life of buddha.nitish
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LIFE OF THE
BUDDHA
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The Buddha descended from Tusita Heaven after preaching
Abhidhamma to his mother (Queen Maya)
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Queen Maya’s Queen Maya’s dreamt of a white elephant entering her side and she became pregnant The White Elephant was the Buddha-
to-be resided as an ‘enlightened existence’ in one of the six deva-heavens
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Not long after Queen Maya’s Dream, she conceived. Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini 623 B.C.
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Siddhartha’s Birth took place on a Vesak Full Moon Day.
The Baby began to walk 7 steps forward and at each step, a Lotus flower appeared.
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“I am the Chief in the world. There is no equal to Me. I amsupreme. This is My last birth . No more Rebirth for Me.”
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Asita at the Naming
Ceremony in
the Palace
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The Ploughing Festival : Siddhartha meditating when he was 7 years old
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Siddhartha Gautama, unlike his cousin,
Devadatta, was full of loving-kindness and
compassion.
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At 16, Prince At 16, Prince Siddhartha married Siddhartha married Princess YasodharaPrincess Yasodhara
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An old man, a sick man, a dead man and
a monk
Age 29, Gautama goes on four trips out of the castle and sees four sights that change his worldview
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Siddhartha leaves the wife
and child
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Siddhartha leaves the
Palace with Channa and
his horse.
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The Great Renunciation
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Prince Siddhartha Prince Siddhartha cuts off his haircuts off his hair
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For 6 long years Siddhartha practised Ascetism
• Asceticism pleasure is bad
– Extreme fasting– Holding one’s breath– Exposure to bodily pain
• Gautama nearly starves himself to death without getting any closer to enlightenment
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• psychological darkness within each of us to make our own worst fears real
• 3 Lusty Daughters of Mara
– Delight– Desire– Discontent
• was neither attracted nor disgusted by these three things• they remained powerless over Gautama
• Defeated Mara, Gautama enters deeply into an inward spiritual journey
Mara’s Forces Invade The MindMara’s Forces Invade The Mind Literal belief that Mara was a demon
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Conquering The Evils Of
Greed, Hatred and
Delusion
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Sujata
offer food
to the
Bodhisattva
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The Bodhisattva attained Enlightenment under the Bodhi
Tree – He was 35.
The Bodhisattva attained Enlightenment under the Bodhi
Tree – He was 35.
It was on
Vesak
Full Moon
that the
Bodhisattva
Attained Supreme
Enlightenment
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Bodhi or Fig Tree
• Revived from near-death by young girl, dedicates himself to meditation.– Mindfulness of breathing to purify oneself
of defilements and as a way to nirvana
• Lotus position under fig tree, vows not to leave until he found “complete and perfect fulfillment” (Brodd, 72).
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EnlightenmentEnlightenment
• Gautama realized, after nearly dying, that asceticism is actually counter productive.
– Self-hating practices that brought little spiritual benefit
– One becomes stuck on self while the goal is to transcend one’s self.
• Middle Way is a way of proceeding that exercises moderation between self-indulgence and self-mortification
Middle Way
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The Mucalinda Lake Where The Buddha Meditated in The Sixth Week After Enlightenment
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Three Watches under the Fig Tree
• First Watch – “Gautama perceived his own previous lifetimes…[his] continuous journey of suffering”
• Second Watch – “acquired the divine eye, ability to perceive the deaths/rebirths of all living things”
• Third Watch – Discovers Four Noble Truths– With this Gautama attained
enlightenment – reached spiritual perfection and had thus won his salvation
– Became the Awakened or Enlightened One
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The Buddha Passed Away at Kushinagar The Buddha Passed Away at Kushinagar at the age of 80
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Vesak Day Celebration
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Vesak Day Celebration
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