Gautama Buddha also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage,on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of ancient India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.
Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the śramaṇa movement common in his region. He later taught throughout other regions of eastern India such as Magadha and Kosala.
Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism. He is recognized by Buddhists as an enlightened teacher who attained full Buddhahood, and shared his insights to help sentient beings end rebirth and suffering. Accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition and first committed to writing about 400 years later.
Historical Facts[]
Most Historian accept that Siddharta Gautama actually exist. Being the only confirm real Samma Sambuddha (Enlighten by themselve and is able to teach other) not counting other 4 Samma Sambuddha in Pali canon and other Bodhisattvas in Mahayana scriptures. Spend most of his life after Enlightenment preaching to people in Magadha kingdom in the reign of king Bimbisara and later his son Ajatashatru. And is younger to the other founder of another religion Mahavira, of Jainism. Both Jainism and Buddhism has a goal of bring people out of the samsara not by worshiping God(s) like Hindusism but the elimination of Kleshas (Desire), but Jainism did it by practice extreme asceticism, while Buddhism practice middle way and meditation.