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Gautama Buddha was a prince that
was curious about life after death. He sat under a large Bodhi tree, and vowed
he would never leave the seat till he found the Truth of life over death.
Generally, Buddhists do not consider Siddhartha Gautama - who lived in India
from about 623 BCE to 543 BCE, and attained bodhi around 588 BCE - to have
been the first or the last Buddha. From the standpoint of classical Buddhist
doctrine, a Buddha is anyone who rediscovers the Dharma and achieves
enlightenment, having amassed sufficient positive karma to do so.
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