Gautam Buddha was born with the name of Siddharta Gautam. He was a philosopher and spiritual leader who is considred as the founder of Buddhism. He was born in Lumbini present day Nepal. This spiritual leader was born on April 8, 563 B.C.E. He was the first son of Suddhoda and Maya. His step-brother was Nanda and wife was Yashodhara. The olnly son of Buddha was Rahul, born in Kapilvastu.
Marriage
When the
young prince Siddharta was a baby, an ascetic named Kalveda went into
Trayastrimsa heaven and predicted the young prince would be a monk. As the boy
reached the age of 16, his father arranged his marriage to Yashodhara, a
cousion of the same age. In time she also gave birth to son Rahul.
Change of
heart
Here are
four sights of Buddha’s life which force him to Abandon a Royal Life
One day,
Buddha left the palace on a trip on his chariot to see the outside world, he
saw the suffering of life. Inside the limited bounds of the palace he just saw
the good side but outside he saw the darker side. He saw an old man, a man with
diseases, a dead man and a monk. Hence Buddha discovered what would he be later
and decided t lead a peaceful life like
a monk.
Journey
from Siddharta to Buddha
The night
Siddharta left the palace he asked many peole what to do in life but he didn’t
get any answers. So he decided to sit under the Bodhi tree and meditate until
he finds what to do in life, he sat there for forty nine days and finally he
decided to be a monk and spread Busshism all over Asia.
Enlightened
is Buddha
Four Noble Truths
The four noble truths appear in many forms in
the ancient Buddhist tests and they have both a symbolic and a propositional
function. These noble truths are –
1. Life
has inevitable sufferings.
2. There
is a cause to our suffering.
3. There
is an end to sufferings.
4. The
end to end suffering is a eight-fold path.
What is eight-fold path :
·
Right
view
·
Right
intention
·
Right
speech
·
Right
livelihood
·
Right
action
·
Right
effort
·
Right
mindfulness
·
Right
concentration
Buddha Death
Buddha, a great leader and philosopher who was
born on 563 BCE passed away in 483 BCE. According to some sacred text he died
ad place called Kushinagar. When he died his followers began a religious
movement. His teaching became a foundation called Buddhism.
HIS LAST WORDS
“My disciples shall follow no leader and always
be your own light.”