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.”