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UDDH

And

A Pictorial Journey

of His Life

Recompiled by

Karma Tshering aka

Wan S

2 Deeds of


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Over 2,500 years ago, the devas prophesied, "In twelve years a great bodhisattva

will be born who will become either a universal ruler or a Buddha, and will beknown as Shakyamuni." The Mahasattva who resided in Tushita Pure Land heard

this and, moved by compassion, resolved to take rebirth in India , on the

Jambudvipa continent, as the son of King Shuddhodana and Queen Mayadevi of

the Shakya clan. Buddha Shakyamuni manifested the 12 deeds , as do allBuddhas, as implicit teachings for the beings of our world system, in addition to the

explicit teachings he gave during his life. Ven. George Churinoff said, "Through

the various deeds he showed us that we too, born from a mother's womb as the

Buddha seemed to be, can attain enlightenment. The Buddha's deeds of leaving his

family and palace and his passing away into parinirvana are obvious teachings to

his disciples about renunciation and impermanence." There are different authentic

versions of these 12, which usually mean that two deeds which are presentedseparately according to one list are combined into one according to another. The

deeds depicted in the Wish Fulfilling Temple follow the order presented in His

Holiness the Dalai Lama's Opening the Eye of New Awareness (published by

Wisdom Publications).

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Buddhist Cosmology

欲界

色界

無色界

忉利天


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Before Siddhartha born in the realm of humans, he was a Bodhisattva inthe Tushita heaven and his name was Shevtaketu. ("White Banner") He

made a vow to manifest himself in the sentient world and relieve peoplefrom their sufferings. When the time came for him to manifest himself onearth, he selected king Suddhodana and his wife queen Mahamaya asfuture parents.

1.Descending from Tushita


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Buddhist Cosmology- Heaven


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2. Conception into womb

The bodhisattva's descent from theTushita heaven occurred as adream to Mayadevi. In thisdream, a white elephantapproached and touched her rightside with its trunk. Through thissymbolic act, the bodhisattvaentered the womb of Mayadevi andimpregnated her.

The choice of an elephant as asymbol of her impregnationbecause elephants are known fortheir strength and intelligence, Thewhite color, adds to this anelement of purity and immaculacy.The royal fortunetellers explained

that the dream announced thequeen's pregnancy, and that thenewborn would possessexceptional traits.

Mahamaya was also known as Maya Devi


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3. Birth in Lumbini Garden ~ 563 BC

Birth of Siddhartha at Lumbini Grove: When Mahamaya's time was approaching she took a tripto her parental home, Devadaha to have her first child with her mother. On her way, when shereached Lumbini grove, queen gave birth to a divine son between to Sala trees as she held thebranch of the sala tree. Brahma, Indra and other Devas were present at the birth. The newborn baby walked seven steps towards each point of the compass, exclaiming –"this is my lastincarnation." A monument at the birth-place of the Buddha, erected by emperor Ashoka after375 years of the event, still stands witness to his historicalcharacter. The new born child wasbrought to Kapilavastu and named

Siddhartha, meaning whosepurpose has been fulfilled.Queen Mahamaya passed awayseven days after the birth of her child.Gautama was then mothered by hismother's sister Mahaprajapati Gautami,who was also his step-mother. The childpreferred solitude andthoughtfulness to the frolics andpranks natural to his age.


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According to legend, Buddha was bornfrom the right side of his mother.Immediately upon his birth, he stood upand took seven steps, and wherever hisfeet touched the earth lotuses sprangup. Raising his hand he said: "Worldsabove, worlds below, there's no onein the world like me.“

A great immeasurable light then filledthe entire universe and all its worldsystems trembled and quaked.According to popular biographies aboutthe Buddha’s birth in East Asian

Buddhism, the infant Buddha is alsosaid to have proclaimed the famousstatement: Above and below theheavens, I alone am the most honored

(天天下唯我獨尊).


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It is said[2] that immediately after the birth of SiddharthaGautama (BC 623),[3][4] he stood up, took seven steps north, anduttered:

"I am chief of the world,Eldest am I in the world,Foremost am I in the world.

This is the last birth.There is now no more coming to be."

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As the son of the king, Siddhartha was provided with the finest upbringing. His life had amplequantities of both opportunity and security. He received the finest education and mastered alllessons taught to him. In his younger years, he excelled in sports and other contests of skill. The

vigorous training befitted the grooming of a future monarch. He was said to particularly excel onthe horse and with the bow.

The most significant episode of his youth occurred during the contest for winning the hand of thebeautiful princess Gopa. An elephant had been placed inside the city gate to test which one was thestrongest. Devadatta, Buddha's cousin, killed the animal with one hand. Siddhartha, seeing themindless killing, picked up the animal lightly and tossed it over the city wall, where it came to lifeagain. Needless to say, Siddhartha was chosen as the groom.

4. Training in the Arts, Crafts andSciences and Sports.


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Siddhartha Nursing the WoundedSwan (Manifestation of Pity andCompassion) : The heart ofSiddhartha was imbibed with pityand compassion for all thecreatures of universe since hischildhood. One example isillustrated here. Siddhartha is

shown here nursing a woundedswan which was injured by hisstep-brother Devadatta.

Siddhartha vs Devadatta


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5. Taking Charge of the Kingdom

Siddhartha in Secluded House withQueens and Attendants: when he cameof the age and assumed royal duties,prince Siddhartha had a retinue ofsixty thousand queens, principallyYasodhara and Gopa. With thediscriminative wisdom of aBodhisattva, he engaged in the sensualpleasure of worldly life only to

experience them as illusory, ButSiddhartha never felt satisfied with thislife, and thirsted for knowledge andfulfillment.

At the age of 16, his father reputedlyarranged his marriage to a cousin ofthe same age named Yaśodharā and

gave birth to a son, namedRāhula

.Siddhartha is then said to have spent29 years as a prince in Kapilavastu.

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7. Six years of Austerities

During the initial years he first spent timewith and practiced the systems ofmeditation taught by two leading ascetics ofthe time( Alara Kalama & UdrakaRamaputra ). Although he mastered theirrespective systems, he felt that here he hadnot found any real answer to the problem ofhuman suffering. So next, in the companyof five other wandering ascetics, he turned

to the practice of severe austerities at adesert in the small district Urubilva nearGaya.

There for six years he gives himself over tothe most painful mortification; he ate asingle grain of rice in a day, and reducinghimself almost to the condition of askeleton.


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In the end, the Buddha gave

up the austerities, by acceptinga bowl of yogurt (milk rice)from Sujata and gave his bodya rest and adopted the MiddleWay ; a course which wins forhim the contempt of five

pupils, who stigmatize him asglutton and voluptuarybecause he accepts the food.


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8. Under the Bodhi Tree

Unmoved by these reproaches,

Shakyamuni goes forth to the townto day called Bodh-Gaya. There heseats himself at the foot of a treeand declares that, though his bodymay wither away in this position ofmeditation, he will not leave it untilhe has attained the 'Bodhi' orperfect knowledge.


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Achieving Enlightenment

Prince Siddahartha attainsEnlightenment after 49 days under the bodhi treeat the age of 35, on theeighth of 12th Mth or 15thday of the 4th Monthafter defeating Mara

The possession of Bodhi onceattained, Shakya remains yet 7[or 7 x 7] days at the foot ofthe tree in order to fully enjoyhis beatitude. Afterwards hegoes forth under other trees

and walks by the side of riversand streams where the Nagas[Serpents] shield him from therays of the sun with their headsmiraculously multiplied and

enlarged.


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7 weeks after EnlightenmentWeek Buddha’s Realisation/Activities

1Buddha sat under the bodhi tree experiencing the happiness of freedom and peace. He was free fromdisturbing thoughts, calm and blissful. He gained 3 knowledge : his Past Lives, origination and

cessation of suffering (dependent arising)

2 Meditated and gazing motionless with great gratitude at the Bodhi tree that has sheltered him

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Cleared the doubts of the Devas in the Heaven about his Awakening using his Psychic Powers to

create a Golden/Jeweled bridge and paced up and down. Also did walking meditation

(Cankamana/cloister walk was the mark of this )

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Created and sat in the jewelled chamber contemplating the Abidharma- 6 coloured rays emitted from

his body: BLUE,YELLOW,RED,WHITE, ORANGE and the Mixture of this 5 colours (colors of the

buddhist flag)

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Tempted but unpertubed by Mara’s daughters while meditating under the Banyan(Ajapala) tree.

Replied a conceited Brahmin on what is a true Brahmana : rid of evil traits, pride & attachment with

worldly life; is learned, self restrained & spotless and follows a holy path.

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Then he move to meditated under a Mucalinda tree and heavy rain felled, a cobra coiled him 7rounds and provided a hood to protect him from the rain. The cobra turned into a young man and

paid respect to him on the 7th day (rain stopped). The Buddha said to him:

"Happy are they who are contented. Happiness is for those who hear and know the truth. Happy are

they who have good will in this world towards all sentient beings. Happy are they who have no

attachments and have passed beyond sense-desires.

7Meditated under the Rajayatana tree, where 2 merchants (Tapussa +Thallika) offered rice

cakes and honey to Buddha to break his fast and became his first lay followers.


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9. Overcoming the Maras (wk5)

When the Buddha was sitting under the bodhi tree, Papiyan, the leader of Maras, used forms related to the three

disturbing emotions (sometimes called kleshas) of ignorance, desire, and aggression to try to lure the Buddhaaway from his pursuit of enlightenment. The first deception, representing ignorance, was that the Buddha wasasked to abandon his meditation and return immediately to the kingdom because his father King Shuddhodanahad died and the evil Devadatta had taken over the kingdom. This did not disturb the Buddha's meditation.Then Papiyan tried to create an obstacle using desire; his beautiful daughters (DESIRE, FULFILLMENT &REGRET) tried to deceive and seduce the Buddha. When this did not disturb the Buddha's meditation, Marathen used hatred by coming towards the Buddha surrounded by millions of horribly frightening warriors whowere throwing weapons at the Buddha's body. But the Buddha wasn't distracted or fooled by these threepoisons.


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Meaning of the Buddhist flag

CONFIDENCE

HOLINESS

WISDOM

PURITY

ABSENCE OF

DESIRES

UNIVERSAL

COMPASSION

THE MIDDLE

PATH

BLESSINGS

OF THE

PRACTICE

PURITY OF

THE DHARMA

WISDOM


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After his awakening, the

Buddha met two merchants,named Tapussa and Bhallika, who became his first laydisciples. They wereapparently each given hairs

from his head, which arenow claimed to be enshrinedas relics in Burma. TheBuddha intended tovisit Asita, and his formerteachers, AlaraKalama and UdakaRamaputta, to explain hisfindings, but they hadalready died.

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Buddha preaching methods :1. According to the desires and needs of the hearers2. According to the capacity of the hearers

3. Refuting and correcting the vices and errors of the hearers

4. The Ultimate Truth when the hearers have the capability


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10. Turning the Dharma Wheel


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For seven weeks the Buddha sat in silent

contemplation under the Bodhi Tree. He wasimplored by the gods Brahma and Indra toteach. "Please do not pass into nirvana", theysaid. "Fulfill your vow and share this preciousattainment with the living beings of thisworld." He journeyed to Varanasi (SarnathDeer Park) to turn the wheel of the doctrine.He ordained the five ascetics as his firstdisciples, and taught the Four Noble Truths. Inthe second turning of the wheel he taughtthe Perfection of Wisdom to innumerablebodhisattvas in Vulture Peak,Rajgir. In thethird turning, the Buddha clarified therelationship between the teachings of the firstand second turnings especially with regard to

emptiness and taught Buddha nature.



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Buddha’s Missionary


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The formation of Sangha

first sermon to the five companions with whom he had sought

enlightenment. Together with him, they formed the first saṅgha: thecompany of Buddhist monks.

All five become arahants, and within the first two months, with theconversion of Yasa and fifty four of his friends, the number of sucharahants is said to have grown to 60. The conversion of three brothers

named Kassapa at Uruvela followed, with their reputed 200, 300 and500 disciples, respectively. This swelled the sangha to more than1,000.

Buddha’s preaching journey + life ministry :

Bodhgaya -> Sarnath/Varanasi/Istapatana -> Uruvela-> Rajagriha-Bamboo

Groove/Veluvana (4 Yrs)-> Kosala->Kapilavastu-> Vaishali-> Srasvathi-

Jetavana Grove (many rainy seasons/vassana)- 844 discourses-> Rajagriha-Mango Grove (72 yrs old)-> Kapilavastu ->Fled the WARS..Kosala invadedShakya, via Vajji ->Rajagriha(gained no support)-Vuture Peak-Last Discourse -> on way to Kapilavastu via Vajji, poisoned at Pava…asked Ananda to bringhim to Kushinagar

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Formation and Mgmt of Sangha


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Buddha’s principal disciples

十大弟子 Foremost in

1 Śāriputra 舎利弗

WISDOM Rajagaha

2 Maudgalyāyana 目犍連 SUPERNATURAL POWERS Rajagaha

3 Mahākāśyapa 摩訶迦葉 LEADER- ASCETIC PRACTICE Rajagaha

4 Subhūti 須菩提 UNDERSTANDING DOCTRINE OF EMPTINESS Srasvati

5Pūrṇa Maitrāyaniputra

富楼那 PREACHING Srasvati

6 Mahākātyāyana 迦旃延 DEBATE Srasvati

7 Aniruddha阿那律 CLAIRVOYANCE (DIVINE INSIGHT) Kapilavastu

8 Upāli 優婆離 VINAYA (OBSERVING PRECEPTS) Kapilavastu

9Rāhula (son of Gautama)羅睺羅

INCONSPICUOS PRACTICE Kapilavastu

10 Ānanda 阿難 HEARING BUDDHA’S TEACHING Kapilavastu


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The Buddha turned the wheel of the dharma three times, meaning He taught in three differentways. The first is called the Hinayana, which consists of the teachings on the Four Noble Truths,meditation and developing an understanding of the emptiness of self. The second is theMahayana teachings which involve the study of emptiness of phenomena and practicing thebodhisattva path. The third turning is the Vajrayana which involves the understanding thateverything is not completely empty, but there is also Buddha-nature that pervades all sentientbeings.


Vulture Peak, Rajgir

2nd Turning of DharmaWheel.


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11 D t f th T t i


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11. Descent from the TrayastrimsaHeaven

When the inhabitants of the earth ferventlysupplicated him to return, Buddha coasted

downwards with the help of a ladder that hadthirty-three rungs, handcrafted by the divinearchitect Vishwakarma. artworks.

This legend cosmicises the historical Buddhain several ways. His ability to move betweenthe two worlds is clearly indicative of histranscendental and divine nature. Moreover,

the ladder here, reminiscent of the story ofJacob's ladder in the Bible, serves as acosmic pillar that connects heaven and earthand is echoed in Shiva's symbol, the lingam.There too the lingam stretches from theheaven down to the netherworld and isworshipped by Brahma and Vishnu.

Similarly, the descending Buddha is revered

by Indra and the four-headed Brahma, aswell as other sacred beings. Yet another linkis reflected in Buddha's taking three steps,both on the way up and down. The idea isclearly related to Vishnu's three strides in themyth of the Vamana (dwarf) avatar.


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Buddha’s Nine Ordeals 九惱又名九難九橫九罪報

1. Six years of ascetic practice;

2. Slander by Sundari;

3. Foot pierced by wooden spear;

4. Horse fodder as food:

5. Massacre of the Sakya Clan by King Virudhaka;

6. Empty bowl after begging;7. Slander by Cinca Manavika;

8. Boulder dropped by Devadatta; A

9. Asking for Robes to block cold wind.

10.King Ajatashatru loosed a drunken elephant and setit upon Shakyamuni and his disciples in an attemptto have them trampled to death.


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i.六年苦行

佛言：往昔波罗柰城边，有婆罗门子，名火鬘；复有瓦师之子，名护喜。二

子少小心相敬念。护喜谓火鬘曰：共见迦叶如来。火鬘答曰：何用见此髡道

人。如是至三后日，护喜复曰：可共暂见。答曰：何用见此髡头道人。何有

佛道。于是护喜捉火鬘头曰：为汝共见如来。火鬘惊怖，心念此非小缘，必

有好事耳。即曰：今放我头，我共汝去。既至佛所，礼迦叶足。护喜白佛：

火鬘不识三宝，愿佛开化。火鬘睹佛相好，心生欢喜，出家学道。时火鬘者，

即我身是。护喜者，我为太子逾城出家时，作瓶天子导我者是。我往昔以恶

言道迦叶佛，故受诸苦报。由此余殃，今欲临成佛时，复受六年苦行也。（梵语波罗柰，华言江绕城。梵语婆罗门，华言净行。梵语迦叶，华言饮光。三宝者，佛宝、法宝、僧宝也。作瓶天子，即色界净居天也。）


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ii.孙陀利谤

佛言往昔波罗柰城，有博戏人，名净眼。时有淫女，名鹿相。净眼诱

此女人，共车出城，至树园中，共相娱乐。时彼园中，有辟支佛修行道法。净眼待辟支佛入城乞食，遂杀鹿相，埋辟支佛庐中。后累辟支

佛，将至死地。净眼见已，即起悲心，我所造作，自当受之。故自说

罪因，国王即杀净眼。时彼净眼者，则我身是。彼鹿相者，孙陀利是。

以是因缘，无数千岁，受无量苦。今虽得佛，由此余殃，故获孙陀利

女谤也。（辟支佛，梵语辟支迦罗，华言缘觉。） At the instigation of a group of Brahmans, a beautiful

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iii. 木枪

佛在罗阅只竹园精舍，入城乞食。忽有木枪，迸在佛前。心自念言，此是宿

缘，我当受之。众见惊愕。佛复心念：现偿宿缘，使众人见，不敢造恶。便踊身虚空，去地一仞。木枪逐佛，乃至七由延，枪亦随之。佛于空中化一青

石。厚阔十二由延，佛立石上，枪即穿石出在佛前；又化地水火风，各厚阔

十二由延，佛立其上，枪亦穿过。佛复上四天王宫，次第乃至梵天，枪亦次

第而上，至于佛前。所过诸天，与说宿缘。佛复从梵天下，至罗阅只城，枪

亦寻下。国人随从，看此因缘，佛恐众人见偿此缘，皆闷死。是故佛语众人，

各自还归，亦敕诸比丘众，各还房已。佛便心念，当偿宿缘。遂叠大衣，敷

座而坐。即展右足，木枪便从足趺彻过。舍利弗等，皆至佛所，礼拜慰问。

为说宿缘：往昔有两部主贾客，入海取宝，后遇水涨争船。第二部主与第一

部主格战。第二部主以镩矛，镩第一部主脚过，即便命终。佛告舍利弗，尔

时第二部主者，即我身是。第一部主者，今提婆达兜是。我时镩彼脚，以是

因缘，受诸苦报。今虽得佛，由此残缘，故受木枪刺脚也。（梵语罗阅只，

华言王舍城。梵语由延，即由旬，华言限量。四天王者，东方持国天王、南

方增长天王、西方广目天王、北方多闻天王也。梵语比丘，华言乞士。梵语舍利弗，华言鹙子。梵语提婆达兜，亦云提婆达多，又云调达，华言天热。）


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iv. 马麦

佛言过去世时，有比婆叶如来，在盘头摩跋城中，与大比丘众俱。有

盘头王与诸臣民请佛供养，及比丘僧，佛默然许之。王还，具馔已毕，即执香炉，启曰：唯愿屈尊来受我供。佛敕大众往诣王宫。食毕各还。

时为病比丘取食而归。尔时城中有婆罗门，教五百童子。佛从婆罗门

所过时，婆罗门见食香美，便起妒意。此髡沙门，正应食马麦，不应

食甘馔。亦教童子言，此等师主，皆食马麦。时婆罗门者，即我身是。

五百童子者，五百罗汉是。我时言他食马麦故，受诸苦报，今虽得佛，由此残缘，我及众等于毗兰邑食马麦九十日也。（梵语沙门，华言息心，又云勤息、比婆叶、盘头摩、跋毗兰俱无翻。）

Agnidatta, a Brahman in Vairanja, invited Shakyamuni andfive hundred disciples to his mansion, but was so

completely absorbed in the pursuit of pleasure that heneglected to make them any offerings. For a period ofninety days, they had nothing to eat but oats used as horsefodder.


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v. 流离王杀释种

佛在世时，波斯匿王新绍王位，使臣求亲于迦毗罗国释种之家，时摩

诃男婢生一女，颜貌端正，送与波斯匿王。后生一子，名曰流离。及年八岁，与梵志子好苦，诣摩诃男家。时迦毗罗国新起一讲堂，欲请

如来于中供养。尔时流离太子往至讲堂，即升师子之座。时诸释种见

之，骂言：此婢生物，敢入中坐。于是出语梵志子好苦曰：此诸释种，

捉我毁辱，乃至于此。我后绍王位时，汝当告我此事。流离太子后绍

王位，好苦以前事告之。流离集兵往伐释种。佛告比丘，往昔之时，

此罗阅城有捕鱼村。时世饥俭，彼村有池多鱼。时城中人向于池中捕

鱼食之。池中有二种鱼，一名麸，二名多舌，各怀报怨。时有一小儿

在岸，见鱼跳而喜，以杖打彼鱼头。尔时罗阅人者，今释种是。麸鱼

者，今流离王是。多舌鱼者，今梵志好苦是。小儿者，即我身是。以

是因缘，故流离王杀释种也。（梵语波斯匿，华言胜军。梵语迦毗罗，

华言黄色。） King Virudhaka of Kosala killed a great many members of

the Shakya clan, to which Shakyamuni

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vi. 乞食空钵

佛尝入婆罗门聚落中乞食不得，空钵而还。

When Shakyamuni entered a Brahman city, theking forbade the people to make offerings orlisten to him.

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vii. 旃荼女谤

佛言往昔有佛，名尽胜如来。会中有两种比丘，一名无胜，一名常欢。

时波罗柰城有大爱长者妇，名善幻。两种比丘往来其家，以为檀越。

无胜比丘为断漏故，供养无乏。常欢比丘结使未除，供养微薄。常欢

比丘兴嫉妒心，诽谤无胜与善幻通，不以道法供养，乃恩爱耳。时常

欢者，则我身是。善幻妇者，今旃荼是（旃荼亦名旃沙）。我时谤无

胜，故受诸苦报，今虽得佛，由此余殃，我为外道比丘王臣说法之时，

却被多舌童女，系盂起腹，来至我前，谤曰：沙门何以不说家事？乃

说他事。今汝自乐，不知我苦。汝先共我通，使我有身，今当临月。事须酥油以养小儿，尽当给我，尔时众会皆低头默然。时释提桓因化

作一鼠，入其衣裹，啮盂系断，忽然落地。众等见已，皆大欢喜。

（旃荼，梵语具云旃荼罗，华言严帜，又云屠者。谓恶业自严行时，

摇铃持竹为标帜也。梵语檀，华言施。言檀越者，华梵兼举耳。谓能

行施，则超越贫穷之海也。断漏者，言断生死之漏也。结使者，即惑业也。梵语释提桓因，华言能天主。）

A Brahman woman named Chincha tied a tub to her bellyunder her robe and claimed that she was pregnant byShakyamuni.

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viii. 调达推山

佛往昔于罗阅只城，有长者名须檀，家富多财，子名须摩提。其父须檀命终

已后，摩提异母弟名修耶舍摩提，不欲与弟分财。一日与弟执手，共登耆阇崛山，将至高崖，便推置崖底，以石 [之，其弟命绝。佛告舍利弗：长者须檀

者，我父王白净是也。须摩提者，则我身是。修耶舍者，今提婆达多是也。

以是因缘，我于耆阇崛山经行，为提婆达多举崖石以掷我头，山神以手接石，

石边小片，迸中我脚，拇指破而血出。（梵语耆阇崛，华言鹫头，即灵鹫山也。须檀、须摩提俱无翻。）

Devadatta pushed a boulderfrom atop a cliff onShakyamuni in an attempt tocrush him. It missed its mark, however, injuring only his

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King Ajatashatru at the

instigation of Devaddataloosed a drunken

elephant and set it upon

Shakyamuni and his

disciples in an attempt tohave them trampled to

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ix. 寒风索衣

佛于阿罗婆伽林中，冬至前后，八夜寒风破竹，尝索三衣御寒。（阿罗婆伽无翻。）

Once, around the time of the winter solstice, an icy windrose and continued to blow for eight days. Shakyamuni andhis disciples were particularly vulnerable since they wereaway from the monastery and had no permanent shelter.Shakyamuni protected himself from the cold wind bywearing three robes made of discarded rags, the onlygarments permitted a monk.

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B ddha’s Displa Mi acles in S a asti fo


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12. The Passage into Parinirvana

Passing away at the age of 80 in the

town of Kushingara. The Buddha asked his students if

they had any final questions andthen lying on his side, in the lion'sposture, he passed away. His last

words were, "Bhikshus,never forget: Decay isinherent in all compositethings or compoundedphenomena. Therefore,work/practise diligently."


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Thousands of candles can be lighted

from a single candle, and the life of

the candle will not be shortened.Happiness never decreases by being

shared.

-- Buddha

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