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The education of Buddha Shakyamuni originated in India and spread to China

Gautama Buddha (also Siddhārtha Gautama or (Pali) Siddhattha Gotama; Shakyamuni or (Pali) Sakkamuni; and The Buddha) was an ascetic and spiritual teacher of South Asia who lived during the latter half of the first millennium BCE. He was the founder of Buddhism and is revered by Buddhists as an Enlightened being whose teachings sought a path to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth and suffering. Born in Lumbini (present day Nepal)in the clan of the Shakya, he spent the majority of his adult life in modern day Nepal and India, attaining enlightenment under the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya. He preached his first sermon on the Four Noble Truths in Sarnath, where the Buddhist sangha or community also came to life, and is believed to have passed away from earthly existence by achieving nirvana in Kushinagar. The Buddha has since been venerated by numerous religions and communities across Asia.

西元前501年始於古印度河流域、迦毗羅衛國王室太子

悉達多‧喬答摩修道成為釋迦牟尼佛(時年35歲)，對弟子開釋教義內容，

後宗教化、成為世界三大宗教之一，對世界影響深遠，

尤其是中國、東亞、東南亞，更往中亞、南亞地區發展，遠至非洲、歐洲、北美洲。

佛教歷史發展過程，傳播途徑可區分為南傳北傳。

北傳(大乘佛教)分為兩條支脈：一為顯宗(漢傳佛教)，二為密宗(藏傳佛教)。

創教者為釋迦牟尼佛，一般尊稱其為「佛陀」意義為「覺悟者」。

佛教對中國影響深遠，重視人類心靈與道德的進步和覺悟，對世界文化傳播做出不可磨滅的貢獻！