The budda

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The budda background

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Was born Sddhantha Gotama in a

town called Lumbin, in India, near Nepal about 2500 years ago

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Before and after his birth that

the child would be important

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His mother, Queen Maya had a

dream that the Buddha was going to be important

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The king didn’t want his son to

see suffering so he devided the budda should live a life of luxury sheletered

from the realities of the world

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He had everything he could ever

want and at an early age married a beautiful priness Yasodhara.

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Despite these attempt, but was

not happy living like a prisioner

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Saw 4 sights: Old age,

Sickness, Death and A holy man

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Each of the 4 sights made

Siddartha sad, and made him think about life.

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The day after his son was born

Ratula, Siddartha decided that he must leave home for engligment

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It was tough for him but he

thought he was doing it for the best.

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He lived as a Holy man

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He had no money, clothes, or

luxury. He ate very little and was near to death when he realised this was not

the answer.

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He gave it up and decided a

middle way was better between extreme luxury and extreme poverty.

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He didn’t give up his search,

instead he sat himself under a Bodhi tree and meditated, determined to find the

truth.

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Whilst under the tree he was

faced with many temptations by Mara, the force of evil.

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Then gradually as morning came

he saw things in a new way and became the Supreme Buddha.

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He was now the englithed one-

The Buddha- and reached enlightment

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He decided to share his

teaching and ideas

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The Buddha then went and taught

his first sermon in the Deer Park at Samath.

Siting: If seated The budda may be

depedicted in one of three postures.

1.

Heroic poster(legs folded over

each other)

2.

Adamunture posture: The legs

are crossed so that the soles of both feet are turned up

3.

In the position of a person

sitting in a chair

Standing: If standing, the Buddha may be

shown either with his feet together or with one foot forward

Reclining: The reclining posture may

represent the Budda’s resting or sleep, but more usually represents the Buddha’s

final state of englimenet before his death

Walking: Represents his traveling the

spreading his ‘reaching on enlightenment‘

Hand gestures: Mudras

Mudras are a silent way of communicating self-expression, consisting of hand gestures and finger-postures

6 accosiated with buddha.

Charity

Reasoning and exposition

Setting the wheel in motion

Fearlessness

Meditation

Knowledge