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Life-of-Gautama-Buddha
LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA-HISTORY
Gautama Buddha was born in 563 BC in the village of Lumbini near Kapilvastu in Nepal to a Kshatriya clan. Gautama Buddha’s original name was Siddhartha. His father’s name was Shuddhodhan & his mother’s name was Mahamaya.
His mother Mahamaya died on the seventh day of his birth. He was brought up by Gautami. At the age of 16, he married a princess named Yashodhara.
At the age of 28, his son Rahul was born. He left home in 534 BC at the age of 29. In 528 BC, at the age of 35, he attained enlightenment on the night of Vaishakh Purnima Under a pipal tree at Bodhigaya, on the banks of the Niranjana river in Bihar.
In 483 BC, at the age of 80, Buddha died in Kushinagar.
FOUR EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA:
- Mahabhinishkraman — The phenomenon of homelessness
- Mahaparinirvana — Death
- Sambodhi — The phenomenon of enlightenment
- Dharmachakra Pravartan — The phenomenon of preaching
REMAINS OF GAUTAM BUDDHA:
The following persons constructed eight stupas by distributing the relics of the buddha among themselves.
- Magadha king Ajatshatru
- Vaishali’s lichhavi
- Kapilvastu’s Shakya
- Alp Kampano Buliya
- Ramgamno Koliya
- Bethadwip’s brahman
- Malla of Pava and Kushinagar
- Maurya of Pipplivan
Symbols associated with Buddha
Following are the symbol associated with the life of Gautama Buddha
- Elephant — symbol of Buddha’s arrival in the womb
- Lotus — symbol of birth
- Bull — symbol of youth
- Horse — symbol of homelessness
- Pipal — symbol of knowledge
- Lion — symbol of prosperity
- Stupa — symbol of death
THE FIVE BUDDHAS OF BUDDHISM
- Kukuchchananda
- Kanak Bhanjan
- Kashyapa
- Shakya Muni (Gautama Buddha)
- Maitreya
- The last Buddha will be Samantabhadra
BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES:
- The earliest Buddhist text was written in Pali.
- ‘Khughak Nikaya’ gives birth stories related to the pre-life of Buddha.
- ‘Tripitaka’ is an important scripture of Buddhism which includes Vinayapitika, Suttapitaka and Abhigham Pitaka
BUDDHIST MEETING PLACE AND DATE (MEETING ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA)
- FIRST DHARMASABHA WAS HELD IN 483 BC
PLACE: Saptaparnigufa (Rajgruh, Bihar)
RULER: Ajatashatru
CHAIRMAN: Mahakasap
- SECOND DHARMASABHA WAS HELD IN 383 BC
PLACE: Chuleburg (Vaishali, Bihar)
RULER: Kalashok
CHAIRMAN: Sabakmir
- THIRD DHARMASABHA WAS HELD IN 250 BC
PLACE: Pataliputra (Capital of magadh)
RULER: Ashok
CHAIRMAN: Magali Putra Tiss
- FOUTH DHARMASABHA WAS HELD IN 72
PLACE: Kundaldhan (Kashmir)
RULER: Kanishk
CHAIRMAN: Vasumitra
NOTE: In the fourth Dharmasabha, Buddhism was divided into Hinayana and Mahayana sects.
PLACES ASSOCIATED WITH GAUTAM BUDDHA:
- BIRTHPLACE: Lumbini Village near Kapilvastu
- Enlightenment: Bodh Gaya, Near the banks of Niranjana river
- First sermon: Rishipatan (Sarnath)
- Death: Kushinagar
The main tenets of Buddhism
- The buddha considered the world to be ephemeral
- Atheism — The buddha believed that the world originated not because of God but because of the principle of causation.
- Perceptual totalitarianism- After the destruction of one thing, another thing is produced.
- Karma- Human beings get fruit according to their karma.
- The Buddha denied the existence of the soul
- Although not believing in God and the soul, the buddha believed in reincarnation
- Disbelief in rituals and animal sacrifices
- Rejection of high- low discrimination
IMPORTANT POINTS ON BUDDHISM
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