Buddha called himself the healer of suffering world and explained
that his Dharma (teaching) was his medicine. In Tibetan Buddhism,
the image of Buddha with his bowl of herbal elixirs is used to
invoke his healing presence. Gautama Buddha was born in 563 B.C. in
northeast India. The Buddha was the son of the King of the Sakyas.
Suddhodana, who ruled at Kapilavastu, on the border of Nepal. His
mother was Queen Maya. He was named Siddartha. He lived amidst the 
pleasures of palace life and at age 16 he was married to Princess
Yasodhara. They had a son named Rahula. After seeing a decrepid old
man, an invalid, and an ascetic beggar, he learned of suffering and
decided to embrace asceticism. Soon afterwards, at age 29, Siddhartha
left the palace and his family and went to a hermitage where he
became monk Guatama, or, as he is still called, Sakyamuni (The
ascetic of the Sakyas). One day, meditating under a sacred fig tee,
he attained perfect illumination (Bodhi). He had become a Buddha.
From there on he traveled and preached for 44 years what was to
become one of the main religions of the world.


 

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