Spiritual Tradition

Buddhist

Awakening through stillness and the cessation of craving

History

Founded by Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563 — 483 BCE) in northern India, the Buddhist tradition spread across Asia in three major streams: Theravada in the south, Mahayana through China and Japan, and Vajrayana in Tibet. Each preserves the core insight that suffering arises from craving and that liberation comes through the Eightfold Path.

Four Noble Truths

Eightfold Path

Anatta (no-self)

Anicca (impermanence)

Nirvana

Sages & Mystics of this Tradition

Gautama Buddha

563 BCE — 483 BCE

Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was a spiritual teacher from ancient India. He founded Buddhism, teaching a path to liberation from suffering. His teachings focus on ethical conduct, mental d

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Voices from this Tradition

A disciplined mind brings happiness.

— Gautama Buddha

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

— Gautama Buddha

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

— Gautama Buddha

If you knew yourself, you would not be afraid of death.

— Gautama Buddha

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

— Gautama Buddha

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

— Gautama Buddha