BUDDHISM
FOUNDER
– GAUTAM BUDDDHA
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BORN
IN 567 B.C IN ‘LUMBINI’ NEAR “KAPILVASTU” IN THE FOOTHILS OF NEPAL.
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HIS
FATHER SUDDHODANA WAS WAS THE SAKA RULER.
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MAHAMAYA,
HIS MOTHER, DIED AFTER THE 7 DAYS OF HIS BIRTH AND WAS THEN BROUGHT UP BY
STEPMOTHER GAUTAMI.
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HE
WAS MARRIED TO A PRINCESS NAMED YASHODARA AND HAD A SON NAMED RAHUL.
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WHEN
HE WAS A YOUNG MAN & ROAMED OUTSIDE HIS PALACE, THE SIGHT OF AN OLD MAN, A
SICK MAN & A DEAD PERSON HAD A DEEP IMPACT ON HIM AND COMPLETELY CHANGED
HIS LIFE.
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IT
MADE HIM VERY DISTURBED AND SAD.
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HE
THOUGHT IF ONLY SOMETHING COULD BE DONE TO STOP PEOPLE FROM GROWING OLD,
FALLING SICK & DYING, EVERYONE WOULD BE HAPPY.
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HE
THEN SAW A CALM LOOKING HERMIT WHO WAS UNAFFECTED BY THE SUFFERING & MISERY
AROUND HIM.
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LEFT
HIS PALACE AT 29 (WITH CHANNA, THE CHARIOTEER & HIS FAVOURITE HORSE, KANTHAKA) IN SEARCH OF TRUTH
& WANDERED FOR 6 YEARS.
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FOR
6 YEARS, HE TORTURED HIMSELF. THEN HE FELT THAT HIS FASTS AND PENANCE HAD BEEN
USELESS.
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HE
ABONDENED THESE THINGS AND SO THE FIVE DISCIPLES LEFT HIM.
(
KONDANA, VAPPA, BHADIYA, MAHANAMA & ASSAGI)
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HE
ATTAINED ‘NIRVANA’ AT THE AGE OF 35 AT GAYA IN BIHAR (UNDER THE PIPAL TREE,
MAHABODHI TEMPLE IS AT THAT PLACE).
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HE
WENT TO SARNATH, NEAR VARANASi, WHERE HE DELIVERED HIS FIRST SERMON IN THE DEER
PARK (FIVE DISCIPLES HAD SETTLED THERE)
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HIS
FIRST SERMON IS CALLED ‘DHARMACHAKRAPRAVARTAN’ OR ‘TURNING OF THE WHEEL OF LAW’
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THE FOUR GREAT TRUTHS :
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-BUDDHA PASSED AWAY AT KUSINAGARA
IN 483 BC.
-THE MONKS GATHERED 4 TIMES AFTER
THE DEATH OF BUDDHA & IT EFFECTED BUDDHISM.
-FIRST COUNCIL : AT RAJGIRHa, IN 483 B.C UNDER THE CHAIRMAN SHIP OF ‘MEHAKASSAAPA’ (KING WAS AJATSHATRU). DIVIDED THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA INTO TWO PITAKAS – VIHAYA & SUTTA PITAKA.
-SECOND COUNCIL : AT VAISHALI, IN 383 B.C (KING WAS KALASOKA)
-THIRD COUNCIL : AT PATALIPUTRA, IN 250 B.C (KING WAS ASHOKA)
-FOURTH COUNCIL : AT KASHMIR, IN 72 AD (KING WAS KANISHKA)
-BUDDHIST LITERATURE - IN PALI LANGUAGE.
-TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA COMPILED IN
THREE BOOKS :
1)VINAY
PITAKA 2) Sutta pitaka 3) abhidhamma pitaka.
these
books are together called ‘tripitakas’.
Thank you.
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