Life of Buddha
Basic information
- Gautam Buddha was the founder of Buddhism
- Born in 563BC, on vaisakha Purnima, in Lumbini, Nepal, near kapilvastu.
- Buddha was the sakya khhatriya clan.
- Father: suddhodhana ( Republican king of kapilvastu).
- Mother: Mahamaya ( Princess of koliya republic).
- Step mother: Mahaprojapati Gautami.
- Wife: yashodhara ( Princess of sakya dynasty).
- Son: Rahul
Four sights that turned buddhas life
- An old man
- A diseased porson
- A dead body
- An ascetic
Mahabhiniskramana
- At the age of 29: Renounced his home.
- First Teacher: Alura kalama, next: udraka ramputra.
Nirvana
- At the age of 35 years
- Under the pipal tree, uruvella ( bodhgaya),on the bank of niranjana river (falgu).
- Attained nirvana, (enlightenment), after 49 days of continuous meditation became fuly enlighted.
Dhammachakra pravartana
- Delivered his first sermon at Sarnath near (deer park).
- It means turning the wheel of low.
Mahaparinirvana (death)
- 483 BC, at the age of 80 year, at kasia Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh).
- Final blowing out : mahaparinirvana.
Some facts related to Buddha
- Kanthaka: horse name
- Channa: charioteer
- Gautama: clan name
- Siddharth: childhood name
- Sakyamuni: other name of Buddha.
Symbols related to events of Buddha's life
- Janma(birth): Lotus and Bull.
- Mahabhiniskramana: horse.
- Nirvana/ sambodhi: Bodhi tree.
- Dhammachakra pravartana: wheel.
- Mahaparinirvana: stupa.
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