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| | Gautama Buddha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Gautama Buddha was a spiritual teacher believed to have lived between approximately 563 BCE and 483 BCE on the Indian subcontinent, in the Gangetic Plains area of modern Nepal and northern India. | | | Gautama is the key figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules were summarized after his death and memorized by the sangha. | | | Gautama was from then on known as "The Perfectly Self-Awakened One", the Sammasambuddha. |
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| | 28. The Life of Gautama Buddha. Wells, H.G. 1922. A Short History of the World |
| | Gautama’s disciples declared that he was a Buddha, the latest of the Buddhas, though there is no evidence that he himself ever accepted the title. | | | Gautama became versed in all the metaphysics of his age. | | | This was Gautama Buddha, who taught his disciples at Benares in India about the same time that Isaiah was prophesying among the Jews in Babylon and Heraclitus was carrying on his speculative enquiries into the nature of things at Ephesus. |
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| | Buddha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | According to the Tripitaka, for instance, Gautama Buddha was the 28th Buddha. | | | Hence, Gautama Buddha (known by the religious name Shakyamuni) is one member of a spiritual lineage of Supreme Buddhas going back to the dim past and forward into the distant future. | | | Buddha (Sanskrit, Pali, others: literally Awakened One or Enlightened One, from the root: √budh, "to awaken") is a title used in Buddhism for anyone who has discovered enlightenment (bodhi), although it is commonly used to refer to Siddhartha Gautama, the historical founder of Buddhism. |
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| | Backround of Gautama and Buddhism |
| | Several sects have elevated Gautama (or Buddha) to the level of a savior or divine being although it is clear he never claimed to be a deity. | | | Gautama's approach to religion was quite different from the Hinduism out of which he had come from. | | | Gautama then became known as Buddha, the "enlightened one." He believed he had found the answers to lifes most puzzling questions the answer of why there is pain and suffering. |
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| | Gautama Buddha |
| | Gautama Buddha was born Siddharta Gautama in Northern India around 563 BC, on the day of the full moon in May. He was the son of the king and queen of the Sakya kingdom. | | | Gautama spent the rest of the night in deep meditation, in samadhi, and finally reached his enlightenment. | | | At his auspicious birth, seven Brahmin priests consulted by the king agreed that if the young prince would stay at home, he would become a universal king, unifying India; but if he left, he would become a Buddha and remove the veil of ignorance from the world. |
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http://www.tsl.org/Masters/buddhas/gautama.htm
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| | "Gautama the Buddha" by G. de Purucker |
| | Gautama the Buddha was a man. He is at present a nirmanakaya. | | | For twenty years after the nirvana was attained, Gautama the Buddha lived among his initiates, and taught and initiated; and at the age of one hundred, his body finally died. | | | In the exoteric literatures of Buddhism it is stated that every human or manushya-buddha, such as was Gautama, is the counterpart on earth of a celestial buddha, its spiritual-divine origin. |
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| | Gautama |
| | Gautama or Gotama was the sacerdotal name of the Sakya family, and Sidhartha was Buddha& name before he became a Buddha. | | | Gautama Buddha was also called Sakyamuni, meaning the muni or sage of the Sakyas. | | | Gautama (Sanskrit) The Prince of Kapilavastu, son of Sudhodana, the Sakya king of a small realm on the borders of Nepaul, born in the seventh century B.c., now called the "Saviour of the World". |
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| | LORD GAUTAMA |
| | Gautama Buddha reached that attainment ahead of Lord Maitreya and so became the Buddha while Lord Maitreya was placed in the next position—the World Teacher. | | | Lord Gautama was the first from the humanity of Earth to hold the position of Buddha, the previous ones having come from other planets. | | | He gained the qualifications of a Buddha and was known as Gautama Buddha or just Buddha. |
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| | Introduction to the Buddha and the Buddha's First Sermon |
| | Gautama replied simply, "I am awake." Thus he became known as the Buddha, which means the awakened one or the enlightened one. | | | When Gautama was 29 he saw the four signs which led to his renunciation of the world---first, an old person, then a sick person, then a corpse being carried to a funeral, and finally a begging monk in a yellow robe. | | | Gautama said that by conquering these one could attain bliss and that he would rather die than be defeated. |
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| | Gautama |
| | Shakyamuni Buddha was born in Northeast India in the sixth or fifth centuries BCE to a king and queen of the Shakya tribe. | | | His birth name was Gautama, but he was later called Shakyamuni, the "Shakyan sage." On her way to visit her family's home village, the queen stopped in Lumbini garden to give birth. | | | Of course, he wanted his son to remain at home and become a great king, so he tried to surround Gautama with every pleasure and protect him from all negative experiences so he would never want to leave home. |
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| | Buddhism - The Life of Buddha |
| | Actually, he was born Siddhartha Gautama and the term Buddha was a title meaning "the awakened one", or "the one who knows", and was used from the age of thirty-five. | | | Gautama took on the life of a wandering monk, accepting food as it was offered to him. | | | Buddhism began with the Buddha, but who was he? |
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http://www.acay.com.au/~silkroad/buddha/h_life.htm
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| | An Introduction to Buddhism |
| | The Buddha was born Siddhartha Gautama, a prince of the Sakya tribe of Nepal, in approximately 566 BC. | | | On the full moon of May, with the rising of the morning star, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, the enlightened one. | | | Although the religious aspects of Buddhism are discussed, I am far more interested in presenting Buddhism's philosophical and psychological side. |
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http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/buddhaintro.html
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| | The Buddha |
| | The King wanted his son to be his successor and tried to keep his son far away from all matters of life that could incline him to a spiritual life. | | | The historical Buddha, Shakyamuni or Gautama Buddha, lived about 2,500 years ago in India. | | | However, he was not the first Buddha, and will not be the last either. |
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http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/buddha.html
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| | Questions Which Do Not Lead to Edification |
| | I betake myself to Gautama for refuge, to the Doctrine, and to the Congregation of the monks. | | | "How is it, Gautama, that when you are asked, ‘Does the monk Gautama hold that the saint both exists and does not exist after death, and that this view alone is true, and every other false?’ you reply, ‘Nay, Vaccha. | | | "But, Gautama, where is the monk reborn who has attained to this deliverance for his mind?" |
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http://www.miami.edu/phi/bio/Buddha/questions.htm
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| | "The Light of Asia" by Edwin Arnold (The Life of Gautama Buddha) |
| | The power and sublimity of Gautama's original doctrines should be estimated by their influence, not by their interpreters; nor by that innocent but lazy and ceremonious church which has arisen on the foundations of the Buddhistic Brotherhood or "Sangha." | | | A generation ago little or nothing was known in Europe of this great faith of Asia, which had nevertheless existed during twenty-four centuries, and at this day surpasses, in the number of its followers and the area of its prevalence, any other form of creed. | | | The extravagances which disfigure the record and practice of Buddhism are to be referred to that inevitable degradation which priesthoods always inflict upon great idea committed to their charge. |
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http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/books/lightasi/asia-hp.htm
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| | The Buddha |
| | Gautama sat in a meditative mood underneath the tree from early morning to sunset, with a fiery determination and an iron resolve: "Let me die. | | | At the age of twenty-nine, Siddhartha Gautama suddenly abandoned his home to devote himself entirely to spiritual pursuits and Yogic practices. | | | Gautama said: "O king, I am a mendicant - I am a monk. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/buddha.html
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| | Kamat's Potpourri: A Brief Biography of Gautama Buddha |
| | Gautama Buddha adopted the life of a religious teacher from the age of thirty-five till his death at the age of eighty (c. | | | After years of study, meditation and sacrifice, he is known to have found the Nirvana (cure to ills of the world) and became the Buddha or the completely enlightened. | | | Kamat's Potpourri: A Brief Biography of Gautama Buddha |
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| | Buddhism |
| | When Gautama arose from his victory, he was the Buddha. | | | Fearful of his son being a religious leader, Gautama's father tried to prevent the fulfillment of the prophecy. | | | The prophecy warned that if Gautama was exposed to illness, old age, death, and a holy man he would follow the religious path. |
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| | LIVES TOUCHING LIVES: THE HERITAGE OF SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA |
| | Siddhartha Gautama was born on the edge of the Persian Empire, in northeast India in 563 B.C. In 534 B.C., at the age of 29, Siddhartha left the protection of his father's castle to explore the world and seek truth. | | | BUDDHA (SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA) 563-483 B.C. Near his death (483 B.C.) Buddha (The Enlightened One) told his followers, "Regardless of how many laws you have kept, or even if you pray 5 times a day, you cannot be free from your sin. | | | Soon Darius, the Persian emperor, issued a decree that in every part of his kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. |
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| | LIFE OF BUDDHA |
| | When day came, Gautama had attained perfect illumination, and had become a Buddha. | | | This awakening was achieved during a night of meditation, which passed through various stages as the illumination that Gautama had sought slowly welled up in his heart. | | | But all this was useless, and the motionless monk sat in meditation. |
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| | Ethics of Buddha and Buddhism by Sanderson Beck |
| | Thus darkness and ignorance were dispelled by the light as Siddartha Gautama became enlightened and was henceforth known as the Buddha. | | | His father Suddhodana of the Gautama clan was elected king of the Shakya tribe by its five hundred families just south of the Himalaya mountains in the realm of influence of the powerful Kosala monarchy. | | | Buddha means "one who is intuitive, awakened, or enlightened." The famous historical person known as Buddha was also called the Tathagata, which means "the one who has come thus," and Shakyamuni, which means "the sage of the Shakya tribe." He is said to have lived eighty years, and thus was probably born in 563 BC. |
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| | Gautama Buddha anticipated Maitreya |
| | Preferring to be known simply as 'the Teacher', He has not come as a religious leader or to found a new religion, but as teacher and guide for people of every religion and those of no religion. | | | He is the One both Gautama Buddha and St. Paul called the Teacher alike of angels (devas) and men. | | | The Buddha no longer has a dense physical vehicle but resides on the highest center of our planet, Shamballa, which is in matter of the two highest ethers in the Gobi desert. |
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| | Origins |
| | Tibetan Buddhists also believe that Shakyamuni was one of a series of buddhas of this eon, and that there will be another after him called Maitreya. | | | Another tradition is that Gautama also looked for confirmation from the natural world regarding his quest for enlightenment. | | | There he made the vow not to stir from beneath that tree until he had discovered the means to alleviate suffering, and went into a deeply concentrated state of meditation. |
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| | Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, buddhist pilgrimage, travel, tour, package |
| | Siddhartha Gautama was a prince who lived in the kingdom of Sakyas, near the present day border of India and Nepal, more than 2500 years ago. | | | Lumbini: The Birth Place of the Buddha | | | Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, buddhist pilgrimage, travel, tour, package |
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| | This Day in History |
| | According to the Tripitaka, which is recognized by scholars as the earliest existing record of the Buddha's life and discourses, Gautama Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha, the son of the king of the Sakya people. | | | The Gautama Buddha then traveled to the deer park near Benares, India, where he gave his first sermon and outlined the basic doctrines of Buddhism. | | | For the rest of his life, the Buddha taught and gathered disciples to his sangha, or community of monks. |
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| | Buddha |
| | Because he was brought up by Gautami, he was named Gautama Buddha. | | | One day Gautama Buddha saw sheep being driven to be slaughtered at a Yajna (sacrifice). | | | Buddha sought the means to attain the inner bliss of Nirvana which is permanent. |
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http://www.cosmicharmony.com/Av/Buddha/Buddha.htm
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| | Buddhist Art in India - by Radha Banerjee |
| | In Buddhist legends and Mythology, Gautama Buddha has been represented as superior not only to the popular cult divinities of the soil, such as the Yakshas, Nagas, etc. but also to Indra, Brahma and others of the earlier Brahmanical pantheon. | | | These stories (or the Jatakas) are of two main classes, those relating to the previous births of Buddha as a Bodhisattva (a Buddha potentia), and those of his last appearance as Gautama Shakyamuni when he attained Enlightenment of Buddhahood. | | | In primitive Buddhism, Gautama Sakyamuni has been regarded as an ideal human being and quite naturally we find that the early Buddhist art of Bharhut, Sanchi, Bodh-Gaya and Amaravati and other places shows no anthropomorphic representation of the Master. |
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| | Temple of Buddha |
| | The name Gautama Buddha is a combination of the family name Gautama and the appellation Buddha, meaning "Enlightened One." All the surviving accounts of Buddha's life were written many years after his death by idealizing followers rather than by objective historians. | | | He was the son of the head of the Sakya warrior caste, with the private name of Siddhartha; in later life he was known also as Sakyamuni (Sage of the Sakyas). | | | This decision, known in Buddhism as the Great Renunciation, is celebrated by Buddhists as a turning point in history. |
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| | Gautama Buddha - Ascension Research Center |
| | Lord Gautama attained the Enlightenment of the Buddha twenty-five centuries ago. | | | through the Messenger, Geraldine Innocente, June 14, 1953, U.S.A. Lord Gautama was the first from the humanity of Earth to hold the Office of Buddha. | | | The previous ones came from other planets to serve on behalf of the developing humanity of Earth. |
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| | Amazon.com: The Buddha: Writings on the Enlightened One: Books: Lama Surya Das,Tom Morgan,Glen Allison |
| | The Buddha, whose personal name was Siddhartha (Siddhartha in Sanskrit), and family name Gotama (Skt, Gautama), lived in North India in the sixth century B.C.E. Read the first page | | | Morgan's book is a feast for the eyes and the mind. | | | by Lama Surya Das (Foreword), Tom Morgan (Editor), Glen Allison (Photographer) "The Buddha, whose personal name was Siddhartha (Siddhartha in Sanskrit), and family name Gotama (Skt, Gautama), lived in North India in the sixth century B.C.E..." (more) |
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| | Siddhartha Gautama |
| | While we can't be certain which of these stories and legends are true and which of the thousands of sayings attributed to him were actually said by him, we do know that the basic historical outlines of his life are accurate. | | | This founder, Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, has many legends and stories that have accreted around his life. | | | Fearing that his son would not follow in his footsteps, his father raised Siddhartha in a wealthy and pleasure-filled palace in order to shield his son from any experience of human misery or suffering. |
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| | The Buddha: c. 563-483 BC |
| | The Buddha died after forty-five years of teaching at the age of eighty. | | | 563 BC; Kapilavastu, Nepal) into the Gautama family of the Shakaya clan. |
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| | Brief History |
| | The origin of the Buddhist tradition can be traced back to the year 563 BCE, the birth of Siddhartha Gautama. | | | He was the son of a wealthy land owner and destined to be a respected leader of his land. | | | Buddhism acts as a philosophy that regulates a persons place in the world, and the universe. |
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http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/vb/history.htm
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| | Detailed information on Gautama and his endeavours follow. | | | With his added knowledge and new training, Gautama was able to attain a higher level of horsemanship. | | | Gautama spent the years until his early teens in East Africa and China where his parents were working. |
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| | Siddhartha Gautama |
| | The head of this clan, and the king of this country, was named Shuddodana Gautama, and his wife was the beautiful Mahamaya. | | | She had had a strange dream in which a baby elephant had blessed her with his trunk, which was understood to be a very auspicious sign to say the least. | | | There was a small country in what is now southern Nepal that was ruled by a clan called the Shakyas. |
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