It commemorates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha ... disillusioned with the fleeting luxuries of palace life. He eventually left home to find a cure for the ...

In the Theravada form of Buddhism followed in Southeast Asia, Gautama’s enlightenment is commemorated along with his birth ...

Buddhists follow the teachings of a man called Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the Buddha ... stories about what he did that show the way of life that Buddhists follow. One of those stories ...