Buddha
Indian spiritual teacher who founded Buddhism, teaching the path to liberation from suffering. Buddha's Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path offer pragmatic spiritual practice. His emphasis on direct experience over dogma and middle way between extremes created a flexible philosophical tradition. Buddhism's spread across Asia and now globally demonstrates the universal appeal of Buddha's insights into suffering and liberation.
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