For this reason he is considered the greatest Buddha and is simply called "the Buddha". Before attaining Buddhahood, Siddhartha was born into a royal family in India. Siddhartha lived a sheltered life and left to find enlightenment after seeing the suffering of the world. The Buddha achieves enlightenment after meditating under the Bodhi tree. Shortly thereafter, the Buddha delivered his first sermon in Varanasi. When the Buddha's life ended, he achieved Nirvana. These scenes from the life of the Buddha are commonly depicted in Buddhist art, and many of them are depicted in Buddha summoning the earth as a witness. The Buddha summoning the Earth as a witness details the Buddha's birth in the lower left corner. In Siddhartha's life, it is believed that Siddhartha's mother gave birth to him while he was traveling to his homeland. The panel depicting the birth of the Buddha shows a woman wearing jewels and a child. The way the child and woman are juxtaposed gives a sense of movement, which could point to the idea that the Buddha was born while his mother was still traveling. This illustrates an event in the Buddha's life that happens often
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