LORD BUDDHA
“Soft pity enters at an iron gate”
Many years ago, when a child was born in the royal family, there were great rejoicings in the whole Kapilvastu. Little was known to those people that this child was not an ordinary child, but an extraordinary one. From the very beginning, this child showed no interest in rattles and other sorts of toys. He had no liking for the palatial dwelling. Nor was he drawn to the usual pleasures of life. This child came to be known as Prince Siddhartha.
One day, while he was on his drive, he saw three sights. These were of an old man, a sick man, and a dead man. All the three had such an adverse effect on him that he began to grieve when he thought that the world in which he was living was full of miseries and sorrows. While rising and sitting, sleeping and walking these three sights always loomed before his eyes. There was a storm in his heart. He wanted to find a cure for all these ills. So one. midnight he deserted his wife Yasodhara and child, Rahul, and drove out in search of the truth. He was hearing a call, a call of mankind that was suffering from sorrow. No doubt, he loved his wife and child, but he loved humanity more. When his carriage came to a river, he sent back his driver Chandak with the message that the people of Kapilvastu should forgive him as he was yoked to a greater cause of mankind.
After that, Prince Siddhartha removed his royal robes and-on the clothes of a mendicant. He spent a few days in a hermit’s ashram but he found no truth. So he left it soon. Then he went to the river Niranjana. On its bank, he sat in meditation for full six years braving rain, wind, summer heat, and frosty winter. He grew very thin and weak yet he had no peace of mind. One day he stopped praying and saw a dream in his sleep. In his dream, he saw a Goddess holding a three-stringed veena in her hand. Sweet music was coming from the middle one. When he heard this music, he woke up. He had found the path of truth which-he termed the Middle Path.
Now Siddhartha went to Bodhgaya and sat under a banyan tree for seven nights. At last, he discovered the truth and since then he began to be called the Lord Buddha, the enlightened one.
The Lord Buddha preached that all the miseries of mankind were due to selfish desires. The Buddha condemned the blood sacrifices and rejected the authority of the Vedas.
Once a woman had come to Lord Buddha with a dead body of her son. She requested him to give life to her only son. The Buddha ordered her to bring a glass of water from a house where never a person died. By this Lord Buddha preached that death is a universal truth. He went on an extensive tour spreading the message of peace and truth. Sarnath near Kashi was this first place where he gave his sermon. Many years later, Ashoka, the Great built a stupa at this place.
Lord Buddha went on preaching until he was eighty. Millions of men and women became his disciples. He taught them five principles of life called “Panch Sheel”. They were: Do not kill; do not steal; do not tell lies; do not drink alcohol and do not lead a dirty life.
In this atomic age, his principles are of greater value to mankind. It is hoped that good sense will prevail in people and they will follow the path of truth as shown by an enlightened being, the Lord Bud LORD BUDDHA
“Soft pity enters at an iron gate”
Many years ago, when a child was born in the royal family, there were great rejoicings in the whole Kapilvastu. Little was known to those people that this child was not an ordinary child, but an extraordinary one. From the very beginning, this child showed no interest in rattles and other sorts of toys. He had no liking for the palatial dwelling. Nor was he drawn to the usual pleasures of life. This child came to be known as Prince Siddhartha.
One day, while he was on his drive, he saw three sights. These were of an old man, a sick man, and a dead man. All the three had such an adverse effect on him that he began to grieve when he thought that the world in which he was living was full of miseries and sorrows. While rising and sitting, sleeping and walking these three sights always loomed before his eyes. There was a storm in his heart. He wanted to find a cure for all these ills. So one. midnight he deserted his wife Yasodhara and child, Rahul, and drove out in search of the truth. He was hearing a call, a call of mankind that was suffering from sorrow. No doubt, he loved his wife and child, but he loved humanity more. When his carriage came to a river, he sent back his driver Chandak with the message that the people of Kapilvastu should forgive him as he was yoked to a greater cause of mankind.
After that, Prince Siddhartha removed his royal robes and-on the clothes of a mendicant. He spent a few days in a hermit’s ashram but he found no truth. So he left it soon. Then he went to the river Niranjana. On its bank, he sat in meditation for full six years braving rain, wind, summer heat, and frosty winter. He grew very thin and weak yet he had no peace of mind. One day he stopped praying and saw a dream in his sleep. In his dream, he saw a Goddess holding a three-stringed veena in her hand. Sweet music was coming from the middle one. When he heard this music, he woke up. He had found the path of truth which-he termed the Middle Path.
Now Siddhartha went to Bodhgaya and sat under a banyan tree for seven nights. At last, he discovered the truth and since then he began to be called the Lord Buddha, the enlightened one.
The Lord Buddha preached that all the miseries of mankind were due to selfish desires. The Buddha condemned the blood sacrifices and rejected the authority of the Vedas.
Once a woman had come to Lord Buddha with a dead body of her son. She requested him to give life to her only son. The Buddha ordered her to bring a glass of water from a house where never a person died. By this Lord Buddha preached that death is a universal truth. He went on an extensive tour spreading the message of peace and truth. Sarnath near Kashi was this first place where he gave his sermon. Many years later, Ashoka, the Great built a stupa at this place.
Lord Buddha went on preaching until he was eighty. Millions of men and women became his disciples. He taught them five principles of life called “Panch Sheel”. They were: Do not kill; do not steal; do not tell lies; do not drink alcohol and do not lead a dirty life.
In this atomic age, his principles are of greater value to mankind. It is hoped that good sense will prevail in people and they will follow the path of truth as shown by an enlightened being, the Lord Buddha.
here is also essay on diwali , you need to read to it.
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