Stories Of Lord Buddha

Gautama Buddha, popularly known as the Buddha (also known as Siddhattha Gotama or Siddhartha Gautama[note 3] or Buddha Shakyamuni), was a Srama?a who lived in ancient India (c. 5th to 4th century BCE).[5][6][7][note 4] He is regarded as the founder of the world religion of Buddhism, and revered by most Buddhist schools as a savior, [8] the Enlightened One who rediscovered an ancient path to release clinging and craving and escape the cycle of birth and rebirth. He taught for around 45 years and built a large following, both monastic and lay.[9] His teaching is based on his insight into the arising of du?kha (the unsatisfactoriness of clinging to impermanent states and things) and the ending of dukkha--the state called Nibbana or Nirvana (extinguishing of the three fires). The Buddha was born into an aristocratic family in the Shakya clan but eventually renounced lay life. According to Buddhist tradition, after several years of mendicancy, meditation, and asceticism, he awakened to understand the mechanism which keeps people trapped in the cycle of rebirth. The Buddha then traveled throughout the Ganges plain teaching and building a religious community.

Author: Swami Binodanand

Publisher: Notion Press

Publication Date: Sep 06, 2021

Number of Pages: 142 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1685542972

ISBN-13: 9781685542979