Gautam Buddha - The Originator of Buddhism The word 'Buddha' is a title and not a name in itself. It means 'one who is awake' (in the sense of having 'woken up to reality'). The title was given to Siddhartha Gautama, who was born in Lumbini (Nepal), approximately 2,500 years ago...
y most people in Japan, China, and Burma etc. He is believed to have been born in Lumbini forests in Nepalese Terai in the sixth century B.C. to Suddhodana, ruler of Kapilvastu. Before he became the Enlightened Buddha, he was called Siddharth. ...