Buddhism started with the Buddha
The word "Buddha" is a title,it is a Sanskrit word which means “one who is awake” ? in the sense of having “woken up to reality”.
The Buddha was born as Siddhartha Gautama in Nepal around 2,500 years ago.He did not claim to be a god or a prophet.He was a human being who became Enlightened,understanding life in the deepest way possible.
One day, Siddhartha seated beneath the “Bodhi tree” until he realized enlightenment.
From that time on,he would be known as the Buddha.