Buddha Desana
And Essential Principles of Enlightenment
by Sayadaw U Pannadipa | 1998 | 17,153 words
Aggamaha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja Dean, Faculty of Patipatti, I T B M U, Yangon 1998...
Chapter 2 - The Founder
The founder of this Holy Order was Gotama the Buddha who became Perfectly Enlightened in the Four Noble Truths. He then proclaimed his Dhamma to the world elucidating how he himself found out in his search for the Ultimate Peaceful Happiness (Santi). Thus the second noble object of veneration, the Dhamma, was discovered by the Buddha through his Supreme Enlightenment.