SOME BIOGRAPHIC NOTES ON THE BUDDHA
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SOME BIOGRAPHIC NOTES ON THE BUDDHAOo Maung |
| FACTS | NOTES 1 | NOTES 2 |
| Name | Prince Siddhattha |  |
| Father | King Suddhodana | - |
| Mother | Queen Maha Maya | Died 7 days after giving birth to Siddhattha. |
| Clan (Kula) | Khatthiya/ Brahmin (Royal Clan) | - |
| Step-mother | Mahapajapati Gotami | - |
| Brother-in-law | Devadatta ( also a cousin ) | - |
| Date of Birth | 623 BC/ full moon day, Friday, May | 69 Maha Era, Kason Month |
| Place of Birth | Lumbini Park, Kapilavatthu |  |
| Country of Birth | India (now in Nepal )(Majjhima Desa in Jambudipa) | - |
| Age when married | 16 years | - |
| Wife | Princess Yasodhara (Badda-Cancana) | Daughter of King Suppabuddha |
| Only Son | Rahula |  |
| RENUNCIATION | BODHISATTA | - |
| 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) | - |
| Charioteer | Channa | - |
| 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 | - |
| Destination | Uruvela Forest | (Spent here for six years) |
| ENLIGHTENMENT | GOTAMA | |
| Where? | Buddhagaya in Bihar, India | - |
| 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 |  |
| 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) | Sakka (King of Devas) | - |
| 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) | - |
| 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 | - |  |
| 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 | - |
| Cremation | Sunday, 12th Waning day. | The earth trembled violently and thunder-roars with flashes of lightning appeared in the sky. |
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