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...... Buddhism originated in the Northern Indian sub continent in the
foothills of the Himalayan mountain range. . Siddhartha Gautama was a
prince, born to great wealth in a year that is estimated to be around 563
B.C. He was raised in excess but, due to revelations as a youth that were
incited by his growing cognizance of the suffering in which other men
lived, he left the confines of his lush life in order to better understand
himself and, in turn, human nature. It was in his journey that Buddhism
found its roots and its first proselytizing master. His experiences and
understanding of the One, as it passed from one life into another in
accordance with Vedic teachings, became the pervading focus of his
meditation. Through lucid communication with his consciousness, he hoped
to learn of the reincarnating cycle through which he had come to be
Siddhartha and through which he would cease to be this person. After
undergoing an intense phase of self-denial, through which he came to reject
the excesses of physical desire, Siddhartha became "the Buddha, or
"Awakened One." Instead, however, of passing out of this cycle himself, he
returned to the world of humanity in

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