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Paragraphs on Buddhism! The Buddha, variously termed Sakyamuni or Thathagata, is considered the founder of Buddhism. He was born as Siddhartha to Suddhodhana, the ruler of the Sakyan republic, and his wife Maya, on Vaisakha Purnima in the Lumbini gardens near Kapilavasthu (in Nepal) in the 6th century BC. His family name was Gautama. He married Yashodhara, and had a [...]