Name: Kanishka and the Spread of Buddhism
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 22 s
Description: The Kushans conquered much of northern India. Their greatest emperor, Kanishka the Great, abandoned the life of a warrior and dedicated himself to Buddhism.

Question

What was the real name of the Buddha? Trace the events leading to his attainment of the highest knowledge.

Accepted Answer

At the age of $29$ , young Prince Siddhartha Gautama, raised in a life of opulence and luxury and shielded from all awareness of anguish and suffering, is believed to have left the royal palace to meet his subjects, at that time he was confronted with the reality of human misery.

He was born into a noble family in ancient India's Shakya dynasty, but the family finally renounced the world.

Buddha is regarded as the religion's creator after he gave up his worldly existence after witnessing the world's agony and death.

Buddha was a firm believer in the afterlife and the attainment of enlightenment through knowledge. Animal sacrifice and the caste system were both condemned by Buddha. And it was in Bodh Gaya that he obtained enlightenment.

Gautama Buddha, also known as Shakyamuni Buddha, is said to have reached enlightenment at the age of and completed the quest for the wisdom of knowledge after six years.

What was the real name of the Buddha? Trace the events leading to his attainment of the highest knowledge.

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