life sketch of gautam buddha for class 6th
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Gautam Buddha was born on a Baisakhi purnima in 607 B.C.at the foot of the Himalayas, on the borders of Nepal at Kapilavastu. His father’s name was Suddhodana and mother’s name was Mayadevi. On the seventh day after his birth, he was named Siddhartha. At his early age his mother died. As he grew up, he was often found to seek solitude and sit for long hours. His father became anxious and consulted his ministers, who suggested early marriage for him. Accordingly, he was married to his cousin Yasodhara.Some years later, he wished to see the world outside the palace. The king granted his prayer and at the same time ordered his attendants to see to it that no unpleasant and untoward sights cross the prince’s path. But man proposes and God disposes. On the way, the
Prince first saw a sick man, then saw an old man and then saw persons carrying a bier. He questioned his charioteer who told him that the persons were carrying the dead body of a man, and thus for the first time in his life the Prince came face to face with Death. At last he saw a Sannyasin and came to understand that he was one who was beyond all the miseries of life.
At the age of twenty nine, a son was born to him, named Rahul. At this time, he passed a very restless life and when his wife asked him the cause of his unrest, he said, “When I see suffering all round and find men grow old, sicken and die, it is enough to take away the last hope of life and the love for pleasure in life”. After that he had a vision of a holy man who seemed to tell him, “You are the blessed one, come to the world to save mankind. Now is the time to fulfil your mission.”
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Lord Buddha was born in 566 B.C. in a village called Lumbini in Kapilvastu. He was named Siddhartha. His father Suddhodana wished his son to become a great monarch.
Legends say that astrologers who cast the child’s horoscope predicted a brilliant future for Siddhartha either as a spiritual leader or as a conquering hero. In the former case he was to be guided by four signs i.e. old age, sickness, death and renunciation.
Since his father did not want this to happen, he built three castles for his son’s residence so that Siddhartha may not come across these four signs. One day the prince went out for a drive and came across a man leaning on a stick.
The sight profoundly upset him and he learnt from his charioteer all about sickness. The next day he met an old man, on the third day a dead body and on the fourth a recluse.
The Buddhist scriptures say that God had assumed these forms for detracting the prince from the worldly life his father had planned for him.
Later he was married to Yasodhara, daughter of Dandapani, noble of his kingdom. But marriage did not solve life’s problem for Siddhartha. In spite of having a family life, one dark night he left the palace without being seen by anybody.
After leaving the palace Siddhartha attached himself to several teachers, one after another, but in his attempt to find a solution to the mystery of life none of them was helpful and finally he decided to tread the path alone.