Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short,… - The Buddha

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Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering, full of tribulation. This one should wisely understand, one should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.

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About The Buddha

Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit/Devanagari: सिद्धार्थ गौतम Siddhārtha Gautama, c. 563/624 – c. 483/544 BCE) or Siddhattha Gotama in Pali,; also called the Gautama Buddha, the Shakyamuni Buddha ("Buddha, Sage of the Shakyas") or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was a monk (śramaṇa), mendicant, sage, philosopher, teacher and religious leader on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the northeastern part of ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE.

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Alternative Names: Buddha • Bhagwan Buddha • Prabudha • Munish • Lord Buddha • Sakya-muni • Shakyasimha • Devarajalu • Buddhadeva • Sakyasinha • Tathagata Buddha • Trigyesh • Siddhartha Gautama • Shakyamuni • Sakyamuni • Sugata • Fo • Shakyamuni Buddha • Khajit • Trigya • Mahatma Buddha • Gotama Buddha • Padmayani • Lokapradīpa • Gautama Buddha • Gautam Buddha
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