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Following the Pāli and Sanskrit language sources, Rāhula was the son of the Buddha-to-be throughout many lifetimes. [9] [17] He developed his habit of being amenable and easy to teach in previous lives. [17] [50] Pāli texts explain that in a previous life he was impressed by the son of a previous Buddha, and vowed to be like him in a future ...
[35] [36] The final period of the Buddha's life also shows that Ānanda is still very much attached to the Buddha's person, and he witnesses the Buddha's passing with great sorrow. [37] Shortly after the Buddha's death, the First Council is convened, and Ānanda manages to attain enlightenment just before the council starts, which is a ...
Yaśodharā or Yashodhara (Pali: Yasodharā, Sanskrit: यशोधरा, romanized: Yaśodharā, originally known as Bhaddakaccānā or Bhadrakātyāyani was the wife of Prince Siddhartha (until he left his home to become a śramaṇa), the mother of Rāhula, and the sister of Mahaprajapati Gautami.
Before He Was Buddha: The Life of Siddhartha, by Hammalawa Saddhatissa; Buddha, a manga series that ran from 1972 to 1983 by Osamu Tezuka; Siddhartha novel by Hermann Hesse, written in German in 1922; Lord of Light, a novel by Roger Zelazny depicts a man in a far future Earth Colony who takes on the name and teachings of the Buddha
Kapilavastu is the place where Siddhartha Gautama spent the first 29 years of his life. According to Buddhist sources the name Kapilvatthu means "tawny area", due to the abundance of reddish sand in the area. [3] [4] Most foreign accounts from the medieval period, particularly from China, described Kapilavastu as being part of "Central India". [5]
Sujata occupies a special place in the history of Buddhism, as she was both the last person to speak with the future Buddha and the first to speak to him after his Enlightenment. [6] One day, when Buddha Gautama was talking about the main female lay disciples, he told the monks :
At the fourth stage, the Buddha-to-be is declared to have an irreversible destination as a Buddha, [10] [73] provided the Buddha-to-be makes a correct vow. [74] Among qualities needed for that vow to succeed, the commentary of the Jātaka states that the Buddha-to-be must fulfill eight conditions, among which having extreme willpower and being ...
Buddhist cultures typically preserve relics or places that tie them with the Buddhism of the past, and especially with the historical Buddha. These things are given meaning by telling sacred stories about them. In Sri Lanka, the most popular sites for pilgrimage are the Bodhi tree at Anuradhapura, and the tooth relic at Kandy.