The name Buddha , ( the Knower, the Enlightened, the Wake ) is the appellation by which the wandering preaching friar Gautama-Siddhattha became best known to his disciples. During a long ministry as a wandering preacher, he taught the Four Ariyan Truths and the Eightfold Path.

Gold coin of Kanishka I with a depiction of the Buddha.Legend reads "BODDO" in Greek script.

Four Ariyan Truths : That there is suffering (Dukka) , that it has a cause (Samudaya) , that it can be suppressed (Nirodha ), and there is a way to accomplish this (Magga ), the “Path”. This represents the application of current medical science to the healing of the spiritually sick.

There is a Middle Path discovered by the Tathagata/Arahat (the title the buddha always uses of himself)  a path which opens the eyes, and bestows understanding, which leads to peace, to insight, to higher wisdom, to NIVARA. Verify ! It is this Ariyan Eightfold Path ; that is to say Right Views, Right Aspirations, Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right mode of Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Rapture.

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