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SIDDHARTHA, GAUTAMA

SIDDHARTHA, GAUTAMA
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religious philosopher and teacher who lived in India around 563 - 483 B.C. and was the founder of the Buddhist religion. Also called the Buddha, which means "one who has attained intellectual and ethical perfection by spiritual means." The hope of Buddhism was, by various practices, to break the endless chain of births and deaths and to reach salvation in one lifetime. Nedited for this context from New Slant on Life glossary (Story of Dianetics and Scientology Glossary) Final approval circa 1/9/89
SIDDHARTHA, GAUTAMA
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religious philosopher and teacher who lived in India around 563@483 b.c. and was the founder of Buddhism. See also Buddhism in this glossary.religious philosopher and teacher who lived in India around 563-483 B.C. and was the founder of Buddhism. See also Buddhism in this glossary. As far as the basic attempt is concerned, there has only been one organization of knowledge on Earth which has been . . . had a similar goal-which is the goal of freedom, exteriorization, being able to get out of the trap and confusion, being able to back up and take a look at it all-and that was Buddhism, which was developed in a very formal state, but existed long before, by Gautama Siddhartha, who was known as "the Buddha," and most of the Western world refer to him as "Buddha," quite incorrectly. A buddha is s omebody who has attained a total knowingness or total freedom. -- Scientology and Effective Knowledgereligious philosopher and teacher who lived in India around 563-483 B.C. and was the founder of Buddhism. See also Buddhism in this glossary.religious philosopher and teacher who lived in India around 563 - 483 B.C. and was the founder of the Buddhist religion. Also called the Buddha, which means "one who has attained intellectual and ethical perfection by spiritual means." The hope of Buddhism was, by various practices, to break the endless chain of births and deaths and to reach salvation in one lifetime.