The Buddha lived approximately 2,500 years ago. His life story is one that all humanity can identify with, the search for the truth behind the human condition. His quest for a solution to the sufferings of life and liberation from the continuous cycle of rebirths would be the motivation that would push him to abandon his life of luxury to devote himself to the practices of extreme self-discipline. It is in his realization of the “middle path” that will lead him to enlightenment and which will become the foundation of the Buddha's teachings. “One day he will either conquer the world or become an enlightened being” (Grubin, 2013). His name was Siddhartha Gautama and he was of noble blood. Stories say that his mother Maya knew his importance from conception and that sages predicted that he would become either a powerful ruler or a holy man. Maya died when Siddhartha was just seven days old, and for 29 years his father protected him from the harsh realities of life. Eventually, the reality of human suffering confronted him. It is said that while traveling outside the palace, Siddhartha saw an old man, a sic...