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 Definition:  (circa 563 BCE to 483 BCE) Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. [d] [e]
 Workgroup category:  Religion Workgroup [Categories OK]
 Article status:  Stub (no more than a few sentences)
 English language variant:  American English  Underlinked article?:  Yes
 Talk Archive:  none (to start Archive 1)

Hey all- I've been working on the main Buddhism article, and I thought this one could use some tweaks as well. I have been working out of the brief discussion of the Buddha's biography in Rupert Gethin's book 'The Foundations of Buddhism'. I have tried to push this article a little closer to current scholarly understanding of the Buddha's life, but there is a lot more that could be done. I will try to add some detail about the renouncer tradition at some point. This article is not something I am actively working on, though, so feel free to add whatever you like. Thanks, Brian P. Long 11:59, 11 April 2008 (CDT)

There's going to be a problem down the line with using 'Buddha' for a description of the historical figure... in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism there are many other figures to whom the term Buddha is applied. And even Theravada Buddhism applies the term to several other figures since the Pali Cannon identifies our historical Buddha as neither the first nor last. It'd be better to keep this page for what a Buddha is.--Hope Raven Nield 15:18, 10 July 2008 (CDT)

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