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Buddha was born in the sacred area of Lumbini located in the Terai plains of southern Nepal
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Buddha marries at the age of 16 and has a son soon after.
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At age 29, Buddha leaves the protected palace grounds, and for the first time, encounters suffering. He quickly understands this to be an inevitable part of life.
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Buddha leaves the palace permanently and gives his life up as a prince in order to search for truth and enlightenment.
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Buddha had discovered a new way of life known as the Middle Way, which refers to the avoidance of two extremes of practical life, particularly lives of extreme indulgence or severe ascetism.
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The Buddha delivers his first sermon at Deer Park in Benares. In this sermon, he sets out the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths, a key concept in Buddhism today.
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Buddha dies around the age of 80 as a result of illness in Kushinagar, India