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LIFE OF
THE
BUDDHA
The Buddha descended from
Tusita Heaven after preaching
Abhidhamma to his mother
(Queen Maya)
Queen Maya’sQueen Maya’s dreamt of a white
elephant entering her side and she
became pregnant
The White Elephant was the Buddha-
to-be resided as an ‘enlightened
existence’ in one of the six deva-
heavens
Not long after Queen
Maya’s Dream, she
conceived. Siddhartha
Gautama in Lumbini
623 B.C.
Siddhartha’s Birth
took place on a
Vesak Full Moon
Day.
The Baby began to walk 7
steps forward and at
each step, a Lotus
flower appeared.
“I am the Chief in the world. There is no equal to Me. I am
supreme. This is My last birth . No more Rebirth for Me.”
Asita at the
Naming
Ceremony in
the Palace
The Ploughing Festival : Siddhartha
meditating when he was 7 years old
Siddhartha Gautama,
unlike his cousin,
Devadatta, was full of
loving-kindness and
compassion.
At 16, PrinceAt 16, Prince
Siddhartha marriedSiddhartha married
Princess YasodharaPrincess Yasodhara
An old man, a sick
man, a dead man and
a monk
Age 29, Gautama goes on four trips
out of the castle and sees four
sights that change his worldview
Siddhartha
leaves the wife
and child
Siddhartha
leaves the
Palace with
Channa and
his horse.
The Great
Renunciation
Prince SiddharthaPrince Siddhartha
cuts off his haircuts off his hair
For 6 long years Siddhartha practised Ascetism
• Asceticism pleasure is bad
– Extreme fasting
– Holding one’s breath
– Exposure to bodily pain
• Gautama nearly starves himself to
death without getting any closer to
enlightenment
• psychological darkness within each of us to make our own worst fears real
• 3 Lusty Daughters of Mara
– Delight
– Desire
– Discontent
• was neither attracted nor disgusted by these three things
• they remained powerless over Gautama
• Defeated Mara, Gautama enters deeply into an inward spiritual journey
Mara’s Forces Invade The MindMara’s Forces Invade The Mind
Literal belief that Mara was a demon
Conquering
The Evils Of
Greed,
Hatred and
Delusion
Sujata
offer food
to the
Bodhisattva
The Bodhisattva attained
Enlightenment under the Bodhi
Tree – He was 35.
The Bodhisattva attained
Enlightenment under the Bodhi
Tree – He was 35.
It was on
Vesak
Full Moon
that the
Bodhisattva
Attained
Supreme
Enlightenment
Bodhi or Fig Tree
• Revived from near-death by young girl,
dedicates himself to meditation.
– Mindfulness of breathing to purify oneself
of defilements and as a way to nirvana
• Lotus position under fig tree, vows not to leave
until he found “complete and perfect
fulfillment” (Brodd, 72).
EnlightenmentEnlightenment
• Gautama realized, after
nearly dying, that
asceticism is actually
counter productive.
– Self-hating
practices that
brought little
spiritual benefit
– One becomes stuck
on self while the
goal is to transcend
one’s self.
• Middle Way is a way of
proceeding that
exercises moderation
between self-
indulgence and self-
mortification
Middle Way
The Mucalinda Lake Where The Buddha Meditated in The Sixth Week After
Enlightenment
Three Watches under the Fig Tree
• First Watch – “Gautama perceived his
own previous lifetimes…[his] continuous
journey of suffering”
• Second Watch – “acquired the divine eye,
ability to perceive the deaths/rebirths of all
living things”
• Third Watch – Discovers Four Noble
Truths
– With this Gautama attained
enlightenment – reached spiritual
perfection and had thus won his
salvation
– Became the Awakened or Enlightened
One
The Buddha Passed Away at KushinagarThe Buddha Passed Away at Kushinagar
at the age of 80
Vesak Day Celebration
Vesak Day Celebration
Life of buddha.nitish

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Life of buddha.nitish

  • 2. The Buddha descended from Tusita Heaven after preaching Abhidhamma to his mother (Queen Maya)
  • 3. Queen Maya’sQueen Maya’s dreamt of a white elephant entering her side and she became pregnant The White Elephant was the Buddha- to-be resided as an ‘enlightened existence’ in one of the six deva- heavens
  • 4. Not long after Queen Maya’s Dream, she conceived. Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini 623 B.C.
  • 5. Siddhartha’s Birth took place on a Vesak Full Moon Day. The Baby began to walk 7 steps forward and at each step, a Lotus flower appeared.
  • 6. “I am the Chief in the world. There is no equal to Me. I am supreme. This is My last birth . No more Rebirth for Me.”
  • 8. The Ploughing Festival : Siddhartha meditating when he was 7 years old
  • 9. Siddhartha Gautama, unlike his cousin, Devadatta, was full of loving-kindness and compassion.
  • 10. At 16, PrinceAt 16, Prince Siddhartha marriedSiddhartha married Princess YasodharaPrincess Yasodhara
  • 11. An old man, a sick man, a dead man and a monk Age 29, Gautama goes on four trips out of the castle and sees four sights that change his worldview
  • 15. Prince SiddharthaPrince Siddhartha cuts off his haircuts off his hair
  • 16. For 6 long years Siddhartha practised Ascetism • Asceticism pleasure is bad – Extreme fasting – Holding one’s breath – Exposure to bodily pain • Gautama nearly starves himself to death without getting any closer to enlightenment
  • 17. • psychological darkness within each of us to make our own worst fears real • 3 Lusty Daughters of Mara – Delight – Desire – Discontent • was neither attracted nor disgusted by these three things • they remained powerless over Gautama • Defeated Mara, Gautama enters deeply into an inward spiritual journey Mara’s Forces Invade The MindMara’s Forces Invade The Mind Literal belief that Mara was a demon
  • 20. The Bodhisattva attained Enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree – He was 35. The Bodhisattva attained Enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree – He was 35. It was on Vesak Full Moon that the Bodhisattva Attained Supreme Enlightenment
  • 21. Bodhi or Fig Tree • Revived from near-death by young girl, dedicates himself to meditation. – Mindfulness of breathing to purify oneself of defilements and as a way to nirvana • Lotus position under fig tree, vows not to leave until he found “complete and perfect fulfillment” (Brodd, 72).
  • 22. EnlightenmentEnlightenment • Gautama realized, after nearly dying, that asceticism is actually counter productive. – Self-hating practices that brought little spiritual benefit – One becomes stuck on self while the goal is to transcend one’s self. • Middle Way is a way of proceeding that exercises moderation between self- indulgence and self- mortification Middle Way
  • 23.
  • 24. The Mucalinda Lake Where The Buddha Meditated in The Sixth Week After Enlightenment
  • 25. Three Watches under the Fig Tree • First Watch – “Gautama perceived his own previous lifetimes…[his] continuous journey of suffering” • Second Watch – “acquired the divine eye, ability to perceive the deaths/rebirths of all living things” • Third Watch – Discovers Four Noble Truths – With this Gautama attained enlightenment – reached spiritual perfection and had thus won his salvation – Became the Awakened or Enlightened One
  • 26. The Buddha Passed Away at KushinagarThe Buddha Passed Away at Kushinagar at the age of 80
  • 27.
  • 28.
  • 29.