Who was the Buddha?

Buddha image via www.publicdomainpictures.net.
Barbara O’Brien provides a pretty good answer to this question in Lion’s Roar. The questions she addresses include:
- Who Was Buddha?
- What Do We Know About the Historical Buddha?
- Have There Been Other Buddhas?
- What About the Buddhas in Buddhist Art?
- Do Buddhists Worship the Buddha?
- What Did the Buddha Teach?
- What Is Enlightenment?
- Is There a Buddhist Bible?
- Additional Reading
Worth a look!