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| The Buddha means ‘The Awakened’ or ‘The Enlightened One’ or one that has awakened from a deep sleep of ignorance to a higher state of consciousness and awareness of compassion and wisdom.
Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini as a prince, but gave up everything to become an ascetic and an enlightened being. He is also known as the ‘Tathagata’ or ‘One who has thus gone’ and signifies one that is beyond all transitory phenomena. |
Sarva Mangalam!