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Mahatma Gautam Buddha

Mahatma Gautam Buddha

Why and when is Buddha Purnima celebrated? -

Buddha Purnima is celebrated every year on the full moon day of Baishakh month. Because on this day i.e. on the full moon day of Baisakh month, Mahatma Gautama Buddha was born and it is a matter of fact that he died on this day in the same month. He was born in Lumbini in 563 BC. Therefore, followers of Buddhism celebrate Buddha Purnima on this day either by reaching here or at the Buddhist pilgrimage site. Not only this, people also worship Dhan Lakshmi on this day.

Birth, birthplace, parents and wife of Gautam Buddha :-

Lumbini was born in Mahatma Buddha in present day Nepal country. Buddha was the son of a king of a Shakya dynasty. His father's name was Maharaja Suddhodhana and mother Maharani was Mahamaya. The childhood name of Gautam Buddha was Siddhartha. His mother died seven days after his birth. After the death of his mother, his mother's sister-in-law, that is, aunt Gautami, brought him up. Since Buddha was the son of Shakya Banshi Raja, he is also called Shakya Muni. He died at the age of 83 on the full moon day of Baishakh month in 483 BC in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh (India).

Education and change of heart (renunciation) / journey from Siddhartha to Buddha -

Buddha was born in Shakya dynasty in Lumbini near Kapilavastu, the capital of 563 AD Isha Purva Shakya Republic. Today it is in Nepal. On the fifth day of birth, King Suddhodhana invited five learned Brahmins to name his son and the child. Asked to tell about the future. The five calculated the future and said with the same opinion that this child was born to fulfill a great task and special purpose. He was born for accomplishment. Therefore, the child was named Siddhartha. Siddhartha was an idol of kindness and compassion since childhood. When he used to ride horse riding with friends and when horses got foam out of his mouth, he felt that the horses were tired and they were getting cast, thus making him He used to stop. He used to lose the race. Even when he used to win a game and he used to see that the face of friends is getting sad, he used to intentionally lose the bet because he did not like to see anyone sad. Siddhartha Animal He used to give kindness and compassion to birds, just like humans. Once hunted by his cousin These were saved by debating till the Raj Durbar to save the life of laughing.

Siddhartha received the education of Vedas, Upanishads as well as the warfare and the kingdom - from Guru Vishwamitra as a child. He was married to a well-to-do girl Yashodhara at the age of 16 after receiving his education. In the palace with wife Start living after a few years, the son was born. The son was named Rahul. But he did not like the pleasure of the palace.

One day, when he went out to visit the state, he saw an old man with a shabby body, then a person suffering from a disease, then he saw the dead body of a deceased. He saw a sannyasi when he went ahead. This incident gave him He was put into deep thinking and thus his fascination with worldly pleasures got dissolved and one day at half-night, the wife abandoned the son and left the palace to become a monk. Then she was only 29 years old. The search for truth and knowledge I wandered for 6 years, then a monk Kalar Kalan taught him meditation and yoga. Then a sannyasin at Rajgriha taught him Udak and Ramputra. His education was not completed even by two sannyasis. His problem was as it is. Then O went ahead. Tired lost attention in a lost tree. Finally on the 17th day he attained enlightenment. Thus he went and went to the holy shrine for the Butt tree religion. Gaya district has become famous from Buddhist Gaya and Watt tree as Shanti Butt tree after the name of Buddha. Now lakhs of devotees and Buddhist monks come here.

Siddhartha's name became Buddha after attaining knowledge. Buddha means the person who has attained the truth. In Buddhist scriptures, attaining enlightenment of Buddha is called Nirvan. What Buddha did after attaining enlightenment - After attaining enlightenment, Buddha gave his first sermon at Sarnath near Varanasi. Due to this, five yogis accepted him as their Guru, thus Gautama Buddha established Buddhism. Gradually people started getting influenced by them, converted to Buddhism and started converting. Buddha preached religion not only to the country but to abroad. People from abroad also embraced Buddhism. Now the followers of Buddhism are in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Bhutan and other countries. Some kings also adopted Buddhism such as King Prashanjit of Kaushal state and Bimbisara, Ajatshatru and King Udayan of Magadha.

Buddha's favorite student was Anand, whom Buddha also considered his friend. The most educated of Buddha's disciples were Kashyapa and humble and learned disciples Upali and Yash etc. His horse's name was Gandhak.

Buddha's death and final teachings, place of death -

He gave up his body in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, 483 BC at the age of 83. The great king Emperor Ashoka also adopted his path of peace and Buddhism. Buddha gave his last sermon to Subhadra, the founder of a religion and to his disciple Anand. In the end, he said to give up his body. In the Buddhist text, the death of a Buddhist is called Mahaparinirvan. By the time Buddha was alive there was only one sect in Buddhism, but later on differences of ascetics led to two sects 1. Hinayana and 2. Mahayana

Buddha's Message -

Peace is the best and best way.

Humans should have compassion, kindness and love towards others.

All things are caries and one should be his own guide.