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  2. Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha - Wikipedia

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    Gautama Buddha in the fifth century BCE suggested his disciples to work for the welfare and happiness of the masses under the dictum Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha. Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha (translates to "for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") [1] is a dictum or aphorism enunciated in the Rigveda in ...

  3. Kaundinya - Wikipedia

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    Kaundinya first came to prominence Kaundinya.l court scholar of King Suddhodana of the Sakyas in Kapilavastu.There Kaundinya was the only scholar who unequivocally predicted upon the birth of Prince Siddhartha that the prince would become an enlightened Buddha, [1] and vowed to become his disciple.

  4. Aniruddha (Buddhist) - Wikipedia

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    Since Amitodana was the brother of Suddhodana, king of the Sakyas in Kapilavastu, Anuruddha was cousin to Siddhartha, (Gautama Buddha). He was a kshatriya by birth, enabling him to be raised in wealth. Gautama Buddha returned to his home town two years after his enlightenment, preaching his ideas to the Sakyan kingdom.

  5. Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī - Wikipedia

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    According to the Theri-apadāna, Gotamī started on the path of the Dhamma during the time of Padumuttara Buddha, when she was born to a wealthy family in Hamsavati.She witnessed Padumuttara Buddha place his aunt, a bhikkhuni, in a senior position, and aspired to achieve the same position after providing offerings to the Buddha and his followers for seven days.

  6. Buddha's Birthday - Wikipedia

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    Buddha's Birthday or Buddha Day (also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, and Buddha Pournami) is a primarily Buddhist festival that is celebrated in most of South, Southeast and East Asia, commemorating the birth of the prince Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Gautama Buddha and founded Buddhism.

  7. The Buddha - Wikipedia

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    The Life of Buddha, or Prawat Phra Phuttajao, a 2007 Thai animated feature film about the life of Gautama Buddha, based on the Tipitaka. Tathagatha Buddha , a 2008 Indian film by Allani Sridhar . Based on Sadguru Sivananda Murthy's book Gautama Buddha , it stars Sunil Sharma as the Buddha.

  8. Anathapindika - Wikipedia

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    In Buddhist belief, when a fully enlightened Buddha appears in the world, he always has a set of chief disciples that fulfill different roles. On top of the pair of chief Arahant disciples such as Gautama Buddha's chief male disciples Sariputta and Moggallana, and his chief female disciples Khema and Uppalavanna, all Buddhas have a set of chief patrons as well.

  9. The Twin Miracle - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] According to Buddhist texts, during the miracle the Buddha emitted fire from the top half of his body and water from the bottom half of his body simultaneously, before alternating them and then expanding them to illuminate the cosmos. The miracle was performed during a miracle contest between Gautama Buddha and six rival religious teachers.