Inspirational Quotes
The Meaning of Life is Living: Ask the Buddha
It's a Tautology
The meaning of Life is living.
Ask Siddartha
1998
Or, you could say the meaning of life is life. Another famous tautology is Darwin's: Survial of the Fittest. In a simple way it means the Survival of the Survivors. Tautology is an interesting word, explain to older students. Siddartha was the Buddha's personal name. He was born in a kingdom in present day Nepal, not India. Buddhism was very popular in India in the past but went into steep decline after having great royal patrons like King Ashoka.