Buddha: The light of Assia

                                 BUDDHISM

Name:- Gautam Buddha

Born:- 563 BC On the vaishaka ,poornima day at  Lumbini                                                                                                                 (Near Kapilvashtu ) In      Nepal

Father:- Suddhodan ( King of shakya ruler)

MOTHER:- Mahamaya ( from kaushlya dynasty ) died after 7     days of Buddha  birth.

Foster Mother:- Prajapati gautmi

Wife:- Yashodhara

Childhood Name:- Siddharath

1.    Married at 16 years to youshadhra enjoyed the married life for 13 years and had a son named Rahul.

2.    Buddha is also known as shakya muni and tathagath.

3.    He left his home at the age of 29 and he was medatiting under a people tree on the bank of Niranjana river at gaya. He came across the desired truth at the age of 35.

4.    Buddha means – Knowledge

5.    Sarthi of gautam Buddha is  channa.

6.    Gautam Buddha also known as Light of Assia.

       Four Sights of Buddha’s life

1)   An old man

2)   A disabled man

3)   An asentic

4)   A dead person

Important events in the life of Buddha

EVENTS                          PLACES                            SYMBOLS

Birth                                 Lumbini                              Lotus & Bull

Mahabhiniskarman          ………                                Horse

Nirvana                            Bodh Gaya                          Bodhi tree

Turning of wheel              Sarnath                               Wheel

Mahaparinirvana              Kushinagar                          Stupa

Doctrine of Buddha

Four nobel truth

1.    Dukh – Life is full of sorrow

2.    Dukh samudaya – Causes for the sorrow.

3.    Dukh Nirodha – They can be stopped.

4.    Dukh Nirodha Gamini Paritipada – The path of prevention of sorrow.

Astangika marga or Eight way principle

Buddha told eight way principle for controlling sorrow.

1.    Right observation

2.    Right determination

3.    Right exercise

4.    Right Action

5.    Right speech

6.    Right memory

7.    Right meditation

8.    Right livelihood

Tri ratna  or Three jewels

1.    Buddha

2.    Dharma

3.    Sangha

Special features­

1.    Buddha does not recognize the existance of god and soul.

2.    Sangh was opens to all irrespective of caste and sex.

3.    Buddhism language was pali.

4.    1^ST Sermon in Sarnath near Varanasi this event is known as Dharmachakra parivartana (Turning of wheel ).

5.    Leaving of home- mahavinishkarman

6.    First teacher was Alara kalam.

7.    Second  teacher was Rudraka Ramputta.

8.    In sarnatha gautam Buddha established sangh.

9.    Maximum sermon – in saravasti (koshla)

10.                       1^st lady pupil was- Prajapati Gautmi (His foster mother)

11.                       In 1^st council vinay pitika and sutta pitika was written.

12.                       In 2nd Council Buddha divided into 2 parts

1.    Sathavira

2.    Mahasanghika

13.                       In 3^rd council Abhidhamma pitik complied.

14.                       In 4^th council Buddha divided into 2 parts

1.    Henyan

2.    Mahayan

Buddhist councils

Sr.No.	Year	Place	King	President
1.	483 B.C	Rajgir	Ajatshatru	Mahakassap
2.	383 B.C	Vaishali	Kalashoka/ Kakavarna	Sabbakarmi/ Sabbagami
3.	251 B.C	Patliputra	Ashoka	Mogliputtra
4.	1ST  AD	Kundalwan (Kashmir)	Kanishka	Ashwagosh/ Vasumitra
5.	666 AD	Allahabad	Harshwardhana	Ven syang

       

Buddha literacture

Buddhist literacture known as tripitaka.

Language was pali

1.    VINAY PITAKA

Books of disciple.

Written by upali.

2.    SUTA PITAKA

Books of collections of sermons.

Written by Anand.

3.    ABHIDHAMA PITAKA

Books of philosophy

Written by Mogliputr tisya.

Jatak literacture

Jatak literacture also related from Buddhism. Which are 547 in numbers.

                              This is story about Buddha.

Milindaphano

Dialogue between menander and saint nagsen.

It is written by nagarjuna.

Buddacharita written by Ashwagosh.

Sects of Budda

1.    Hinayana

2.    Mahayana

1.    Gautam Buddha was died in 483 B.C at Kushinagar (UP).

2.    Which is known as Mahaparinirhavana.

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