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Question about Buddhism! I have to write this 1 page essay about buddhism, and then give a presentation about it. This is a group project, and my part in this is "Buddhism History". Can anyone PLEASE tell me anything about the history of Buddhism, because online all I can find about it is that it was found by Siddhartha Gautama in Northern India back in 600 BCE. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

What exactly do you want in buddhism?

Answer 2

History. Give me as much information about their History as you can.

Answer 3

do you want to know about the work? because history is too little!

Answer 4

How little? :o

Answer 5

The founder of Buddhism in this world is Buddha Shakyamuni. He was born as a royal prince in 624 BC in a place called Lumbini, which was originally in northern India but is now part of Nepal. ‘Shakya’ is the name of the royal family into which he was born, and ‘Muni’ means ‘Able One’. His parents gave him the name Siddhartha and there were many wonderful predictions about his future. In his early years he lived as a prince in his royal palace but when he was 29 years old he retired to the forest where he followed a spiritual life of meditation. After six years he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya, India.

Answer 6

this little

Answer 7

Hmm. I read off another website that the founder was Siddhartha Gautama. Is he also known as Buddha Shakyamuni?

Answer 8

yes he is the same..

Answer 9

I also read that it was founded in 500BC, Which should I put?

Answer 10

wait i ll check

Answer 11

The dates are not yet known so you could just write 5th century

Answer 12

sorry 6th century

Answer 13

Okay. Anything else?

Answer 14

nope.. Too little about the history.. in case you need help.. PM me

Answer 15

Okay, thanks

Answer 16

no problem :)