Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Shakyamuni Buddha and Siddhārtha Gautama, was a monk, mendicant, sage, philosopher, teacher and religious leader. Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the śramaṇa movement common in his region. He is believed by Buddhists to be an enlightened teacher who attained full Buddhahood and shared his insights to help sentient beings end rebirth and suffering. Accounts of his life, discourses and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarised after his death and memorized by his followers.

Gautama is a founder of The Four Noble Truths:

1    All existence is dukkha. (suffering or unsatisfactoriness). The Buddha’s insight was that our lives are a struggle, and we do not find ultimate happiness or satisfaction in anything we experience. This is the problem of existence.

2    The cause of dukkha is craving (ardent desire).

3    The cessation of dukkha comes with the cessation of  craving.

4    There is a path that leads away from dukkha. As we are the ultimate cause of our difficulties, we are also the solution.

There’s a methods through which we can change ourselves, for example the Noble Eightfold Path. The Noble Eightfold Path is: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.