Shakyamuni Buddha

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Buddha historical figure religious founder spiritual teacher

Shakyamuni Buddha is the historical founder of Buddhism, revered as an enlightened teacher who attained awakening and taught the path to liberation from suffering.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Buddha 9
Gautama Buddha 9
Siddhartha Gautama 7

Statements (89)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddha ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
religious founder ⓘ
spiritual teacher ⓘ
ageAtDeath around 80 ⓘ
ageAtEnlightenment around 35 ⓘ
ageAtRenunciation around 29 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha

Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Sakyamuni Buddha

Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Siddhartha Gautama

Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Śākyamuni
approximateBirthCenturyBCE 5th century BCE ⓘ
6th century BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathCenturyBCE 5th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahāyāna Buddhism

Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravāda Buddhism

Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Vajrayāna Buddhism
attainedEnlightenment yes ⓘ
auntAndFosterMother Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
birthName Shakyamuni Buddha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
birthPlace Lumbini ⓘ
birthRegion Shakya republic ⓘ
ancient India ⓘ
present-day Nepal region ⓘ
centralTeaching Four Noble Truths ⓘ
Middle Way ⓘ
Eightfold Path ⓘ
surface form: Noble Eightfold Path

dependent origination ⓘ
impermanence (anicca) ⓘ
non-self (anattā) ⓘ
suffering (dukkha) ⓘ
child Rāhula ⓘ
clan Shakya ⓘ
coreEthicalTeaching compassion (karuṇā) ⓘ
five precepts ⓘ
loving-kindness (mettā) ⓘ
non-harming (ahiṃsā) ⓘ
cosmologicalStatusInTradition perfectly enlightened Buddha of this age ⓘ
deathPlace Kushinagar ⓘ
deathRegion ancient India ⓘ
disciples Mahākāśyapa ⓘ
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
Maudgalyāyana ⓘ
Rāhula ⓘ
Yaśodharā ⓘ
Ānanda ⓘ
Śāriputra ⓘ
established Sangha ⓘ
surface form: Bhikkhu Sangha

Sangha ⓘ
surface form: Bhikkhunī Sangha

Sangha ⓘ
familyName Gautama ⓘ
father Śuddhodana ⓘ
finalPassing parinirvāṇa ⓘ
firstSermonEvent Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ
firstSermonPlace Sarnath ⓘ
honorificTitle Bhagavān ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tathāgata

Shakyamuni Buddha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Buddha
influenced Asian philosophy ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
meditation practices worldwide ⓘ
world religions ⓘ
languageOfEarlyTeachings Magadhi-related Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
meditationTeaching samatha ⓘ
vipassanā ⓘ
mother Māyādevī ⓘ
placeOfEnlightenment Bodh Gaya ⓘ
religionFounded Buddhism ⓘ
renouncedWorldlyLife yes ⓘ
roleInBuddhism founder of Buddhism ⓘ
fully enlightened teacher ⓘ
scripturalTraditions Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Pāli Canon

Āgamas ⓘ
socialStatusAtBirth prince ⓘ
spouse Yaśodharā ⓘ
symbol Bodhi tree ⓘ
surface form: Bodhi Tree

Dharma Chakra ⓘ
surface form: Dharma wheel

lotus ⓘ
taughtGoal liberation from suffering ⓘ
nirvāṇa ⓘ
treeOfEnlightenment Bodhi tree ⓘ
surface form: Bodhi Tree
veneratedIn China ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korean Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Korea

Myanmar ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form: Tibet

Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shakyamuni Buddha → alsoKnownAs → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gautama Buddha
Shakyamuni Buddha → alsoKnownAs → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
Shakyamuni Buddha → alsoKnownAs → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Śākyamuni
Shakyamuni Buddha → alsoKnownAs → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakyamuni Buddha
Four Noble Truths → articulatedBy → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gautama Buddha
Magha Puja → associatedWith → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddha
Middle Way → associatedWith → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gautama Buddha
Sangha → associatedWith → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddha
Sarnath → associatedWith → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gautama Buddha
Bodhi tree → associatedWithPerson → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
Bodhi tree → associatedWithPerson → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gautama Buddha
Lumbini → associatedWithPerson → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
Mahayana sutras → attributedTo → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gautama Buddha
Vishnu → avatar → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddha
Shakyamuni Buddha → birthName → Shakyamuni Buddha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
Buddhism → centralFigure → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddha
Buddhism → centralFigure → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
Mahavira → contemporaryOf → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gautama Buddha
Jade Buddha Temple → dedicatedTo → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
Temple of the Tooth → dedicatedTo → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gautama Buddha
Wat Pho → dedicatedTo → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddha
Buddhism → founder → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
Guiyuan Temple → hasDeity → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha → honorificTitle → Shakyamuni Buddha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Buddha
Shakyamuni Buddha → honorificTitle → Shakyamuni Buddha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tathāgata
Vaishnavism → honorsAvatar → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddha (in some lists)
The Perennial Philosophy → influencedBy → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddha
Buddha → mainSubject → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
subject surface form: Buddha (book)
this entity surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
Odilon Redon → notableWork → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Buddha
Baha'i Faith → recognizesFigure → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
subject surface form: Bahá'í Faith
this entity surface form: Buddha
Caodaism → recognizesFigure → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddha
Maitreya → successorOf → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gautama Buddha
Buddhism → venerates → Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddha