ENLIGHTENMENT-BUDDHAHOOD - The life of the Buddha

ENLIGHTENMENT-BUDDHAHOOD  In the evening after Sujata's lovely meal he went to Gaya and looked for a suitable place to sit down and meditate. He sat under a tree called the Bodhi tree with his face to the East and made an earnest wish with very strong determination that "Though my skin my nerves and my bones, shall waste away and my life blood dry I will not leave...

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TORTURING THE BODY / The life of the Buddha tutorial 5

Torturing the Body After leaving Uddaka, Ascetic Gotama and his five friends wandered from place to place as before. He practised fasting which was thought to be one of the best ways to acquire wisdom. He, too, at the beginning took little food. Later on he only ate one meal a day for months. Then he took food once in two or three days. He was eating roots of...

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AN OlD BEGGAR / The life of the Buddha/ Tutorial 4

AN OLD BEGGAR After what he had done for the Prince the King was satisfied that his son would follow his footsteps and become a king later. He ordered a high wall to be built round the Palace including the park But the Prince was not happy in this palace living like a prisoner. One day he told his father. "Father I must go out of the palace gate and see how other...

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The life of the Buddha / Tutorial 3

PRINCE SIDDHARTHA'S KINDNESS Prince Soddhartha was very kind to people, animals and other living things. As a very brave horseman he won many prizes in the country. Although he did not have to suffer any hardships and difficulties as he had everything, he always thought of the poor He felt sorry for them and wanted to make them happy too, as be always was. people...

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The life of the Buddha / Tutorial 2

THE NAMING CEREMONY The King Suddhodana had an old teacher. As the teacher Who  was very wise, he was known as a Sage. His real name was Kala Devala but people usually call him Asita the Sage. Asita lived in the jungle. He had heard that the King then had a son; he was very happy because this was the first time a child was born to the King.     ...

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The life of the Buddha 1

KING SUDDHODANA AND QUEEN MAHA MAYA Long ago, there was a king called Suddhodana. He married a beautiful Koliyan princess named Maha Maya. The coupte ruled over the Sakyas, a warrior tribe living next to the Koliya tribe, in the th of India. The capital of the Sakya country was Kapilavatthu. Since King Suddhodana was a very good king and Queen Maha Maya was equally good,...

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Pray For Australia, Raging Bushfires In Australia Are Now Making Hillside

Huge wildfire in Australia  has resulted  in deaths  of more than  480 milion animals.Hundred of rare koalas are also reported dead among them . End of era😔 One after another.✋ Lets pray for Australia 🙏 Source:University of  sydney report I've been so engulfed in my work and personal projects the last few weeks, not watching television...

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