Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Story of Siddhartha
- Sid
- born around 560 bc
- his mother was
queen maya and
his father was
Raja
Shuddhodana
- he was born in Lumbini
- before birth
- his mother
dreamt of a
white elephant
with 6 tusks and
a head the
colour of rubies
- a fortune teller told
his parents that he
was going to be a
rich ruler or a
penniless Sadhu
(holy man)
- birth
- earthquakes and flowers
appeared out of season
surrounding his birth
- Sid was born out her right side
- his mother died 7 days after the birth
and he was brought up by his aunt
who married his dad
- dads dilemma
- his father wanted him to
be successful
- his dad done everything to
stop Sid being interesed in
religion
- his plan was to shield Sid
from any pain , suffering and
death so he thought if Sid
only lived a life of joy and
riches he would never
become the Sadhu
- Sid lived a spoilt life he was kept in the
palace all the dead leaves and flowers
were swept away so Sid would not
have seen death
- childhood in the palace
- he mastered all subjects
- he was an excellent bowmen
but when his cousin shoot down
a bird Sid looked after it and
saved it from dying
- at 16 years old he married
Yasodhara and they had a
son called Rahula this name
means chains
- leaving the palace
- he left the palace and went to the city
- he saw four signs / sights he saw an old
person and thought we all get old he saw
an ill person and thought we all get ill a
dead person and thought we all die and a
holy man { Sadhu} and thought we can all
be happy without money
- he then realized that life involves all 4
sights he gave his life up as a prince
and set of to find why people suffer
he was 29 years old
- becoming a holyman
- after seeing the 4 signs he travelled to
find the answers
- he was persuaded to live in self denial a
life of extreme ascetic for 6 years but
still could not find the answer
- he gave up the hard life and went the middle
way not living in poverty or luxury
- enlightment
- one day under a bdhi tree sid became
deeply involved in meditation and
reflected on his ife experiances
- he sat under the tree for 12
hours trying to be enlightened
- he ignored all temptations
from the devil mara and
his semi naked daughters
- he needed a witness to prove to mara he
had not moved from under the tree so
Naga who is the spirit of the lake formed
as a cobra saying he sat their
- now as the Buddha
- the first people that he told his knowledge
to was the 5 ascetics they could tell Sid was
coming to them . the ascetics were his first
followers
- they travelled teaching more
people mainly monks
- for 45 years he carried on travelling and
teaching and he was a leader of a large
religious movement and was well known
throughout northen India
- death
- he died of food poisoning at
Kusinger surrounded by his
followers
- he was cremated
- his bones that were left over
from the cremation were taken to
speacial places with stupas (
monuments over the bones)