Write a short note on buddha …

uddha himself did not write anything. The essence of his teachings is contained in the Sermon of "Setting in Motion the Wheel of Righteousness".

He exhorts those who wish to lead a religious life to avoid the two extremes of self indulgence and self mortification and to follow the middle way.

He enunciates the four nobel truths (1) the first truth is about the existence of suffering and unhappiness in the world (2) the second truth declares the cause of suffering and unhappiness is selfish craving (3) the third truth gives the assurance that selfish craving and unhappiness can be destroyed (4) the fourth truth shows the way leading to the removal of sorrow and¹ unhappiness and the realization of peace and happiness.

Buddha gives the wonderful exposition of the Eightfold Path leading to the end of suffering and unhappiness. Buddhas's first important doctrine is that everything in the realm of phenomenal existence is in change and is transitory.

He taught that a man is responsible for his own actions. His happiness and unhappiness are a result of his own thoughts and deeds. Buddha often referred to the Dharma, the true faith as Brahmanacariyam the way of Brahma.

He said that one who leads a noble true life will after death become united with Brahman. The goal of all Buddhism as of all religions is Nirvana which is the original message of the Buddha meaning soul's return to God, the union of the finite with the infinite.