The word “Buddha”, means ‘the enlightened one’. And so was Gautam
Buddha one of the greatest religious teachers that the world has seen.
His teachings expounded in Buddhism, are hugely popular in Burma,
China, Japan and many other South Eastern Countries. The Buddha was
born as Siddhartha to Shuddhodana the king of Kapilavastu in Nepal.
One thing that wa very peculiar was that Siddhartha found no happiness in materialistic pleasures and so left the palace in search of
salvation also known as ‘ Moksh’.He roamed the whole expanse of his
country, meeting various sadhus and saints in his search for
salvation. He lived the life of a hermit and underwent rigorous ‘
tapasya’ to achieve his purpose, but still the meaning of or reason
for life and death eluded him.