Buddhism is a religion that teaches that the way to end suffering is to overcome desires. As of 2010, there are approximately four hundred and eighty-eight million Buddhists. Although most Buddhists are concentrated in East Asia, people living in Africa, Europe, North America, and South America also practice Buddhism. Buddhism began with a man named Shakyamuni, also known as Buddha, born between 563 BC and 483 BC Nepal. In Buddhist history, Shakyamuni was born into a royal clan, but abandoned his royal power and wealth in search of truth and enlightenment. The experience that transformed young Shakyamuni's life was his encounter with human suffering, illness, and death that occurred in one day's stay. At the age of twenty-nine, Shakyamuni renounced his royal heritage and began the search for truth and enlightenment which he achieved at the age of thirty-seven after intense meditation in Bodhgaya, a village in northern India. After achieving enlightenment, Shakyamuni embarked on a journey to teach others for nearly forty years. Shakyamuni's teaching, or dharma, on human behavior and clear guidance for achieving liberation from suffering spread throughout northern India. The teachings were particularly effective because they provided an alternative to the rigid social and ritual structures of northern India at the time. The earliest available teachings of the Buddha are found in Pali literature and belong to the Theravadin, or what many called orthodox, school. school of Buddhism. The Buddha's teaching according to this school is clear and revolves around the idea of ​​"abstaining from all kinds of evil, accumulating all that is good, and purifying our mind." Truths" which include: The normal condition of this world is misery or suffering. Suffering arises from desire or attachment to this world which is in its essence impermanent. The end of suffering can be achieved by ending attachment to this world It is possible to end attachment by following the eightfold path of right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. Buddhism has been beneficial to the society of many In India, for example, Buddhism offered a better life to the untouchables, the marginalized who had no social status, because it taught that all people, whether noble or untouchable, are equal and should help and love each other as brothers. to Japanese society and politics.