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Life story as a teaching story

Life story as a teaching story

Timeline of Siddhartha Gautama's journey from protected palace upbringing to enlightenment and teaching, with each stage labelled by its Buddhist significance

Siddhartha Gautama's life is foundational because Buddhists read it as a teaching story, not just a biography. It shows the movement from comfort to dissatisfaction, from seeking to awakening, and finally to compassionate teaching.

Foundations Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Religious Studies
  3. /Foundations

Step-by-step lessons on OCR A Level Religious Studies Foundations. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a solid grounding in the philosophical arguments and key scholars before tackling the more evaluation-heavy essay questions.

Lessons