Gautama Buddha, the enlightened one.

                   

In world many saints and preachers took birth. They meditated of God all the time unless they came in contact with God. According to God’s decision they gave rise to different religions. One of them was Gautama Buddha who grew up to be a great saint.

            He was born in 563 B.C. His childhood name was Siddhartha. His father’s name was Shuddhodhana, the king of Kapilavastu. His mother’s name was Maya Devi. He died when Siddhartha was only seven days old. It was predicted that Siddhartha would be ruler the whole world if remained at home. Thus his father tried to give him a luxurious life. Gautama was not only handsome but very clever too. As a prince he had rich clothes to wear, good food to eat and a large area to live. He was taught how to ride a horse how top shoot and to swim. In fact he learnt all the lessons that a prince should know. His father did not allow him to leave the palace because he was worried that his son might leave the home to become a wandering holy man. When he was 19 years old his father got him married to a princess called Yashodhara. They both were very happy and lead a lovely life. After sometime a son was born to them, they named him Rahula.

            Once Siddhartha came out with his charioteer. Siddhartha was greatly touched by as he saw an old man, a sick man, a dead body and a man whose head was shaven. He wanted to do something to deliver the humanity from all such misery. He focused on this problem for a long time. On hearing some words from a hermit he was encouraged and he left the palace. He went into the forest and meditated there when his family was asleep. He put his full concentration to know the secret of life and death and observed long fasts. He formed a new religion called Buddhism.

             At last, he got enlightenment under the Bodhi tree at Gaya. Now, he became Buddha the enlightened one. Like this great saint many other saints took birth that formed a history of new religions. These are the messengers of God who came on Earth to save the people from crimes and misery.

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