The History of Gotama Buddha
The study of the life history of such important personages as the Lord Buddha can be a shortcut to help put one on the correct life-path because the Lord Buddha started out as an ordinary person just like us. But unlike us, He was able to learn from life’s events such as birth, aging, sickness, and death and knew that these events are accompanied by pain and suffering. He wanted to know how He could once and for all put an end to such pain and suffering. As a result, He had spent countless lifetimes searching for the way until He found it eventually in the final lifetime.