A colourful cotton wall hanging of the peaceful Buddha, made from cotton and tie dyed.

Buddhism started with the Buddha. The word ‘Buddha’ is a title, which means ‘one who is awake’, in the sense of having ‘woken up to reality’. Buddha was born as Siddhartha Gautama in Nepal around 2,500 years ago, he did not claim to be a god or a prophet but a human being who became Enlightened, understanding life in the deepest way possible.