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Buddha (Stories of his early life: (Pre-birth (When the time for the birth…
Buddha
Stories of his early life:
Pre-birth
When the time for the birth grew near, Queen Maya wished to travel from Kapilavatthu, the King’s capital, to her childhood home, Devadaha, to give birth.
With the King’s blessings she left Kapilavatthu on a palanquin carried by a thousand courtiers
Queen Maya retired to her quarters to rest, and she fell asleep and dreamed a vivid dream. Four angels carried her high into white mountain peaks and clothed her in flowers. A magnificent white bull elephant bearing a white lotus in its trunk approached Maya and walked around her three times. Then the elephant struck her on the right side with its trunk and vanished into her.
When Maya awoke, she told her husband about the dream. The King summoned 64 Brahmans to come and interpret it. Queen Maya would give birth to a son, the Brahmans said, and if the son did not leave the household he would become a world conqueror. However, if he were to leave the household he would become a Buddha.
She gave birth ten months later.
Birth
On the way to Devadaha, the procession passed Lumbini Grove, which was full of blossoming trees. Entranced, the Queen asked her courtiers to stop, and she left the palanquin and entered the grove. As she reached up to touch the blossoms, her son was born.
Prophecy
The stories that say when siddattha was born, a wise man said that if he ever saw suffering, he would become a great religious leader rather than a ruler. His father wanted him to succeed so he was locked away in the palace so he couldn't see suffering.
Palace
Buddah was kept in the palace and it was made sure hat he didn't see suffering otherwise he wouldn't be a world conqueror, but a religious leader.
Key terms
Anicca- everything changes
Anatta-no permanent self or identity, identity is an illusion
Dukkha-unsatisfactoriness-always wanting more than what we've got-suffering.
Skandhas-five skandhas (aggregates)hat describe a persons mental or physical existence.
Form, sensation, consciousness, formation and perception.
The Dharma
The four noble truths
Human personality