After his enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, the Buddha met two merchants, named Tapussa and Bhallika, who became his first lay disciples. His first disciples that became monks he meet in a deer park in Sarnath, these were his five companions who he had been practicing asceticism.
The Buddha statues were made from
Buddha never bothered about God. In fact Buddhism is an atheistic religion like Jainism. Later the followers of Buddha made him a God. Only after Mahayana Buddhism came he was made God. In Hinayana Buddhism Buddha was not a God. There is reference, though, in Buddhist text, to the "First Cause." Since God is the Creator of the universe and all that is therein, then God is the First Cause.
There is a historic Buddha, like there is a historic Henry VII and a historic Einstein. No one made him up.
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The statue, Great Buddha also known as the Daibutsu, is made from Bronze it started b wood but later made into Bronze
Made from the destroyed brains of a Buddha.
Buddha did not want to become "Holy" he wanted to become enlightened
If you mean the Emerald Buddha (though its made of Jadite, it was made in Sri Lanka, brought to Siam and then Lanna when Sri Lanka was invaded by the Hindu Indians. When Siam captured Lanna it was transported to Bangkok (it stayed in Chiang Mai for a long time first though) where it is today.
Prince Siddhartha's (Gautama Buddha) wife is called Yasodhara. They were both Hindu's until Buddhism was made afterwards.
He kept striking out with the ladies
Prince Siddhartha's (Gautama Buddha) wife is called Yasodhara. They were both Hindu's until Buddhism was made afterwards.