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term ‘Buddha’ means awakened one or to be free from delusions.
Many people were, are and will become Buddha’s.  Buddhism
started with the Buddha. The word ‘Buddha’ is a title, which
means ‘one who is awake’ — in the sense of having ‘woken up to
reality’.  Buddha did not claim to be a god or a prophet, he was
a human who became enlightened and now his teachings (The
Dharma) have inspired all of the great wisdom on the shedding of
suffering.  We can learn a lot from the life story of Buddha
Shakyamuni.  Lets look at the man behind the legend.   buddha
3Buddha, otherwise known as Buddha Shakyamuni or Siddhartha
Cautama was born as a Royal Prince in 624 BC in Nepal.  At the
age of 16 Buddha entered into an arranged marriage and had a
son.  He was a gifted child but he also lived a sheltered life
from the outside world.  Even though living a privileged life
Buddha spent the first part of his