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Buddha     The word Buddha direction "enlightened virtuoso." It is used today as a title tothe one who has shewn us more religious beliefs than almost any different human wholived in this world. However, he was not given this name at birth he had toearn it for himself by undergoing long, hard hours of meditation andcontemplation. Buddha has changed the lifestyles of umpteen cultures with new, neer- in the first place asked questions that were explained by his search for repurchase.He began an entirely new religion that dared to trial run the boundaries of realityand go beyond common knowledge to find the answers of the mysteries of life.India     During the one-sixth century BC, India was a land of political and religiousturmoil. It was an era of gravid brutality with the domination of NorthwestIndia by Indo-Aryan invaders. Many people, influenced by the Aryan civilization,began to question the value of life and its true meaning. Schools were openedbecause of this wonder where teachers would discuss the significance ofexistence and the nature of man and held programs to reconstruct ones phantasmalself. (Pardue, knave 228)Background     Near the town of Kapilavastivu, today known as Nepal, lived KingSuddhodhana and Queen Maya of the indigenous tribe known as the Shakyas.(Encyclopedia Americana, page 687) Queen Maya soon became pregnant and had adream shortly before she gave birth. In this dream a beautiful, white elephantwith six tusks entered her room and stirred her side. This dream was sooninterpreted by the wisest Brahmin, or Priest of Brahmanism, that she was to givebirth to a son that would, if he were to remain in the citadel, suit the wisestking in the world, but if he were ever to leave the castle he would then becomethe wisest prophet far into future generations. (Encyclopedia Americana, page410)     In around the year 563 BC, Siddhartha Gautama was bor n into a life of slight luxury. (Wangu, page 16) His father wanted to make sure that his son was swell taken care of as he grew to prevent him from desiring to leave the palace.Suddhodhana, auditory modality to the prophecy, kept Siddhartha away from the pain ofreality so that he could go after in his fathers footsteps in becoming a wellrespected leader.     As Siddhartha grew, ... ... histeachings will be remembered for generations. He has sacrificed his totalsalvation so that worldly concern could be taught of the path to enlighten workforcet. TheBuddha has proven to be one of the wisest and giving men who touched the livesof so many millions of people. Buddhism will live on as a major impact on thecultures of the world and the Buddha will never be forgotten.     "Everything that has been created is subject to decayand death. Everything is transitory. Work out your own salvationwith diligence."       & nbsp                           -Buddha (Wangu, page 31)Bibliography"Buddha and Buddhism." Encyclopedia Americana. 1990.Cohen, John Lebold. Buddha. Mary Frank, 1969.Pardue, Peter A. "Buddha." Encyclopedia of valet Biography.     McGraw Hill, 1973."The Buddha and Buddhism." The New Encyclopedia Britannica.     1990.Wangu, Madhu Bazaz. Buddhism. New York Facts On File, 1993.