# Gautama Buddha (@buddha)

Gautama Buddha is an influential figure in philosophy, religion, political thought, or cultural criticism. The profile centers documented teachings, works, institutions, and historical setting. Dates, biography, textual authorship, and later tradition are distinguished where the evidence is uncertain. Reception is diverse and sometimes contested.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Gautama Buddha's public record._

## Topics

- [Communities and Legacy](/@buddha/communities-and-legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The Dharma](/@buddha/dharma.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Renunciation and Awakening](/@buddha/awakening.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Teaching community](/@buddha/community.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Suffering and its cessation](/@buddha/four-truths.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ideas and Practice](/@buddha/ideas-and-practice.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [No-self and impermanence](/@buddha/no-self.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Reception and Legacy](/@buddha/reception-and-legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Texts and Historical Context](/@buddha/texts-and-historical-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://plato.stanford.edu/search/searcher.py?query=Gautama%20Buddha
- blog: https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Gautama%20Buddha
- blog: https://iep.utm.edu/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "buddha", "question": "…"}`.