Before Conception At Tusita Heaven | ||
Surveyed the world before deciding on: |
1. Mother | 2. Society | 3. Place | 4. Time |
Year born 623 B.C. | ||
Place | Lumbini Park at Kapilavatthu (On the Indian borders of present Nepal) | |
Father | King Suddhodana of the aristocratic Sakya Clan | |
Mother | Queen Maha Maya | |
Adopted by
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Maha Pajapati Gotami (The Queen younger sister, who married the King) | |
Kings Tutor | Asita - smiled at first then became sad - Predicted that the prince will be a Buddha | |
Married | Age Sixteen | |
Son | Rahula (Means Fetter) | |
Renunciation | Age Twenty-nine | |
1st Teacher | Alara Kalama - Realm of Nothingness (Akincannayatana) | |
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2nd Teacher
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Uddaka
Ramaputta - Realm of neither Perception nor Non-Perception (Neva sanna Nasannayatana) |
Enlightenment | Age Thirty-Five (From hereon known as Sakyamuni Buddha or Gotama Buddha) | |
Invitation | Brahma Sahampati | |
Parinibbana | Age Eighty (543 B.C.) |
The Dawn Of Truth | ||||||||
1. The Reminiscence
Of Past Births (Pubbe-nivasanussati Nana) |
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One of the First Utterances of the Buddha |
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Conversation with Upaka | ||
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Who Is the Buddha? | ||
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Three Baskets (Tripitaka) |
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2. Minor Offences (Pacittiya Pali) 3. Greater Section (Mahavagga Pali) 4. Lesser Section (Cullavagga Pali) 5. Epitome of the Vinaya (Parivara Pali) |
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Ultimate Doctrine 1. Classification of Dhamma
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Discourse
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Long Discourses (Digha Nikaya) 2. Middle-length Discourses (Majjhima Nikaya) 3. Kindred Sayings (Samyutta Nikaya) 4. Gradual Sayings (Anguttara Nikaya) 5. Smaller Collection (Kuddaka Nikaya) |
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1. Shorter
Texts (Khuddaka Patha) 2. The Way of Truth (Dhammapada) 3. Paeans of Joy (Udana) 4. Thus said Discourse (Itivuttaka) 5. Collected Discourse (Sutta Nipata) 6. Stories of Celestial Mansions (Vimana Vatthu) 7. Stories of Petas (Peta Vatthu) 8. Psalms of the Brethren (Theragatha) 9. Psalms of the Sisters (Therigatha) 10. Births Stories of the Bodhisatta (Jataka) 11. Expositions (Niddesa) 12. Book of Analytical Knowledge (Pastisambhida) 13. Lives of Arahants (Apadana) 14. History of the Buddha (Buddhavamsa) 15. Modes of Conduct (Cariya Pitaka) |