Question

Give the short notes regarding the "Life of gautam Buddha"

Answer 1

Explanation:

The Birth of Buddha. Birth. Legend states that just before Maya, Buddha's mother, gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, she had a dream that a white elephant had entered her womb. ...

The Great Renunciation. The Great Renunciation. ...

The Enlightenment. The Enlightenment. ...

The First Sermon. The First Sermon. ...

Death. Death.

Answer 2

Life of Gautam Buddha :-

• The founder of Buddhism was Gautam Buddha, was born as Siddhartha.

• Siddhartha was born in 566 BC at Lumbini (now falls in territory of Nepal) in the sakya clan of kshatriya. That is why Buddha is also known as Sakyamuni.

• He died at 80 years of age in 486 BC at Kushinagar (near Gorakhpur in Uttarpradesh)

• The mother of Siddhartha was 'Mahamaya' who died after giving birth to him. Thereafter, he was brought up by 'Prajapati Gautami' his maternal aunt. Therefore, he was also called Gautam.

• The name of his father was Sidhdhodhana. He was the only son of his father.

• Siddhartha was married to Yashodhara. He also had a son named Rahul. But neither his wife nor his son were able to tie him to the worldly life.

• He then left his home and became an ascetic at the age of 29 in search of truth and end of sorrows. This event in Buddha's life known as "Mahabhishkramana".

• Buddha's teachers were - Alara and Udarak.

• After seven years of roaming around, at the age of 35, Siddhartha got enlightenment at Uruvela while meditating on the bank of river Niranjana under a peepal (Banyan) tree. This tree is called the Bodhi Tree. The place is known as Bodhgaya.

• Buddha attained the knowledge on the poornima of Vaishakha month.

• He then gave his first sermon at Sarnath (Varanasi). This historic event in buddha's life is known as "Dhammachakra Parivarthan".

• As mentioned above, Bhuddha passed away in 486 BC under a Sal tree in Kushinagar (Kushinagar was under Licchhavi Kingdom).

• Various notable rulers of his time were Buddha's disciples such as Prasenjit, Bimbisara, and Ajatsatru.

• Some famous Bikshuks of Budhdhism were Sariputra, Ananda, Mahakassapa, Anuradha, Upali, and Rahul.

• Vardham Mahavir (Jainism) was contemporary of Gautam Buddha (Buddhism).

• The events in Buddha's life are depicted by various symbols in Buddhism :-

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