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Buddha, "Awakened One" or "Enlightened One", [9] [15] [f] is the masculine form of budh (बुध् ), "to wake, be awake, observe, heed, attend, learn, become aware of, to know, be conscious again", [16] "to awaken" [17] [18] " 'to open up' (as does a flower)", [18] "one who has awakened from the deep sleep of ignorance and opened his consciousness t...
- Kassapa Buddha
Kassapa Buddha (), is one of the ancient Buddhas whose...
- Maya Devi
Maya (/ ˈ m ɑː j ə /; Devanagari: माया, IAST: māyā), also...
- Yashodhara
Life. Yaśodharā was the daughter of King Suppabuddha, and...
- Shakya
Gautama Buddha, called Shakyamuni "Sage of the Shakyas," the...
- Buddha (Disambiguation)
The Buddha is the popular name of Siddhartha Gautama,...
- Sutta Piṭaka
The Sutta Piṭaka (also referred to as Sūtra Piṭaka or...
- Kassapa Buddha
Buddhism (/ ˈ b ʊ d ɪ z əm / BUUD-ih-zəm, US also / ˈ b uː d-/ BOOD-), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (transl. "doctrines [and] disciplines"), is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha.
The history of Buddhism can be traced back to the 5th century BCE. Buddhism arose in Ancient India, in the modern day Lumbini, and is based on the teachings of the renunciate Siddhārtha Gautama. The religion evolved as it spread from the northeastern region of the Indian subcontinent throughout Central, East, and Southeast Asia.
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In Lumbini, About 2600 years ago, a clan called the Shakyas ruled the city of Kapilavastu. Siddhartha Gautama was born just outside the city in Lumbini. He was born as Prince Siddhartha Gautama in a Shakya clan. His father was a ruler named Shuddhodana, His mother was named Maya. Maya died when Siddhartha was about 7 days old. His father raised him...
Many holy men at this time were ascetics. They hurt their bodies for religious reasons. They abstain from certain pleasures so they can get rid of desire. One group of ascetics were called the Jains. They practiced self-denial and made themselves suffer very much. They believed this would free the ātman (soul) from pain and sadness. There were many...
When the Buddha became enlightened, he found the answer to suffering, and he knew how to defeat suffering. This answer was called the Four Noble Truths. He was not sure if he should teach his new ideas or not. He asked himself if the world was ready for such a deep teaching. But in the end, he decided to travel to a town called Sarnath to teach the...
The teachings of the Buddha are known as Buddhism. Buddhism is mostly about ending the feeling of pain that all people feel inside. Gautama Buddha taught that old age, sickness, death and suffering is a part of everyone's life. He taught that pain is caused by craving. And he showed that there is a way to end craving and end suffering by doing good...
The Buddhist's Resource - A public resource of Buddhist prayers and chants Archived 2013-04-25 at the Wayback Machine5 days ago · Buddha (born c. 6th–4th century bce, Lumbini, near Kapilavastu, Shakya republic, Kosala kingdom [now in Nepal]—died, Kusinara, Malla republic, Magadha kingdom [now Kasia, India]) the founder of Buddhism, one of the major religions and philosophical systems of southern and eastern Asia and of the world.
Budha is a god in Hindu mythology, and he is the son of Chandra and Rohini. Budha has a son, King Pururavas, by his wife Ila. One of the earliest mentions of Budha appears in the Vedic text Pancavimsa Brahmana, and it appears in other ancient texts such as the Shatapatha Brahmana as well, but not in the context of astrology.
Gautama Buddha, also known as Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, was an Indian sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught in northeastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. [1]