Buddha and his life. In short, he was an Indian prince who was so deeply impacted by the pain he saw in the world that he resolved to find a way to be free of it. Abandoning his position and all material possessions, he studied with the great spiritual masters of his time but found that their path of asceticism and physical self-denial was as counterproductive as the opulent and indulgent life he’d left behind. So he sat down and meditated, determined to reach enlightenment or die.
