Based on Buddha’s teachings‚ I would think that Asoka tried to model his ruling based on the Dharma of Buddha. Before Asoka’s conversion to Buddhism‚ he caused many people to suffer. After the conversion‚ Asoka realized the pain he’s caused many people and felt responsible for it. Asoka’s new found faith in Buddhism‚ cause him to install a new form of government policies for the entire kingdom. “My highest officials‚ who have authority over larger numbers of people‚ will expound and spread the percepts
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Knowledge Today Gautam Buddha Gautam Buddha founded Buddhism and is known as Supreme Buddha or ammāsambuddha or samyaksaṃbuddha. He was born in Lumbini‚ a little principality of Kapilvastu in modern day Nepal. His childhood name was Siddhartha. He was son of Shuddodhana a leader of the Shakya clan. The capital of this Sakya clan was Kapilvastu and it was not a monarchy but a sort of Republic. Queen Mahamaya was the name of mother of Gautam Buddha. The birth of Buddha is celebrated as Vesaka
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Buddha Gautama Buddha or Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent [note 1]‚ on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.[6] The word Buddha is a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions‚ Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha of our age‚ "Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one Gautama taught a Middle Way compared to the severe asceticism found in the Sramana (renunciation) movement [7] common in his
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The Life of Buddha Siddhartha Gautama was born about 583 BCE‚ His father‚ King Suddhodana‚ was leader of a large clan called the Shakya. His mother‚ Queen Maya‚ died shortly after his birth. While on a journey he was shocked by the sight of an aged man‚ then a sick man‚ and then a corpse. The stark realities of old age‚ disease‚ and death seized and sickened the Prince. For a time the Prince returned to palace life‚ but he took no pleasure in it. Even the news that his wife Yasodhara had given birth
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Siddhartha Gautama who was born in Nepal was later known as Buddha and started the religion of Buddhism. It is believed by scholars that Siddhartha Gautama is a real person but the one thing that they do not believe is about his life. Siddhartha Gautama was born in Nepal around 300 and 500 B.C. which is about 2‚300 to 2‚500 years ago. Siddhartha Gautama name mean enlightened one or the awakened. Siddhartha Gautama father was king and his mother had died after she had given birth to him. A holy man
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I chose two religious figures‚ Buddha and Jesus who had religious experiences and became well known as the founders of their religion. The reason I chose these two people is because Jesus is a well known figure of Christianity and I wanted to compare it to a religion that is more known in the Eastern culture‚ which is Buddhism. Jesus Christ was born to Joseph and Mary born in a manger and was first discovered by some wise men traveling through the dessert. His childhood consisted of growing in the
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Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini‚ Nepal around the year 563 BC. He was the son of two important great people. Siddhartha’s father’s name was Shuddhodana‚ the King of the Sakyas. His mother‚ Queen Maya‚ was a lady "of perfect form and bee-black tresses‚ fearless in heart and full of grace and virtue." Siddhartha got his name from one of his mother’s dreams. When she told her husband about her dream‚ he called Brahmins‚ or taught men to interpret it. They predicted that the child one-day would
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tradition that focuses on personal spiritual development and the attainment of a deep insight into the true nature of life. There are 376 million followers worldwide. Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana‚ following the path of the Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama‚ who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC. There is no belief in a personal god. Buddhists believe that nothing is fixed or permanent and that change is always possible. The path to Enlightenment is through the
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Siddhartha Gautama: -Founder of Buddhism - Lived 566 (?) - 480 (?) B.C.E. - Son of Indian warrior/king -Privileged but bored - Wandered in search of understanding Suffering: - Lay at the end of all existence - Based on interaction with an old man‚ an ill man‚ a corpse and an ascetic (hermit) - Renounced princely title - Deprived himself of worldly possessions Mediation: - Understood how to be free from suffering and achieve salvation. - Became known as Buddha- "Enlightened
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Maia Rubin AH17 - Seated Buddha‚ dated 338‚ gilt bronze‚ h. 16” The Seated Buddha‚ dating back to the Three Kingdoms period‚ is the earliest known Buddha sculpture from China. Words are inscripted at the rear of the statue that indicate that it was created in the year 338. Today this seated Buddha is displayed at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco‚ California. Taking into account the size of the statue and the spread of Buddhism through Central Asia and Mongolia‚ this Buddha could have belonged to
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