the life of Gautama Buddha is
fairly well-known. He was born in a royal family of Kapilvastu in the
6th century B.C. His father's name was Suddhodhana. Mahamaya, the 6th of
Prajapati Gautami, was his mother.He was married to a very beautiful
princess Yashodra.
The sights of disease, old age and death impressed the young prince with the idea that the world was full of sufferings, and the life of a care free mendicant suggested to him a possible way of escape. As an ascetic, he was restless in search of the real source of all the sufferings and of the means of complete deliverance. He sought the light form many religious teachers, like Alar kalam and Udrak, and learned scholars of the day and practised great austerities; but nothing satisfied him. This threw him back on his own resources. With an iron will and a mind free form all disturbing thoughts and passion, he endeavored to unravel through continued intence meditating, the mystery of the world's miseries, till at last his ambition was crowed with success. With this success Siddharta become 'Buddha'or the 'Enlightened'
The sights of disease, old age and death impressed the young prince with the idea that the world was full of sufferings, and the life of a care free mendicant suggested to him a possible way of escape. As an ascetic, he was restless in search of the real source of all the sufferings and of the means of complete deliverance. He sought the light form many religious teachers, like Alar kalam and Udrak, and learned scholars of the day and practised great austerities; but nothing satisfied him. This threw him back on his own resources. With an iron will and a mind free form all disturbing thoughts and passion, he endeavored to unravel through continued intence meditating, the mystery of the world's miseries, till at last his ambition was crowed with success. With this success Siddharta become 'Buddha'or the 'Enlightened'
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