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1. Introduction
Buddhism introduced by the Prince Siddhartha or
Gotama Buddha who lived in ancient India 6 BCE. He was a
prince of Kapilavatthu in modern Nepal. He renounced the world
at the age of the 29. He, then having practiced 6 years of several
difference ascetic ways, became enlightenment under the Bodhi
tree at Buddhagaya in modern India. He preached for 45 years
since his enlightenment, the real way out from the Dukkha; social
and spiritual, to the society. Later, his teachings known as the
Buddhism, and was spread widely and quickly accepted by the
society. Buddhism got popular in India for many centuries.
However, later on Buddhism was on decline and disappeared at
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This paper was presented as a required paper for the subject Buddhist Philosophy
of M.A. in Buddhist Studies at Mahachulalongkorn University, BKK, Thailand 2004.
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