Knowra Gautama Buddha Gautama Buddha Gautama Buddha was an ancient Indian spiritual teacher whose teachings on suffering, liberation, and ethical practice became the foundation of Buddhism.
Four Noble Truths : The Buddhist framework describing suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path to cessation. These truths summarize the diagnosis and remedy attributed to his first teaching.
Lumbini : A site in present-day Nepal traditionally identified as the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. Buddhist tradition locates his birth at this garden.
Ānanda : A close attendant of Gautama Buddha remembered for his exceptional memory of the teachings. Tradition credits him with preserving many discourses recited at the first Buddhist council.
Sangha : The Buddhist community, especially the ordained monastic order. The Buddha established a community to preserve and practice his teachings.
Noble Eightfold Path : A Buddhist training path of right understanding, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. It gives practical form to the path toward the end of suffering.
Four sights : The traditional account of encounters with an old person, a sick person, a corpse, and an ascetic. These encounters are said to have prompted his departure from palace life.
Mahākassapa : A senior disciple of Gautama Buddha who became a leading figure in the early Buddhist community. He is traditionally associated with convening the first council after the Buddha's death.
First Buddhist Council : A traditional gathering of Buddhist elders after the Buddha's death to recite and preserve his teachings. Its account explains how his discourses and monastic rules were remembered collectively.
Nirvana : Liberation from suffering and the cycle of rebirth in Buddhist traditions. It names the liberation his awakening disclosed as possible.
Great Renunciation : The traditional account of Gautama leaving his privileged household life to seek liberation. It marks the beginning of his ascetic search for an end to suffering.
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