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The life of the buddha. The Buddha’s life provides a model for Buddhists all over the world of how to walk the Buddhist path. The eight great events in buddha’s life. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The life of the buddhaThe Buddha’s life provides a model for
Buddhists all over the world of how to walk the Buddhist path.
The eight great events in buddha’s life
Emperor Asoka had eight stupas built as reminders of the most important actions of the Buddha. This stupa
is at Vaishali in India, where the story of the monkey’s gift of honey is said to have happened.
QUEEN MAYA’S DREAMSiddhartha Gautama’s mother dreamed about a white
elephant
Birth of the BuddhaHe was born out of his mother’s side as she gripped a
tree branch overhead
taming mara’s armiesto claim a witness to his ability to defend himself against mara’s assault, siddhartha touches the earth. this is one way to identify
buddha in art--he is touching the earth.
The Four encounters: Poverty, Disease, old age & death
Buddha’s enlightenmentThe tree the Buddha sat under when he “woke up”--it is
called the bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, India
The first turning of the wheel of the dharma at sarnath, India
Descent from tusita heaven
Taming the wild elephant, nalagiri
a monkey’s gift of honeySanchi, India
miracle at sravasti
Note the flames coming out of
Buddha’s shoulders, and water shooting out of his feet.
Indra and Brahma are protecting
him by holding a parasol over his
head.
Parinirvana: Buddha’s death