The Lord Buddha was born as a Crown Prince of the kingdom of Sakyas in India. He witnesssd a lot of human sufferings and wondered how man could be released from them. He, therefore, left his worldly wealth and searched for the answers. On his 36th birthday, he became enlightened with the Noble Truth and the Eight-fold Path which were sufferings and ways to end them. He spent the rest of his life teaching people and he attained Nirvana or death on his 80th birthday