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The founder of Buddhism in this world was Buddha Shakyamuni, who lived and taught in India over two thousand five hundred years ago. Since that time, many millions of people around the world have followed the pure spiritual path he presented.
Buddha explained that all our problems and suffering arise from negative and confused states of mind, and all our happiness and good fortune arise from positive and peaceful states of mind.
Lasting peace and happiness
Buddha taught methods for gradually overcoming negative states of mind such as anger, jealousy and ignorance, and developing positive minds such as love, compassion and wisdom, and in this way we will come to experience truly lasting peace and happiness.
These methods will work for anyone, in any country, at any age. Once we have gained experience of them for ourselves we can pass them on to others so that they, too, can enjoy the same positive benefits.
The Buddhist way of life - loving kindness, peace and wisdom - is just as relevant and beneficial today as it was when Buddha lived and taught in ancient India.
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