| FACTS |
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| Name |
Prince Siddhattha |
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| Father |
King Suddhodana |
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| Mother |
Queen Maha Maya |
Died 7 days after giving birth to Siddhattha. |
| Clan (Kula) |
Khatthiya/ Brahmin (Royal Clan) |
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| Step-mother |
Mahapajapati Gotami |
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| Brother-in-law |
Devadatta ( also a cousin ) |
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| Date of Birth |
623 BC/ full moon day, Friday, May |
69 Maha Era, Kason Month |
| Place of Birth |
Lumbini Park, Kapilavatthu |
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| Country of Birth |
India (now in Nepal )(Majjhima Desa in Jambudipa) |
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| Age when married |
16 years |
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| Wife |
Princess Yasodhara (Badda-Cancana) |
Daughter of King Suppabuddha |
| Only Son |
Rahula |
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| RENUNCIATION |
BODHISATTA |
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| Four Great Signs |
An old man, a diseased person, a corpse, and a hermit |
(Said to be created by Devas/ gods) |
| Age at Renunciation |
29 years (after 13 years of Marriage) |
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| Charioteer |
Channa |
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| Royal horse |
Kanthaka (Kandaka) |
(Died of grief after leaving its Master) |
| When? |
Full moon day at Mid night, Monday, May, 594 B.C |
97 Maha Era, Vesakha Waso month, |
| River to cross |
Anoma |
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| Destination |
Uruvela Forest |
(Spent here for six years) |
| ENLIGHTENMENT |
GOTAMA |
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| Where? |
Buddhagaya in Bihar, India |
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| Practice |
Middle Way (Majjhimapatipada) |
Breathing-out and breathing-in Meditation/ Paticca-samuppada/ Insight
Meditation/ Four Noble Truths |
| Age at Enlightenment |
35 years, Wednesday, May , full moon day, 589 BC |
103 Maha Era, Vesakha Kason month, |
| Under which tree |
Bodhi tree |
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| The last donor of food to Bodhisatta (milk-rice) |
Sujata |
49 mouthfuls of milk-rice |
| The first donor of food to the Buddha (myrobalan fruit and liquorice wood)
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Sakka (King of Devas) |
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| The first human donors of food (rice-cake and honey-comb) |
Tapussa and Bhallika (merchants brothers) |
From Ukkala ( said to be in Burma) (first lay-worshippers) |
| First Sermon |
Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta |
Four Noble Truths, Middle Path |
| When? |
Full moon day, Saturday, May, 588 B.C |
103 Maha Era, Waso month, |
| Where? |
Deer Park, Migadaya forest, Isipatana (Saranath) near Benares Varanasi)
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| First Buddhist Monks( Bhikkhus) |
Kondanna, Vappa, Bhaddiya, Mahanama, Assaji, |
They all became first five Arahats at the end of the Sutta. |
| Chief Disciple |
Sariputta (Upatissa) |
Right hand Chief Disciple/ Etadaga |
| Chief Disciple |
Maha Moggallana (Kolita) |
Left Hand Chief Disciple/ Etadaga |
| PARINIBBANA |
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| Disease |
Severe Dysentery |
As a consequence of previous evil deed in His past existence |
| Last words of the Buddha |
"All conditioned and compounded things have the
nature of decay and disintegration. |
With steadfast mindfulness, endeavour diligently for
your own liberation" |
| Age |
80 years, Tuesday, Full moon day, 543 B.C |
Kason month, 148 Maha Era |
| Place |
Kusinara/ Kusinagare (Uttar Pradesh), India |
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| Cremation |
Sunday, 12th Waning day. |
The earth trembled violently and thunder-roars with flashes of lightning
appeared in the sky. |
