"When we enter samadhi and understand impermanence, we are unshaken. Everything is constantly changing, including ourselves."
About Gautama Buddha
Foundational figure of Buddhism, born around 563 BCE in Lumbini, ancient India, as a philosopher and spiritual teacher. He taught the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path until his death in 483 BCE in Kushinagar.
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