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3 days ago · The historical Buddha is regarded as neither the first nor the last buddha to appear in the world. According to some traditions he is the 7th buddha; according to another he is the 25th; according to yet another he is the 4th.
- The Buddha's Relics
Buddha - Enlightenment, Teachings, Relics: The Buddha had...
- Maha Maya
According to Buddhist legend, Maha Maya dreamed that a white...
- The First Disciples
The Buddha spent the 45 years after his enlightenment...
- Ashvaghosha
Ashvaghosha was a philosopher and poet who is considered...
- Ananda
Ananda entered the order of monks in the second year of the...
- Lobsang Sangay
Lobsang Sangay (born 1968, Darjiling, India) is a Tibetan...
- The Buddha's Relics
3 days ago · In ancient India the title buddha referred to an enlightened being who has awakened from the sleep of ignorance and achieved freedom from suffering. According to the various traditions of Buddhism, buddhas have existed in the past and will exist in the future.
3 days ago · Buddha - Previous Lives, Enlightenment, Dharma: Many biographies of the Buddha begin not with his birth in his last lifetime but in a lifetime millions of years before, when he first made the vow to become a buddha.
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4 days ago · Buddhism is an ancient Indian religion, which arose in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha (now in Bihar, India), and is based on the teachings of Gautama Buddha who was deemed a "Buddha" ("Awakened One"), although Buddhist doctrine holds that there were other Buddhas before him. Buddhism spread outside of Magadha starting in the Buddha's ...
Jun 20, 2024 · Gautama Buddha was a South Asian ascetic and spiritual teacher who lived in the second half of the first millennium BCE. He is honoured by Buddhists as an Enlightened being whose teachings seek a road to liberation from ignorance, craving, rebirth, and pain.
3 days ago · In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a bodhisattva refers to anyone who has generated bodhicitta, a spontaneous wish and compassionate mind to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. [3] . Mahayana bodhisattvas are spiritually heroic persons that work to attain awakening and are driven by a great compassion ( mahākaruṇā ).
3 days ago · In Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths ( Sanskrit: चत्वार्यार्यसत्यानि, romanized : catvaryāryasatyāni; Pali: caturāriyasaccāni; "The Four Arya Satya ") are "the truths of the Noble Ones ", the truths or realities for the "spiritually worthy ones". [1] [web 1] [2] The truths are:
