Gautama Buddha was born in 563 BC on the vaishakha purnima day at Lumbinivana(a district of nepal) in the Sakya Kshatriya clan.His father sudhodhana was the republican king of Kapilvastu and mother Mahamaya was a princess of Kollia republic.His father married him at an early age to Yasodhara .from whom he had a son named Rahul.Four sights-an old man,a disease person,a dead body and an ascetic proved to be a turning point in his life.At the age of 29 he renounced his home and became a wandering ascetic.His first teacher was a Alara Kalama from whom he learnt the technique of meditation.At the age of 35,under pipal tree at uruvella(Bodh gaya) on the bank of river Niranjana he attained Nirvana(enlightenment) after 49 days of continuous meditation,now he was a fully enlightened.Buddha delivered his first sermon at sarnath to his five deciples,this is known as the Dharmachakra Pravartna(turning of the wheel of law).He died at the age of 80 in 463 BC at kushinagar.
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