Siddhartha Gautama
Buddha
“The Enlightened” or “Awakened One”
Siddhartha Gautama, or better know as Buddha, was born a Prince to King of the Shakyas tribe in 600 BCE in Nepal (formerly Northern India). Siddhartha’s mother died seven days after giving birth, but it was prophesized that her son would become a great King, military leader or spiritual leader. After his wife’s death the King built their son his own palace to shelter him from, not only religion, but the hardships and miseries of the world. Before Buddha’s death in 300 BCE, he will become known for many great achievements. However, before all his great accomplishments he lived his early life in solitude. Due to an arrangement, Buddha was married off at the age of 16. Even after his young …show more content…
Leaving behind his wife and son, he headed out to become an ascetic for the next six years of his life practicing, studying and mediating drawing his inspiration from numerous religious teachers. Being enthralled in his new way of life, his passion and dedication had become so profound that he began to have followers of his own. When being unable to find answers to his questions, Siddhartha would intensify his efforts by means of fasting, refusal of water as well as enduring physical pain. Even though his courageous and selfless sufferings did not allow him to achieve the level of satisfaction he so badly searched for, it was not until meeting a young girl who offered him a bowl of rice that he had an epiphany. The path he had taken was not allowing him to find inner liberation nor was he able to achieve spiritual release through his harsh physical …show more content…
(http://www.biography.com/people/buddha-page2) Buddha’s teachings and words are in what we think, read and experience, whether or not we are aware.
“All we are is a result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become”. (Buddha) This is a personal favorite quote from Buddha. To me, this quote illustrates that I can be whoever I want to be. I am the ruler of my own fate and destiny, all I have to do is believe and I can achieve anything. “The Buddha understood that at our core, each of us is basically good. It is that goodness that enhances our capacity for greatness. From this point of view, all of us are the Buddha.” (Spears, 2007) Do to all his influential teachings Buddha is undeniably one of the world’s greatest minds and leader. I believe that due to his early sheltered life had contributed to his eagerness and willingness to be something greater than a Prince who never left his palace. By the time of his death in 300 BCR, Siddhartha, or Buddha, had truly fulfilled the prophecy that was told to his mother at the time of his
“The Enlightened” or “Awakened One”
Siddhartha Gautama, or better know as Buddha, was born a Prince to King of the Shakyas tribe in 600 BCE in Nepal (formerly Northern India). Siddhartha’s mother died seven days after giving birth, but it was prophesized that her son would become a great King, military leader or spiritual leader. After his wife’s death the King built their son his own palace to shelter him from, not only religion, but the hardships and miseries of the world. Before Buddha’s death in 300 BCE, he will become known for many great achievements. However, before all his great accomplishments he lived his early life in solitude. Due to an arrangement, Buddha was married off at the age of 16. Even after his young …show more content…
Leaving behind his wife and son, he headed out to become an ascetic for the next six years of his life practicing, studying and mediating drawing his inspiration from numerous religious teachers. Being enthralled in his new way of life, his passion and dedication had become so profound that he began to have followers of his own. When being unable to find answers to his questions, Siddhartha would intensify his efforts by means of fasting, refusal of water as well as enduring physical pain. Even though his courageous and selfless sufferings did not allow him to achieve the level of satisfaction he so badly searched for, it was not until meeting a young girl who offered him a bowl of rice that he had an epiphany. The path he had taken was not allowing him to find inner liberation nor was he able to achieve spiritual release through his harsh physical …show more content…
(http://www.biography.com/people/buddha-page2) Buddha’s teachings and words are in what we think, read and experience, whether or not we are aware.
“All we are is a result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become”. (Buddha) This is a personal favorite quote from Buddha. To me, this quote illustrates that I can be whoever I want to be. I am the ruler of my own fate and destiny, all I have to do is believe and I can achieve anything. “The Buddha understood that at our core, each of us is basically good. It is that goodness that enhances our capacity for greatness. From this point of view, all of us are the Buddha.” (Spears, 2007) Do to all his influential teachings Buddha is undeniably one of the world’s greatest minds and leader. I believe that due to his early sheltered life had contributed to his eagerness and willingness to be something greater than a Prince who never left his palace. By the time of his death in 300 BCR, Siddhartha, or Buddha, had truly fulfilled the prophecy that was told to his mother at the time of his