Origin Of Buddhism

Gautama, also known as Siddhartha, the originator of Buddhism was born around 566 B.C. at Lumbinivana in Nepal on the Indian line. His father Suddhodana was a Kshatriya and the head of the Sakya group, which had its capital at Kapilavastu. His mother Maya kicked the bucket seven days after his introduction to the world. Along these lines, he was raised by his mom's sister Mahaprajapati Gotami. He was hitched to Yasodhara when he was sixteen years old and had a child named Rahula at the age of 28. Nonetheless, his brain was impacted by the predominant profound distress and as custom portrays it, he was grieved at seeing an elderly person, a wiped out individual and a dead body, and afterward, pulled in by the presence of a Sanyasin (parsimonious), left his home at the age of 29. He previously turned into the devotee of Arada who lived close to Vaisali and, thereafter, that of Rudraka Ramputra who lived close to Rajagriha. In any case, he didn't feel fulfilled. He at that point rehearsed contemplation himself.

At last, on the forty-10th day of his persistent reflection under a peepal tree at Uruvela close to Gaya, he got illumination. From then on, he was known as the Buddha (the Enlightened One). He lectured his first lesson at the Deer Park at Sarnath close to Banaras which was known as the Turning of the Wheel of Law. He at that point ventured out to better places and gave his message to individuals especially in the territories of Magadha, Kosla, Vaisali, Kausambi, and Anga. Rulers like Bimbisara and Ajatsatru of Magadha, Prasenajit of Kosala and Udayana of Kausambi and they're close to family members like Mallika, spouse of Prasenjit, his two sisters Soma and Sakula, wife of Udayana, Samavati, the celebrated mistress of Vaisali, Amrapali and numerous rich and unmistakable Kshatriyas and Vaisyas either turned into his supporters or lovers.

By: Raghav Saxena

Birla School, Pilani