In this video we talk about Buddha and explore his legacy in details. In this video, we’ll go through the major life events as well as teachings of Siddhartha Gautama that led him to become the Enlightened One, known as The Buddha.

Content of the video -
Introduction - 0:00
Life as a Prince - 0:40
The Four Sights - 1:27
Renunciation - 2:57
The Great Enlightenment at Gaya - 5:31
Buddha's Teachings - 7:04
Anicca - 7:44
Anatta - 8:16
Dukkha - 8:45
The Four Noble Truths - 9:08
The Eightfold Path - 11:25
Parinirvana - 16:17
Impact - 18:25

Siddhartha Gautama, who later came to be known as Lord Buddha, is regarded as the founder of Buddhism. He was born into a royal family and until the age of 29, Siddhartha led a luxurious life within the confines of his palace. However, after witnessing some harsh sights outside the comforts of his palace, he decided to bid farewell to his family to attain true knowledge and enlightenment. When he was twenty-nine years old, he left the comforts of his home to seek the meaning of the suffering he saw around him. After six years of arduous yogic training, he abandoned the way of self-mortification and instead sat in mindful meditation beneath a bodhi tree. On the full moon of May, with the rising of the morning star, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, the awakened one. The Buddha wandered the plains of northeastern India for 45 years more, teaching the path or Dharma he had realized in that moment. Around him developed a community of people, drawn from every tribe and caste, devoted to practicing this path. Nowadays, he is worshiped by most Buddhist schools as the enlightened one who has escaped the cycle of birth and rebirth, transcending Karma. Their main teachings focus on their insight into duhkha meaning “suffering” and into Nirvana, which means the end of suffering.

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