Siddhartha gautama

Siddhartha Gautama

By Mark Yousif
  • 600 BCE

    Siddhartha's Birth

    Siddhartha was born in Kapilavastu which is an ancient city.
  • 600 BCE

    Siddhartha's encounter of suffering and death

    Siddhartha travelled 4 journeys with channa who was the charioteer. Each journey showed an aspect of life that was deliberately hidden from him.
  • 600 BCE

    Siddhartha abandoning his family and leaving Kapalavastu.

    Siddhartha leaves Kapalavastu and abandons his wife and son to seek more answers to his questions, and to find out more of what was hidden from him.
  • 600 BCE

    Siddhartha's new method of meditating (Suffering)

    There were 5 followers that were amazed by Siddhartha's meditating and how excelled he was in it. With this new followers he started a new method of meditating were he focused more on his body by fasting, not washing himself and holding his breath.
  • 600 BCE

    Siddhartha's experience of near death

    Siddhartha came to near death and nearly died because of hunger but a young girl came and saved his life by giving him a bowl of rice and a glass of milk. His 5 followers were disappointed because of how he did not pursue that form of meditation so they abandoned him.