The Story of the Buddha

<p><em>The Story of The Buddha</em> tells the legendary life of Siddhartha founder of the Buddhist faith. He was born in Nepal in the 5th century B.C. as a prince. His father tried to protect him from sights of human suffering but he eventually escaped palace life to embark on a spiritual quest. Siddhartha eschewed wealth and became a monk to contemplate the meaning of life. After becoming enlightened Siddhartha is said to have traveled throughout India spreading his doctrines and founding monasteries.</p><p>"I am going to tell you the story of the life of a very great man. He was not great as the world usually regards greatness being neither a conqueror nor a hero in any worldly sense-in fact for many years of his life he was a beggar. Buddha is the name by which he is generally known; but before I begin my story I must tell you something of the lands where he lived and taught-in the great mysterious East which is so different in every way from the part of the world we live in..."</p>