Buddha means the Fully Enlightened One. He became the Buddha through the realisation of the intrinsic / true nature of all things in the universe, including existence / mind & body / life.
The historical Buddha was born in the Himalayas (Nepal, year 623 BC), as Prince Siddhartha of the Sakya Kingdom. The natives of ancient Nepal were the Kirat people / Kiratis (better known today as the Gurkhas), comprising of Tamang, Gurung, Sherpa, Rai etc.
At age 29 years old, Prince Siddhartha left Nepal in search of a way to end rebirth, old age, disease and death. After 6 years of spiritual pursuit, at age 35 years old, he realised the Four Noble Truths:
1) Life is Dukkha (i.e. worldly existence is insatisfactory as all conditioned things are subjected to change, including self, heavenly existence and even the sun)
2) Cause of Dukkha (due to ignorance of point 1, which leads to craving, grasping and therefore, endless rebirth)
3) End of Dukkha (by getting rid of ignorance and therefore, grasping)
4) Way to end of Dukkha (The Noble Eightfold Path which leads to Enlightenment and therefore, Nibbana)
Nibbana is the ending of rebirth (and therefore, decay and death) and state of Highest Happiness. The Buddha describes Nibbana as Beyond the Worldly (beyond space-time continuum), Unique, Not Existence Nor Extinction, Freedom and Peace.
Buddha means the Fully Enlightened One. He became the Buddha through the realisation of the intrinsic / true nature of all things in the universe, including existence / mind & body / life.
The historical Buddha was born in the Himalayas (Nepal, year 623 BC), as Prince Siddhartha of the Sakya Kingdom. The natives of ancient Nepal were the Kirat people / Kiratis (better known today as the Gurkhas), comprising of Tamang, Gurung, Sherpa, Rai etc.
At age 29 years old, Prince Siddhartha left Nepal in search of a way to end rebirth, old age, disease and death. After 6 years of spiritual pursuit, at age 35 years old, he realised the Four Noble Truths:
1) Life is Dukkha (i.e. worldly existence is insatisfactory as all conditioned things are subjected to change, including self, heavenly existence and even the sun)
2) Cause of Dukkha (due to ignorance of point 1, which leads to craving, grasping and therefore, endless rebirth)
3) End of Dukkha (by getting rid of ignorance and therefore, grasping)
4) Way to end of Dukkha (by practising the Noble Eightfold Path which leads to Enlightenment and therefore, Nibbana)
Nibbana is the ending of rebirth (and therefore, decay and death) and state of Highest Happiness. The Buddha describes Nibbana as Beyond the Worldly (beyond space-time continuum), Unique, Not Existence Nor Extinction, Freedom and Peace.
The Buddha began his spiritual search when he was 29. After 6 years, he woke up. He spent the last 45 years of his life as a mendicant. He talked with people about what he had discovered and showed them in person how to live an awakened life.
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Historians have differing opinions on the precise date of the Buddha's birth but it was around the year 500BCE. He was born into a noble family in Lumbini, an area that today lies in the South of Nepal.
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First off, Buddhist do not worship The Buddha. We honor and revere him. He was not a god. We come together to practice and honor him in a temple.
Buddha came from India. Buddhists who first followed into his belief are also originally from India. But today the religion Buddhism is a spread world wide!
Buddha Is As Buddha Does has 288 pages.
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Buddha Is As Buddha Does was created on 2008-02-26.
The ISBN of Buddha Is As Buddha Does is 978-0-06-085953-4.
Yes, because he was a Buddha!
The seven lucky Buddha statues are said to represent many instances in life like wealth, happiness, good luck, and the like. The seven statues are money Buddha, lucky Buddha, ingot Buddha, laughing Buddha, freedom Buddha, relaxing Buddha, and wealthy Buddha.
Amitabha Buddha is the Buddha of the Western Paradise. .