Week 3
Section outline
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In this reading, the student will be given a general introduction to the biography of Siddhartha Gautama who is known today as the Buddha. It was retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha in Wikipedia. I have included none of the numerous footnotes and citations found in the Wikipedia article. The student is encouraged to go to the site and read the article with its citations and footnotes.
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The Four Noble Truths are the basic teaching of the Buddha. This introduction to this teaching is from the BBC. See https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/beliefs/fournobletruths_1.shtml for the whole article.
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This is an example of the Buddha's teaching as found in the Pali Canon. Retrieved from
Retrieved from https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/
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