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The Noble Eightfold Path
Buddha taught the 8 quailties and characteristics needed to follow while living the Middle Way life. You have to follow each step of the path to reach Nirvana. 1. Right View 2. -
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Becoming Buddha
The night after Buddha ate the rice, he went to meditate under a Bodhi tree and stayed there for several days until the truths came to his mind. Mara an evil demon was trying to take his enlightenment, but Buddha was able to banish her and finally his head was filled with all the truths of the universe. -
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Teaching of The Four Noble Truths
Buddha teaches the philosophy of suffering. "1. There is Suffering Suffering is common to all.
2. Cause of Suffering We are the cause of our suffering.
3. End of Suffering Stop doing what causes suffering.
4. Path to end Suffering Everyone can be enlightened." Buddha is using his power of knowledge to educate his people, so they can end their own suffering, -
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Seeing the bad in life
At age 29, Buddha finally saw his first sick and old person because his father wanted to hide all the bad from him in his life, so he would not become a religious teacher. (Brown 2003) -
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Leaving home
Siddhartha decided to leave his palace life at age 29. It takes a great power within oneself to leave a nearly perfect life to having nothing. (Brown 2003) -
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Life as an ascetic
Buddha spent 6 years of his life, starving himself in attempt to defeat the human urges and find the deeper meaning to life. Buddha was very self determined and powerful when it came to fighting human urges because most humans would not be able to do that. (Brown 2003) -
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Birth of Siddhartha's first and only son.
Buddha's son Rahula was born right before he was planning to leave the kingdom, but it still did not stop him. His wife and his son could not change his mind of wanting to renounce the world. (Himalayanmart.com 2004) -
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Marriage to Yasodhara
Siddhartha was married to Yasodhara at age 16 and they were happily married for 13 years before he left the palace. (HimalayanMart.com 2004) -
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Birth of Siddhartha Guatama
Siddhartha Guatama also known as Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal. (Brown 2003) The day of Buddha's birth is still celebrated today in Eastern Asian countries known as Vesak. -
Finding of enlightenment
After living an extreme ascetic life, Siddhartha was offered a bowl of rice from a little girl and as he ate the rice he realized the way to achieve liberation is not through ignoring the vital necessities we need to live. He then thought of teaching people to live the balanced life and he called it the Middle Way. This is the turning point of his findings. Siddhartha is very powerful with all the knowlegde he has obtained from going through his journey to find true liberation for everyone. -
Death of Siddhartha