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00:00 Born some 500 years before the birth of Jesus,
00:06 the Buddha would grow to manhood in a town vanished long ago.
00:10 For nearly three decades, he would see nothing of the world beyond.
00:15 The tales say he was the son of a king,
00:25 raised in a palace with every imaginable luxury.
00:30 He was called Siddhartha Gautama,
00:34 a prince among a clan of warriors.
00:38 "When I was a child," he said,
00:43 "I was delicately brought up, most delicately.
00:47 A white sunshade was held over me day and night
00:51 to protect me from cold, heat, dust, dirt and dew."
00:57 My father gave me three lotus ponds.
01:01 gave me three lotus ponds.
01:03 (upbeat music)