History of Buddhism
The founder of Buddhism was Buddha Shakyamuni. He was born a royal prince in 624 B.C in a place called Lubini, which was orginally in northern India but is now part of Nepal. In his early years he lived as a prince in his royal palace, but when he was 29, he retired to the forest where he followed a spitiual life of meditaion. after 6 years he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree in Bodh, Ganya india. He was requested to teach. As a result of the request, Buddha rose from the meditation and taught the first, second and third wheel of Dharma. Buddha taught 84,000 lessons. His intention in founding Buddhism was to lead living beings to permanent liberaion from suffering. He realized temporary liberation for suffering and difficulties is not enough. Motivated by love and compassion his aim was to help living beings find lasting peace or nirvana.