<span>The main reason for the Senate's rejection of the treaty was to avoid the "foreign entanglements" of the League. However, a more sinister reason might have been that the Republican dominated Senate disliked President Woodrow Wilson (who refused to have any Republican leaders with him on the trip to Versailles) and wanted his plans for the treaty and the League to fail.
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The life story of the Buddha begins in Lumbini, near the border of Nepal and India, about 2,600 years ago, where the man Siddharta Gautama was born.
Although born a prince, he realized that conditioned experiences could not provide lasting happiness or protection from suffering. After a long spiritual search he went into deep meditation, where he realized the nature of mind. He achieved the state of unconditional and lasting happiness: the state of enlightenment, of buddhahood. This state of mind is free from disturbing emotions and expresses itself through fearlessness, joy and active compassion. For the rest of his life, the Buddha taught anyone who asked how they could reach the same state.
“I teach because you and all beings want to have happiness and want to avoid suffering. I teach the way things are.”
– The Buddha
