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Siddhartha Gautama, called the Buddha, "The Enlightened One," is born to a ruler of the small republic of Sakka in southern Nepal. In an effort to open a path to enlightenment, he joins the spiritual teachers of his time, masters their disciplines, and relentlessly practices asceticism. Only after renouncing his family life and ascetic practices and gaining insight through meditation does he believe that he has discovered why people suffer and has found a way of escaping it.
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