RELI 2732 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gautama Buddha, Bodh Gaya, Stupa
1 Jun 2020
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If you wanna claim that god exists, means that god"s existence depends on causes and conditions. Gautama buddha 480 400 bce: gautama = family name, siddhartha = boyhood name, buddha = title meaning awakened one", shakyamuni = sage of the shakyas, tathagata = he who comes and goes in accordance with reality". Born in lumbini (place in present day nepal) Child is said to have been born from her side, immediately able to walk and talk He took seven steps, pointed to the heavens and to the earth and said that he is the greatest one. His father was told that his destiny was to become a great ruler or a renunciate/ samana. A samana is - a movement of people who rejected the household life, rejected the brahmanical religion, went to forest to seek enlightenment. Buddha is protected and never taken outside the palace. Buddha was depressed, king takes him out of the palace and into the village.
