Buddha

Buddha is a great philosophical teacher present in Skara Brae during Ultima IV.

Description
This enigmatic sage could be found near the Mystic Heal in the city of Spirituality. If spoken to he would hint at the corpus of his beliefs but in brief, stating simply that his purpose was to teach. If asked about such teachings, Buddha could elaborate that he believed nobility was to by found in sympathetic pity for all living creatures, and that, once an individual finds themselves capable of pure speech, pure action and pure thought, happiness will naturally follow their words, actions and ideas - like a shadow that never leaves.

Trivia

 * Buddha is likely a characterization of Siddhārtha Gautama, the real world founder of the Buddhist religion, although it is possible that the character is merely intended to be an individual other than Gautama who has attained buddhatva (Buddhahood) independently. Whatever this figure's identity, his discussion of "pure speech, action and thought" touches on the basic components of the Buddhist  Eightfold Path, a central teaching of the religion which seeks to end the perceived cycle of mortal suffering through forcing oneself to abandon the temporal things (greed, illusions, desire) which bind it.
 * While fans have often speculated that the Eight Virtues of Ultima may have been inspired by the Buddhist Eightfold Path, Richard Garriott has explicitly denied this connection.