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Was Buddha always the name of the founder of Buddhism
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Was Buddha always the name of the founder of Buddhism

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No. Buddha is a title, just like Christ. It is from the Sanskrit root BUDH, and means roughly the man who woke up. His real name was Siddhartha Gautama, and Buddha was a title he got after his enlightenment. 
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