Meet Buddha
- Pronounced "Boo-Dah
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- He lived about 2500 years ago in India (no one's really sure exactly when he was born, or when he died).
- His real name was Siddhartha Gautama, and he was born into a royal family.
- His main goal was to figure out how to live a peaceful, happy life.
- To find peace and happiness, he gave up all of his money, and moved away from his kingdom.
- Buddha believed that people are unhappy because they want things the stay the same forever.
- Wishing that nothing would ever change will just make us upset. Sooner or later, everything changes.
- The secret to living a happy life is to let things go when they're ready to go.
- We need to learn to be happy without a lot of money or possessions because these things don't last.
- Buddha's philosophy was so exciting that it actually started a new religion that it still is practiced in countries all over the world.
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