Tuesday, 21 February 2017

NOTES ON BUDDHISM ( PART I)

  • Buddhism, the fourth greatest religion in the world, originated in India and it spread to neighbouring countries: like - Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Japan, China Vietnam and Thailand.
  • Budhhism was founded by Gautama Buddha
Important Facts about Buddha

Birth563 BC( According to some Historians)
Birth PlaceLumbini( Now in Nepal) near kapilvastu, the capital of the Shakyas
Real NameSiddhartha
Father’s NameSuddhodanana, elected chief of the Shakyas
Mother’s NameMahamaya
Step MotherPrajapati Gautami
WifeYashodhara
SonRahul
CasteKshatriya
His HorseKantaka
CharioteerChanna
Four SignsAged man, sick man , corpse , Mendicant
Teacher(Guru)Asita was first Guru, Alana Kalama taught hi mediation and Upanishads
Great Going ForthMahabhiniskramana at the age of 29
Place of Enlightnment( Nirvana)Beneath a Pipal tree in Gaya(Bodh Gaya) at Niranjana river at the age of 35
First SermonDharmachakra pravartana , Sarnath near Varanasi
Death( Parinirvana)Kushinagar, at Kasiya village in Deoria district of U.P at the age of 80 in 487 BC.

Buddhist Sects
  • The Hinayana
  • The Mahayana
  • The Vajrayana

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