Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Buddha — Rajaon Ka Raja (titled as Buddha — The King of Kings) is an Indian drama series which aired on Zee TV and DD National, produced by Bhupendra Kumar Modi, under the banner Spice Global. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The programme stars Kabir Bedi in a cameo role as Asita Muni, the sage who announces the coming of Gautama Buddha . [ 3 ]
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.
Sujata, also Sujātā, or Nandabala , was a farmer's wife, who is said to have fed Gautama Buddha a bowl of kheer, a milk-rice pudding, ending his six years of asceticism. Such was his emaciated appearance that she wrongly believed him to be a tree-spirit that had granted her wish of having a child.
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.
The Vessantara Jātaka tells the story of one of Gautama Buddha's past lives, about a very compassionate and generous prince, Vessantara, who gives away everything he owns, including his children, thereby displaying the virtue of perfect generosity. It is also known as the Great Birth Sermon.
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.
The Buddha declares that he will perform the miracle at the foot of a mango tree in Savatthi on the full moon day of Asalha Puja in four months time. [ 1 ] : 140–143 [ 8 ] : 39 According to the Pali version of the story; the rival teachers, desperate to avoid the contest, uproot all of the mango trees in the area prior to the miracle tournament.