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Ocean             Pacific Ocean

River              Amazon (South America)

Island            Greenland (Denmark)

Desert           Sahara (Africa)

Zoo               Henry Doorle Zoo and Aquarium, America (According to animal population)

Zoo               Red Mccombs Wildlife Zoo, America (According to the area)

Sea                Caspian Sea (3,71,000 km2)

Building        The Pentagon, America (According to the area)

Museum        British Museum (United Kingdom)

Bell                Tsar Bell (Russia)

Airline            Delta (America)

Airport          Beijing Capital International Airport

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*  What happen after the born of Buddha?

* How did Siddhartha spent his young life?

* What lead Siddhartha Gautam left his luxurious palace?

* The full story of Buddha’s journey from palace to jungle.

* And The Noble Truth of Lord Buddha which are the ideal and the ultimate truth to follow till we stay in this planet.

Please read first and second parts of this post, links are given below:

The life of Buddha.

Born of Lord Buddha | Where Buddha was born?

Four sights of Siddhartha (Gautam Buddha).

Now lets begin the story about the noble truth of Lord Buddha …….. 

Four noble truths of Buddha.

Siddhartha spent the first twenty-nine years of his life in the kingdom of Kapilvastu, after which he decided to leave his family and home in search of truth. For several years he kept wandering from place to place, living the life of a monk. He learnt that all people have one thing in common, and that is suffering.

One day, as he was walking through Rajagriha, the capital city of Magadh, He passed by the palace gates. One of King Bindusar’s ministers saw him and immediately ran back to the King.

“Sir,” he said excitedly, “I have just seen the most unusual man in the city. He is dressed in rags and begs his food form door to door, but I am sure he must be a great person. His face is strong and he walks with great dignity. A special light seems to radiate from him!” The King was curious and asked that Siddhartha be brought before him.

They talked together for a while and the king was very impressed with his intelligence, modesty and royal mannerism. Then the king said, “I have never met a man whom I felt I could trust more. Please settle here in Rajagriha and help me rule my kingdom.”

Siddhartha declined politely saying, “Oh King, I have already had the chance to rule a kingdom, but I refused. I am not interested in wealthy or power. My only wish is to seek the path of truth. I thank you for your offer, but I have come to your kingdom only to find teachers who can help me in my search.”  Then, the king bowed to the man in rags and said, “I wish you luck and success in your journey. If you do find what you are looking for, please come back here and enlighten me too. But even if you are unsuccessful, you are welcome to return to my palace.” Siddhartha thanked him and continued on his way.

Eventually,Siddhartha reached the forest where some wise men were known to live. He studied first with Arada and then Udraka Ramaputra. In a short time he mastered everything they had to teach him. But still he was not satisfied.

“My teachers are holy people, but what they have taught me does not bring an end to all suffering. I must continue to seek on my own.”

He continued to travel until he came to the Nairangana River, near the holy town of Gaya. He crossed the river and entered the forest on the other side. There he found a group of five men. Their life was extremely simple. They are very little, lived out in the open and sat perfectly still for many hours each day.

“What are you giving yourself so much pain?” Siddhartha asked these men.

“Most people in the world treat their bodies very gently,” they answered, “Yet experience much suffering. We feel that is we can learn to master pain, we shall find the way to control all suffering.”

Siddhartha thought to himself, ‘For many years I lived in luxurious palaces full of comfort and pleasure. I was treated very gently, yet my mind did not find peace. Perhaps these men are right. I shall join them in their practices and see if this leads to the end of suffering’.

And so he began these difficult and painful practices. He sat for hours on end at the same spot. Even when his legs and back hurt, he would not move a muscle. He let himself be scorched by the blazing summer sun and chilled by the winter winds. He ate barely enough to remain alive. But no matter how difficult it was, he thought, ‘I must continue and discover the way out of all the miseries!’

Determination

The five men amazed by Siddhartha’s determination. They said to themselves, “We have never seen anyone with as much will power as this man. He drives himself on and on. If anyone is ever going to succeed in these practices, it will be Siddhartha. Let us stay near him so that when he discovers the true part we can learn it from him.”

Siddhartha treated his body more and more harshly. In the beginning he slept only for a few hours each night, but eventually he stopped speeping. He stopped taking even the one poor meal that he used to eat everyday, and began to survive only on the seeds and berries that fell into his lap. He grew thinner. His body lost its radiance and became covered with dust and dirt. Eventually, he looked little more than a living skeleton. But still he did not give up his practices.

Six long years passed. Siddhartha was now thirty-five, having spent six years with hardly any food, sleep, shelter or decent clothing. One day he thought, ‘Am I any closer to my goal now than I was six years ago? Or am I still as ignorant as before?’

When he looked at himself he realized, ‘I have been sitting here for such a long time with no food. I am tired, dirty and weak. I am so thin that I can see my bones though my skin. How can I meditate when I am too hungry even to think clearly?’

And so, slowly Siddhartha pulled himself up and went to bathe in the river. He was so weak that he stumbled and fell, and was almost drowned. With great effort Siddhartha managed to pull himself out and he sat to rest on the shore for a while.

Eightfold Path in Forest

At the edge of that forest was a small village in which lived a herdsman and his wife Sujata. She had just given birth to her first child and was very happy. She bought the finest milk and prepared a delicious meal with it. Then she took this into the forest as an offering to the spirits she thought lived there. She had often prayed to these spirits, and wanted to thank them for helping her have such a healthy baby.

As she entered the forest, she saw Siddhartha sitting there. His body was thin and weak, but his face became radiant and handsome. Sujata gazed at him in surprise. ‘I have never seen anyone like him before,’ she thought to herself. ‘Perhaps he is the king of the tree spirits himself!’ Thinking thus, she placed the specially prepared food before him.

Siddhartha slowly opened his eyes and saw the bowl in fort of him. Smiling silently to Sujata he lifted it to his lips and began to drink. To her amazement, his body grew more and more radiant as he drank. When he was finished, he placed the bowl down and thanked her saying, “You thought I was a spirit, but I am only a man in search of the truth. Your offering has made me strong again. Now, I am sure that I shall find the truth. Much good will come from what you have done today. Thank you.”

The five men who were living in the forest with Siddhartha saw him accept the food from Sujata. They were very disappointed and said to themselves, “Siddhartha has given up his search. He is no longer following the holy life. Look, he bathes himself and eats rich food again. How can we stay with such a man any longer? Come, let us leave this forest and travel to Varanasi. We can continue our practices in the deer park there.”

So they left, thinking that Siddhartha was no longer interested in discovering the truth. But Siddhartha had decided to discard both extremes of living, i.e., luxurious living and self-mortification. Instead, he chose the middle path of ‘moderation.’ One day, he wandered into a village near Gaya and sat under a shady BO Tree, which later came to be known as ‘Bodhi Tree’. Siddhartha sat down under the Bodhi Tree at Bodh Gaya and started meditating.

After intense meditation, he reached the stage of Nirvana or complete freedom from worldly suffering. Thus, he achieved enlightenment. So, at the age of thirty-five, Siddhartha became ‘The Buddha’, the Supreme Enlightened One.

Then he thought, ‘It was so difficult for me to reach the end of suffering and become a Buddha. I had to work so hard for so long. When I see how blind and ignorant most people are, I wonder if there is anyone who can understand the truths I have discovered. How could I possibly teach them? Perhaps it is better for me to live the rest of my life in the forests alone and enjoy the happiness of being a Buddha myself.’

Buddha filled with the happiness. His mind, free from all darkness and pain, knew a boundless joy. Then he heard an inner voice which said, “Please do not forget us! We are the suffering beings of the world. We have hoped and prayed so for many years that you would leave the princely life and discover the way to end all suffering. Now that you have found this path, please teach us. Unlike you, we are still suffering.”

So, Buddha decided to share the knowledge he had gained with the rest of humanity, and tell the suffering people of a way out of their miseries.

Buddhism Founder

Remembering his five ascetic friends, he sought them out at the deer park in Sarnat. At first the five monks, on seeing Siddhartha approaching at a distance, decided to ignore him. However, as he went nearer, they could not resist giving him the due respect. Buddha convinced them of his enlightenment and all the five ascetics listened attentively to the Buddha’s teachings. He taught them about ” Four Noble Truths ” he had discovered while struggling for enlightenment, which became the central teaching of Buddhism.

He began with the first noble truth which says that suffering and pain are a part of life. Buddha said, “This world is not perfect an in the same way human nature too is not perfect. During his lifetime a man has positive as well as negative experiences. Everything keeps on changing in this world and so do things in life. Therefore nothing is permanent in life.”

After Buddha had explained the first noble truth and answered the queries of the monks, he continued to tell them the second noble truth which was about the cause of suffering. The second noble truth of Buddha, “When our mind is filled with greed and desires, suffering of all types follow. For example, if a rich man is attached to his wealth, his miserliness will bring him nothing but pain.”

When the Buddha finished explaining the causes of suffering, one of the monks got up and asked the Buddha if it was possible to end this suffering?

“Yes sage! It is possible to end this suffering,” the Buddha said. “When we remove all craving and desire from our mind, suffering will come to an end. We shall experience a peace and happiness that is beyond words. The fact that is possible to end suffering constitutes the third noble truth.”

About the fourth noble truth of Gautam Buddha he further said, “Finally, the fourth truth is the ‘noble truth of the path.’ This path leads to the end of all sufferings. If we avoid harming other living beings, sharpen and focus our mind, and gain wisdom, each of us can reach perfect happiness, and end all our miseries.”

All the five monks listened very carefully to the Buddha’s teaching. After hearing it they felt as if they had found a great treasure.

Eightfold Path

“Oh, Buddha, “they said, “You have indeed found the truth. Please teach us the path to perfect wisdom and happiness. We shall be your followers. ”

The five monks practiced diligently and with the help of diligently and with the help of fully enlightened ones or the ‘Arahants.’

The Buddha stayed at the deer park till the end of the rainy season. By then fifty-five other monks had joined the Arahant disciples of Buddha. The Buddha now told his sixty disciples- ‘Go into the world ‘Bhikshus’, and preach the ‘dhamma’ to people, for the welfare of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, welfare and happiness of Gods and men’.

Accordingly the disciples set forth to spread the new teachings throughout the world.

This is how the story of the Noble truth of Buddha goes with his adolescence. The remaining parts of this story is in our next post. Please go through this post “Teaching and Learning of Gautam Buddha” for the next episode.

Please go through the following posts for the more broad knowledge about Buddha and his life where we divided the full post to four individual informative topic-wise posts.

Click the link below as your preferred topic.

1. Born of Lord Buddha | Where was Buddha born ?

2. Four sights of Buddha.

3. Noble truths of Buddha.

4. Teachings and learning of Buddha.

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 If you have landed firstly in this post please read first and second parts of this post, links are given below:

The life of Buddha.

Born of Lord Buddha | Where Buddha was born?

Four sights of Siddhartha (Gautam Buddha).

Noble truth of Gautam Buddha.

Now lets begin the story about the noble truth of Lord Buddha …….. 

The teaching of Gautam Buddha.

From a prince to a wandering monk, the life of the Buddha is an example of sorts- an example of how a person rejected all worldly comforts and joys in search of the ultimate truth of life!

After his enlightenment, the Buddha and his disciples went from place to place spreading the Dhamma- his teachings.

The Buddha won the hearts of all the people he met, either they are beggars or kings, All who came to him became his followers.

An example of this, is the story of the great bandit Angulimala, the son of Bhaggawa and Mantani.

Bhaggawa was he advisor to the king of Kosala. He lived happily with his wife, Mantani. In due course of time, Mantani gave birth to a son. The parents named their son Ahinsaka. When Ahinsaka was born, a strange thing happened. All the weapons in the country shone live never before. The king ws shocked by theis unusual happening and called Bhaggawa to unfold the inexplicable occurrence. “Your Majesty, my wife has given birth to a son,” Bhaggawa said. “But why did the weapons shine so bright?” asked the king quite puzzled. “My lord, he will be a bandit. The shining of the weapons was just a sign of this.”

The king was shocked to hear this. He thought for a while and then told Bhaggawa that his son had to be killed. Hearing this, Bhaggawa fell at the king’s feet and pleaded him not to do so. “Once he becomes a bandit, send all your forces to arrest him,” begged the poor father, “but do not kill him now.”

The king, after thinking for a while, agreed to his request. And so, Ahinsaka lived and grew up in the kingdom of Kosala. Ahinsaka grew up into a strong healthy boy, and when he was old enough his father sent him to a school in Takhshila.

Ahinsaka was a good student and did better than most of the others. This became a cause for envy among his fellow students. Their jealousy made them plot against him. They decided to tell the teacher stories about Ahinsaka. They formed a group, went to the teacher and said, “Respected teacher, we hear stories that Ahinsaka is planning to make trouble for you. We have heard that Ahinsaka wants to take your job as professor at this university. He says that you are too old and you should have retired yours ago.” The teacher believed the students and thought that the only way that he could feel safe in his job was to get rid of Ahinsaka. When the last day of the school came, Ahinsaka went up to his teacher and asked, “What fee should I offer you, sir?”

“I don’t want any gold or silver but one thousand right-hand human fingers. And remember not to bring two right-hand human fingers from the same person,” replied his teacher.

The teacher thought that, in obtaining his gift, Ahinsaka would be killed or that the king’s soldiers would catch him and put him to death. Ahinsaka replied, “How can I bring you such a gift? My family has never been engaged in violence. We respect all life.”

“Well,” replied his teacher, “if your learning does not receives its proper reward, and then it will not be of any use to you. You will not get your certificate.” Ahinsaka was taken aback when he heard this, then he promised to bring the thousand right-hand human fingers. So, he picked up a sword with a shining blade from the blacksmith and hid himself in the woods, outside the gates of the kingdom.

Ahinsaka lived on a high cliff where he could observe the road below. Whenever he saw anybody on the road, he would hurry down, kill them and cut off a right-hand finger. He made a garland out of the finger bones and wore it around his neck. Soon, he came to be known as ‘Angulimala’ ‘he with the finger garland.’

After a few months, Angulimala went to another district and began to kill again. His acts of terror reached the ears of the king of Kosala. He decided to send a huge army to capture the bandit.

Although, nobody realized that the murderer was Ahinsak, his mother had a suspicion that it may be her son. Coming to know about the king’s decision, Mantani said to her husband Bhaggava, “It is our son, that fearful bandit. Please go and warn him and ask him to change his ways. Otherwise the king will have him killed.” But the words of Mantani had no effect on Bhaggava. “He has become a monster,” he said. “If I go there he may even kill me.” But Mantani, who loved her son more than herself, decided to go to the jungle and save him.

By now, Angulimala had spent several months in the jungle without proper food or sleep. He has already collected 999 fingers, and was just one fingers away from his target. He was impatient to pay off his debt as soon as possible. And so, he had made-up his mind to kill the first person he met.

“Today, if even my own mother comes, I will not hesitate to kill her,’ he thought. At this moment Angulimala looked down from the mountain and saw a woman on the road below. As the woman came near him, Ahinsaka saw she was his mother.

That very day, the Buddha was looking around the world to see if anybody needed help. He was able to see, with the help of his psychic powers, what Angulimala was about to do. Out of compassion, the Buddha decided to try to prevent this horrible crime. “I most save them both,’ he thought, as he set out towards the jungle. On the way, he was warned by the villagers not to enter the forest as Angulimala was sure to kill anybody he met, even monks. However, the Buddha continued on his path in silence. Meanwhile, Angulimala was running towards his mother with a sword in his hand. All of sudden, the Buddha appeared between them.

Angulimala was happy to see the wandering monks and decided to kill him instead of his mother. And so he rushed after the Buddha. But the Buddha kept moving ahead of him.

Although Angulimala was going as fast as he could, he was unable to catch up with the Blessed One, who was walking at his normal pace! Finally, Angulimala cried out, “Oh Bhikshu! stop, stop!” And the Enlightened One replied, “I have stopped, Angulimala. It is you who have not stopped.”

Angulimala could not understand the meaning of the Buddha’s words, so he asked him, “How could you say that you have stopped, when you are running faster than me?” “I say that I have stopped because I have given up killing all beings,” the Buddha replied, “I have stopped forever, given up ill-treating all beings; I practice universal love and patience. But you have not given up killing or ill-treating others. Hence, you are the one who has not stopped.”

A great change came over Angulimala on hearing the worlds of the Buddha. He threw away his sword and knelt before the Enlightened Being, saying, “From this day, I too give up all evil.”

The Buddha blessed him and took him to the monastery, where Angulimala became a monk. When the king and his men came to capture Angulimala, they found him at ahe monastery of the Buddha. Finding that Angulimala had given up his evil ways and become a bhikshu, the king and his men agreed to spare him. And this is how the dreaded killer Angulimala was transformed into a virtuous monk by the Buddha.

This is just a example of how Gautam Buddha changed the lives of many.

In the city of Shravasti there was a merchant who lived with his wife Kisa Gautami. Sometime after her marriage, Kisa Gautami gave birth to a son. For almost a year she led a very happy life with her husband and child. But misfortune struck when her one year old son fell ill and died. Kisa Gautami could not bear the death of her child. Struck with grief, she took her dead baby in her arms and went from house to house begging all the people in the town to bring her son back to life.

Of course, nobody could help her. Seeing Kisa Gautami in such a wild state of mind, most of the people thought she had lost her senses.

At last, she came across an old man who advised her to go and see the Buddha himself. The Buddha happened to be at Shravasti at that time. Kisa Gautami carried the dead child to the Buddha and told him her sad story.

The Buddha listened to her with patience and compassion, and then said, “There is only one way to save your child. Go and get me one mustard seed from any family in which there has never been a death.”

Kisa Gautami was filled with hope, and thought that it would be very easy to find one such household. So she entered the city carrying the dead body of her child and knocked at every door. But very soon, she discovered that every family she visited had experienced the death of one person or another. Then, at one household, a man said, “The number of dead people is more than the number of people alive.”

These words made Kisa Gautami understand what the Buddha had wanted her to find out for herself- which suffering is a part of life, and death comes to all. Once Kisa Gautami accepted the fact that death is inevitable, she took the child’s body away and later returned to the Buddha to become one of his followers.

The Buddha taught that nothing in life is permanent. Change is the ultimate nature of all worldly things and everything that exists is bound to perish one day. This truth is exemplified in the story of Khema- the beautiful consort of King Bindusar.

Khema was very beautiful, and took a lot of pride in her beauty. Once, when the Buddha visited the king, Khema was present there. The Buddha knew about her obsession with her beauty. So he decided to make her understand its impermanence. The Buddha created the illusion of an extremely beautiful young woman. Khema too overwhelmed too see such unparalleled beauty. Then, before her very eyes, the beautiful young woman gradually became middle aged, then old, and finally collapsed at the feet of the Buddha.

Alarmed and ashamed, Khema realized the truth at last.

One day, as the Buddha was walking along the streets of Shravsti with a few followers, he came upon a young man called Sunit. Sunit was scavenger (dust collector from garbage) born in an outcaste community. He was a road-sweeper and barely earned enough to feed him. Sunit slept on the roadside, as he did not have a house. He saw other people enjoying themselves, but he could not mix with them.

Outcastes usually had no home or money, they were dirty and hungry, so nobody wanted to talk to them or even look at them.

On that fateful day, when Sunit was sweeping a dirty, dusty road, he saw the Buddha, along with his followers, coming towards him. Sunit’s heart was filed with joy and fear at the same time, and finding no place to hide, he just stood with his hands folded in respect. The Buddha stopped and spoke to poor Sunit in a gentle voice. “My dear friend, would you like to leave this work and follow me?” Sunit was very surprised. Nobody had ever spoken to him kindly before; tears of joy filled his eyes and he could hardly speak. Finally, he said that if the Buddha would accept him, he would gladly join the ‘Sanggha’. Buddha accepted Sunit as his disciple and told him, “A man’s worth should not be decided by his class but by his good deeds, as it is only the deed of a man that counts.”

In earlier times, animal sacrifice was quite a common practice. But the Buddha always believed, ‘life is dear to all beings. Animals too have the right to live in the same way as humans do. We should respect all life and not kill anyone.’ Once it so happened, that the king of Kosala saw sixteen terrifying dreams in a single night, and was in a great fear. Many learned priests from far and wide were consulted about it. Nearly all of them came to the same conclusion to avert the evil influence of these dreams, thousands of animals had to be sacrificed. Everything was arranged in accordance.

When the Buddha came to know of this, became very saddened. The Buddha went to the King’s court and advised him against such sacrifice. He asked the King to abstain from taking any life intentionally.

The Buddha’s teachings made the King realize his mistake. From the day, no any animal sacrifice hs involved in any ceremony of the Buddha’s followers.

The Buddha always advised his followers not to accept his words on blind faith.

He asked them to decide for themselves whether his teachings were right or wrong, and then follow them adn became someone who never angry or impatient. He did not speak harshly to anyone, not even to those who opposed him.

Once, the Buddha, with one of his disciples, Ananda, visited a monastery where a monk was suffering from a contagious disease. The poor man lay in a mess with no one looking after him. Seeing this, the Buddha himself washed and dressed the sick monk, and placed him on a new bed.

Afterwards, he told the other monks, “Monks, you do not have your mother and father or you family to look after you. If you do not look after each other, who else will look after you?”

The Buddha emphasized compassion in his teachings. He told us to be concerned for each other, to help each other. He emphasized on equality of all beings and stressed on self-reliance.

Each one of us is responsible for our actions. Good deeds result in good, while bad deeds results in bad. Nirvana ‘the supreme happiness’ attained by one and all if we follow the teaching of the Buddha.

This is how the story of the Teachins of Buddha goes with his teaching and learning process.

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Please go through the following posts for the more broad knowledge about Buddha and his life where we divided the full post to four individual informative topic-wise posts.

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1. Born of Lord Buddha | Where was Buddha born ?

2. Four sights of Buddha.

3. Noble truths of Buddha.

4. Teachings and learning of Buddha.

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* Born of Lord Buddha.

* Where was Buddha born ?

* Born place of Buddha.

* Where Lord Buddha spend his childhood ?

* How did Siddhartha Gautam (Buddha) spend his childhood ?

* What lead Prince Siddhartha Gautam to leave his luxurious life ?

* And all the facts about the born of Lord Buddha …

Now lets begin the story about the born of Lord Buddha ……..

Born of Lord Buddha.

Hundreds of years ago, in Nepal, King Suddhodan ruled over the kingdom of Kapilvastu. He was an able and kind ruler who was much respected by his subjects. His wife was Queen Mahamaya. She was a beautiful and intelligent woman. Both of them were admired and loved by the people of their kingdom.

One night Queen Mahamaya had a wonderful dream, she saw that a six tusked white elephant descended from heaven and entered her womb. The elephant carried a lotus in its trunk.

The dream seemed more real to her than any other dream she had ever had, and she woke up instantly.

The queen immediately woke up her husband, King Suddhodan, and told him about her dream. He too agreed that it was an unusual dream. Both of them wondered what the strange dream might mean!

The next morning, the royal couple summoned to their palace, a wise old man. He was skilled in interpreting dreams.

After hearing about the strange dream, the wise man said the dream meant Queen Mahamaya was going to have a child who would grow up to be a great leader of humankind. Sometime later, the queen learnt that she was going to be a mother.

The king was overjoyed to hear the news. He invited all the noblemen in the country to a feast, to tell them about the arrival of his heir. Sweets were distributed to all the citizens, and food and clothes were given to the poor people, in celebration.

A few months later, the queen told her husband that she wanted to visit her parents in Devadaha. The king immediately ordered the royal chariot to be made ready for the queen. He chose the strongest and best of his servants to take her safely to her parents’ home.

The royal procession had gone just halfway to the queen’s former home, when they passed by a beautiful garden. It was the garden of Lumbini. The trees in the garden were laden with lovely flowers, and a heavenly fragrance wafted from them. Queen Mahamaya desired to break the journey for a while and spend sometime in the garden.

It was in this beautiful garden of Lumbini, under a great Sal tree, that a son was born to Queen Mahamaya. This was a full-moon night in the month of May.

The queen returned with her newborn son to the royal palace. The entire kingdom rejoiced the birth of their prince. Five days after the birth of his son ( born of lord Buddha ), the king invited five wise men to his palace to select a name for his son. The wise men named the newborn prince, ‘ Siddhartha ‘. The name meant ‘the one whose wishes will be fulfilled’.

King invited a Brahmin, a seer to make predictions about the prince’s future. The seer examined the child with his clairvoyance and told the king,”There are signs that the boy could become a great king, a ruler of the entire world, or a fully enlightened Buddha.

However, since the time for Chakravartin king is now past it is certain that he will become a Buddha.

Among all the rejoicings, misfortune struck the kingdom of Kapilvastu. Just seven days after the birth of her son (born of Lord Buddha), Queen Mahamaya died. All the people of the kingdom fell into a gloom. King Suddhodan was shocked and upset beyond any consolation.

The newborn infant was left motherless. Then, the departed queen’s sister, Prajapati Gotami took the responsibility of looking after her nephew. She cared for the baby prince with as much love as if he were her own son.

Time went by, and Prince Siddhartha grew up to be a handsome and intelligent young boy. In the meantime, the words of the Brahmin came to hound King Suddhodan. Siddhartha was the only heir to the throne and King Suddhodan did not want him to renounce the world. He decided to keep the prince within the walls of the palace, so that he would not be exposed to, of influenced by any holy man. That’s why he had a huge wall built around the palace. Prince Siddhartha grew up amid an abundance of luxury and had everything at his beck and call.

Nonetheless, King Suddhodan did not fail to give his son the education that a prince ought to receive. Siddhartha became skilled in many aspect of knowledge even at the arts of war.

Right from his childhood, Siddhartha through deeply about what he saw around him. From observing the people of the palace attendants, maids, gardeners, guards, etc., he learnt that though he was happy, there were many who were not. So, Siddhartha felt a deep sympathy for all creatures, be it human beings or animals. He could not bear to see any creature in pain.

One day, Siddhartha was walking through the palace-woods with his cousin Devdatta, who was very fond of hunting. He had brought his bow and arrows with him. Suddenly, Devdatta saw a white swan flying in the air, and shot at it. Devdatta’s arrow wounded the swan severely, and brought it down. Both the boys ran to get the bird. Siddhartha reached the swan first, and found to his surprise that it was still alive.

‘Oh poor bird! It must be feeling so much pain’, Siddhartha thought to himself. He gently removed the arrow. Siddhartha then squeezed some juice form certain medicinal leaves, pured it on the wound to stop the bleeding, and gently stroked the frightened swan. The swan soon revived.

By then, Devdatta had arrived. He demanded the swan from Siddhartha, claiming it as his prize.

Siddhartha refused to hand it to the Devdatta. “If it were dead, I would have given it to you,” he said, “but isn’t. I have nursed the swan back to life. I cannot give it to you now.”

Hearing this, Devdattta was extremely enraged. “Let us go to the court of justice and ask who really owns the swan”. Siddhartha agreed; so off they went to the court of justice to sort out their quarrel.

The judge heard the entire matter, and then gave the swan to Siddhartha. “Life is more valuable than anything else in the world,” he said. “And so, it certainly must belong to one who tries to save it. A life cannot belong to one who is only trying to destroy it. Thus, the wounded swan belongs to Siddhartha by right.”

Prince Siddhartha grew up in a sunny world of gardens and groves, attended by dancing girls and musicians. He lived in a worlds of plenty and beauty. He could have whatever he wanted, but he was not happy yet.There remained a strange sadness and longing in his heart, which haunted him made him restless.

One day, King Suddhodan asked some wise people, “What shall I do to make my son happy? He always seems to be depressed and sad.” The wise men suggested, “Now your son is sixteen years old; find him a beautiful girl to marry.”

At that time, a swayamvar (competition for engagement) was being arranged for the beautiful Princess Yashodhara. King Suddhodan sent Siddhartha to win the hand of the princess in the swayamvar. Siddhartha won all the competitions.

In the final test, he was asked to tame a wild horse. To the surprise of the people around, Prince Siddhartha did not beat or hurt the horse, but he talked to the animal soothingly and stroked it gently. Finally the horse was tamed!

Prince Siddhartha won the hand of the princess. Siddhartha and Yashodhara were married amid much pomp and celebration. The King thought that marrying the beautiful and gentle Yashodhara would bring an end to Siddhartha’s melancholy and restlessness.

But, king Suddhodan did not know that marriage wasn’t what his son’s heart yearned for and that it had merely brought Siddhartha one more bond to be broken.

This is how the story of the Born of Lord Buddha goes with his childhood. The remaining parts of this story to be continued in our next post. Please go through this post “Four Sights of Buddha.” for the next episode after the Born of Lord Buddha.

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• Who was Buddha?

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The Life of Lord Buddha -in Summery.

Initially Lord Buddha was a prince who gave up everything in life- power, wealth, comfort as well as his loved ones in order to seek the ultimate truth of life.

Siddhartha Gautam (Lord Buddha) was born to queen Mahamaya and king Suddhodan of ‘Kapilbastu’. In this modern age Kapilbastu lies in ‘Lumbini’ zone of Nepal as ‘Kapilbastu’ district. Right after his birth the king’s wise advisors predicted that the newborn prince would grow up to be either a great king or great sage.

A few days after her son’s birth queen Mahamaya died. Siddhartha grew up in the lap of all kinds of luxuries and comfort. King Suddhodan was especially careful in shielding his son from any such sight or scene that could generate in him the desire to become a sage.

He also had Siddhartha married off at a very young age to the beautiful and gentle Yashodhara, and soon a son was born to the young couple.

Siddhartha had now been tied strongly and absolutely to worldly life- its duties and attachments.

But fate had something else in stores for the young prince who was destined to be The Buddha, the enlightened one-one of the greatest sages ever known to mankind.

This is the story about the life of The Lord Buddha where I have presented in Summary version.

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1. Where Buddha was born?|Born of Lord Buddha.

2. Four sights of Buddha.

3. What are the noble truths of Buddha?

4. Teachings and learning of Buddha.

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