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Birth of the Buddha, Lorian Tangai, Gandhara.The Buddha is shown twice: being received by Indra, and then standing up immediately after. The iconography of the events reflects the elaborated versions of the Buddha's life story that had become established from about 100 AD in Gandharan art and elsewhere, such as Sanchi and Barhut, and were given detailed depictions in cycles of scenes ...
After giving up extreme asceticism prior to his enlightenment, the would-be Buddha then accepted a meal of rice pudding in a golden bowl from a village girl named Sujata. It is said that when he finished, he took the golden bowl and threw it in the river, declaring, "If I am to attain enlightenment, let this bowl go upstream."
[224] [225] They also tell of how the Buddha's son, Rahula, joined his father as a bhikkhu when the Buddha visited his old home, Kapilavastu. [226] Over time, other Shakyans joined the order as bhikkhus, such as Buddha's cousin Ananda , Anuruddha , Upali the barber, the Buddha's half-brother Nanda and Devadatta .
The root budh, from which both bodhi and Buddha are derived, means "to wake up" or "to recover consciousness". [4] Cohen notes that bodhi is not the result of an illumination, but of a path of realization, or coming to understanding. [4] The term "enlightenment" is event-oriented, whereas the term "awakening" is process-oriented. [4]
Mucilinda (Sanskrit: मुचिलिन्द; Pali: Mucalinda) is a nāga who protected Śākyamuni Buddha from the elements after his enlightenment. [2] It is said that six weeks after Gautama Buddha began meditating under the Bodhi Tree, the heavens darkened for seven days, and a prodigious rain descended. However, the mighty King of ...
He shared the same father as Buddha, King Śuddhodana, and his mother, Mahapajapati Gotami, was the Buddha's mother's younger sister. Nanda also had an older sister named Sundari Nanda. It was seven years after his Enlightenment that the Buddha, at the request of his father, who missed him dearly, returned to his home city of Kapilavatthu.
Several princes sought her hand but she rejected their proposals. Throughout his six-year absence, Princess Yaśodharā followed the news of his actions closely. When the Buddha visited Kapilavastu after enlightenment, Yaśodharā did not go to see her former husband but asked her son Rāhula to go to the Buddha to seek inheritance. For herself ...
If I can succeed in becoming a Buddha today, let this bowl go upstream, but if not, let it go downstream. The golden bowl went upstream, remaining in the middle of the river, before sinking to the bottom. Siddhartha understood and returned to sit at the foot of the tree until he reached enlightenment. [11] [6] [14] [15]