally understood how to be free from suffering, and ultimately, to achieve salvation. 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