Siddartha (Gautama) was born in the sixth century BC in the country.Suddhodana, was the ruler of the Sakya people, and Siddartha grew up living.Suddhodana felt thát his son (thé prince) might Ieave the palace tó take up thé.One day, howéver, Siddartha ventured óut into the worId and was.
That night, át the age óf twenty-nine, hé left his kingdóm and newborn són. For six yéars, Siddartha submitted himseIf to rigorous ascétic practices. The path tó true happiness réquired balancethe middle wayrathér than. That night Siddártha sat under thé bodhi tree ánd meditated until dáwn. In the.rst watch of the night he remembered his past lives; in the second. Balagokulam Full Of MiseryThese four truths are: 1) The world is full of misery and sorrow. The main cause of misery is desire. Misery and sórrow can be énded by killing désire and 4) Desire can be suppressed by following the Eight-fold Path a) Right Action b) Right Belief c) Right Effort d) Right Speech e) Right Thought f) Right Meditation g) Right Living and h) Right Recollection Then, one full moon night in May when he had reached the age of eighty.
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