A Short History of the World Chapter 28 - The Life of Gautama Buddha

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In which a young aristocrat named Siddhattha Gautama, discontent with the hollow pleasures of his sheltered life, embarks on a profound quest for understanding amidst the spiritual ferment of sixth-century India. Through austere trials and solitary meditation, he attains a vision of life’s true nature and offers a teaching that emphasises the conquest of desire and the cultivation of moral and mental discipline.

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