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	Buddha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Buddha is fully awakened and has realized the ultimate truth of life (Dharma), and thus ended (for himself) the suffering which unawakened people experience in life.
		However, a Buddha recognizes the unchanging nature of the Dharma, which is an eternal principle and an unconditioned and timeless phenomenon.
		Buddhas are frequently represented in the form of statues and paintings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddha (1341 words)

	Gautama Buddha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the Buddha was not represented in human form until around the 1st century CE (see Buddhist art), his physical characteristics are described in one of the central texts of the traditional Pali canon, the Digha Nikaya.
		Buddha is said to be a knower of the Veda (vedajña) or of the Vedanta (vedântajña) (Sa.myutta, i.
		The story of the birth of the Buddha was well known in the West, and possibly influenced the story of the birth of Jesus: Saint Jerome (4th century CE) mentions the birth of the Buddha, who he says "was born from the side of a virgin".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Siddhartha_Gautama (4762 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Buddha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Buddha (Sanskrit, Pali, others: literally Awakened One or Enlightened One, from the root: √budh, "to awaken") is a title used in Buddhism for anyone who has discovered enlightenment (bodhi), although it is commonly used to refer to Siddhartha Gautama, the historical founder of Buddhism.
		According to the Tripitaka, for instance, Gautama Buddha was the 28th Buddha.
		That sutra has the Buddha indicate that he became Awakened countless, immeasurable, inconceivable myriads of trillions of aeons ("kalpas") ago and that his lifetime is "forever existing and immortal".
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Buddha (814 words)

	life of gautam buddha,gautam buddha,buddhism founder,history of gautam buddha,buddhism origin
		Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha, the "Awakened," was the son of the ruler of Sakya-land, a region lying to the northeast of India, now Nepal.
		Buddha showed an early inclination to meditation and reflection, displeasing his father, who wanted him to be a warrior and ruler rather than a religious philosopher.
		Buddha was one of the greatest human beings, a man of noble character, penetrating vision, warm compassion, and profound thought.
	www.india4world.com /Indian-religion/buddhism-religion/Life-of-Buddha.shtml (429 words)

	Gautam Buddha
		Gautam Buddha was one of the greatest religious teachers that the world has seen.
		The Buddha was born in 563 B.C. as Siddhartha, the prince of Kapilavastu(In Nepal).
		Gautam Buddha's mother died at childbirth and he was brought up by his mother's sister Prajapati Gotami.
	www.netfundu.com /amulkids/personalities/buddha.htm (286 words)

	Buddha Statue: Sakyamuni Buddha Statue, Medicine Buddha Statue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		As a Buddha, he has the urn (small around bulge or protuberance above the bridge of the nose) the forth superior marks of a Buddha Ushinsha (A buldge or protuberance in the skull of the Buddha the first superior marks of a Buddha) short and curly hair.
		Crown Buddha is a Buddha in the position of meditation known as firm as diamond.
		Buddha was born in B.C. and died at the age of 80.
	www.himalayanmart.com /buddhastatue/buddhastatue.php (1395 words)

	Gautam Buddha
		Thus, he came to be known as ?Gautama?, ?The Buddha?, or 'The Enlightened One'.
		After Buddha?s death a council was held at Rajagaha so that the words of Buddha could be recited and agreed upon.
		Buddha was against the caste-system prevalent in the Hindu society.
	www.islamawareness.net /Buddhism/gautam.html (1138 words)

	Laughing Buddha
		The Laughing Buddha is all about blurring the cultural divide between the Chinese, Japanese, Indian and now the Western world as it brings good fortunes to millions of Feng Shui enthusiasts.
		Gautam Buddha, whose original name was Siddhartha, was born in Gaya, India over 2500 years ago.
		Buddha means the enlightened and it is believed that there have been 7 Buddhas.
	www.fengshuimiracle.com /laughing_buddha.shtml (589 words)

	Buddhas Enlightenment, Buddhist Tours, About Lord Buddha, Gautam Buddha
		Buddha gave out the experiences of his Samadhi: "I thus behold my mind released from the defilement of earthly existence, released from the defilement of sensual pleasures, released from the defilement of heresy, released from the defilement of ignorance."
		Buddha argued and debated with his old disciples who had deserted him when he was in the Uruvila forest.
		Buddha told his disciples not to enquire into the origin of the world, into the existence and nature of God.
	www.atrip2india.com /buddha-enlightenment.htm (630 words)

	Buddha - A Hero's Journey to Nirvana
		Gautam Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha, in the lap of luxury.
		As Buddha thus recorded his feelings, moment-by-moment, he became aware that the dukkha (suffering) of life was not confined to the major traumas of sickness, old age and death.
		The Buddha thus carefully listened to Brahma and gazed upon the world with his eyes full of compassion, realizing that the gates of Nirvana were wide open for all, and he was the destined instrument to lead humanity it.
	www.exoticindianart.com /article/buddha (3974 words)

	SGI - President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Gautam Buddha did not spend his life attempting to explain a theoretical understanding of the riddle of life, but rather teaching men and women how to overcome suffering and open a path to happiness in the midst of the challenges of life.
		Gautam replied with the tale of a man who is struck by a poisoned arrow but won't let anyone remove it.
		Gautam Buddha's teachings were focused on how to enable each person to awaken to and manifest this tremendous potential.
	www.sgi.org /english/President/essays/human.htm (1202 words)

	The Life of Buddha in Legend and Art
		The young prince Gautama Siddhartha was born into the ancient Sakya clan, whose symbol was the lion; hence he is often known as "Sakyamuni" (the Sage of the Sakya), or as "Sakyasimha" (the Lion of the Sakya).
		Even to this day Buddha is represented with extended earlobes, now empty of adornment, but which were once stretched out of shape by the weight of the costly jewelry he wore before renouncing his princely status.
		Among the most frequently observed are: the Ushnisha, a cranial bump on the head of the Buddha symbolizing wisdom; the Urna, an auspicious tuft of hair between the eyebrows of the Buddha which looks very much like a third eye on his forehead, and which represents his power to illuminate the world.
	www.kheper.net /topics/Buddhism/gautambuddha.html (1608 words)

	The Buddha
		Siddhartha Gautam was born in Lumbini, Nepal in 623 BC which is a sacred place to the 400 million Buddhists in the world.
		Maya Devi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautam under the groove of trees when she was on her way to her mother's house in Devadaha.
		Buddha Sakyamuni having been born here, a stone railing was built and a stone pillar erected in honour of Buddha.
	ncthakur.itgo.com /buddha.htm (374 words)

	Gautam Buddha
		As the Buddha himself continually taught, it was not he who was continually revered but the possibility he presented.
		The first anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha are said to have been drawn on canvas from rays of golden light emanating from his body.
		All forms of the Buddha, however, are commonly shown seated on a lotus throne, a symbol of the mind's transcendent nature.
	www.exoticindia.com /product/ZN44 (365 words)

	About Buddha, Lord Buddha, Spreading the Doctrine Buddha, Buddha Information, Gautam Budh
		Buddha's followers were treated with contempt when they went to beg their daily food.
		Ananda, one of Buddha's cousins, was one of the principal early disciples of Buddha and was a most devoted friend and disciple of Buddha.
		He was devoted to Buddha with a special fervour in a simple childlike way and served him as his personal attendant till the end of his life.
	www.atrip2india.com /spreading-the-doctrine.htm (899 words)

	::PeaceJournalism.com - The Peace Media Research Center's e-magazine::
		Buddha Poornima, which falls on the full moon night in the month of Vaisakha (either in April or May), commemorates the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, founder of Buddhism, one of the oldest religions in the world.
		When Prince Gautam came of age, his father arranged his marriage to the beautiful Princess Yashodhara and saw to it the prince was kept occupied with diverse amusements and pleasures of life.
		Gautam went from one religious center to another and from one hermitage to the next seeking in vain answers to his questions.
	peacejournalism.com /ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=2572 (820 words)

	The Real Buddha By Chandrabhan Prasad
		In the introduction to his treaties Buddha and His Dhamma, Dr Ambedkar writes: "Indeed, it would not be an exaggeration to say that of all the founders of religions in the world, the presentation of life and teachings of the founder of Buddhism presents a problem which is quite puzzling, if not baffling".
		It is equally absurd to believe that by the age of 29, Buddha had not seen a dead or sick person.
		Siddharth Gautam was born in the Sakyan Republic.
	www.countercurrents.org /dalit-prasad100805.htm (706 words)

	Buddhist Channel \| Bodhi Wood \| Buddha film: Dreams of Nirvana?
		The life of Buddha was of course a favourite theme among Indian filmmakers of the silent era.
		In recent Indian history, Gautam Buddha, thanks to BR Ambedkar and his followers, came to be closely identified with the Dalit movement, and his saga was as a result pushed out of the Hindi movie universe.
		A couple of years before Osten's Buddha epic was released the world over, Dadasaheb Phalke had made a film titled Buddhadev, but it did not achieve the sort of success and popularity that some of the other films crafted by the Indian cinema pioneer did.
	www.buddhistchannel.tv /index.php?id=00000000012,00000000260,0,0,1,0 (968 words)

	Buddha - A TV Serial on Life of Gautam Buddha
		Gautam Buddha was born as Siddhartha, son of the King of Kapilavastu and his Queen, Mahamaya.
		Buddha called his teachings 'the middle way', because it was midway between asceticism and indulgence.
		The Buddha died after forty-five years of teaching at the age of eighty.
	www.intelindia.com /mahabharat/synopsis_buddha.htm (723 words)

	Buddha's Enlightement, About Buddha, History of Gautam Buddha
		Soon after his enlightenment the Buddha preached to a small group of the curious and those who heard his words became his disciples.
		From then on the Buddha devoted the rest of his life to teaching those who sought his advice, his compassion, his wisdom.
		Not until some considerable time after his death, were the words of the Buddha recorded in written form.Finally Buddha liberated himself from the cycle of rebirth and achieved mahaparinirvana, also on the auspices of Vesak.
	www.buddhisttours.net /enlightment.html (490 words)

	Webschooling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Gautam Buddha is one of the greatest men who ever walked the surface of the earth.
		Gautam Buddha, or Siddhartha as he was called in his childhood, was a prince.
		Gautam Buddha died in 487 BC at Kusinagar.
	www.webschooling.com /biographies2.html (1345 words)

	Indiachildren - Indian Festivals (Buddha Purnima)
		Many years ago on this full moon day Gautam Buddha was born to Queen Mahamaya and King Sudhadhana in the Lumbini gardens in Nepal.
		Gautam Buddha was born to a royal family but the misery and sadness of the poor greatly affected him and he decided to renounce the Royal throne and he wandered in search of the real truth of life.
		Buddha Purnima is celebrated in springtime, a time in which nature brings to us its splendours and brings out the goodness in life.
	www.indiachildren.com /lifestyles/festival/bpurnima.htm (250 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> The Essence Of Buddhism
		I wish to retain it with the teachings of Gautam Buddha and is open to individual interpretation.
		Gautam Buddha has never in his preachings subscribed to the existence of a super natural force called "God".
		Buddha just came once and whatever we mortal human beings might do, the best we can do is to follow him, we can never be like him.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=8035 (4993 words)

	Kushinagar Travel, Tour Packages, Tours, Hotels, Holidays Or Vacation In Kushinagar
		Kapilavastu was the ancient capital of the Sakya clan ruled by Gautama Buddha's father.
		Buddha Purnima: Members of the Buddhist community celebrate their biggest religious festival Buddha Purnima in the country on May 4 with great religious fervour.
		On this holy day, Buddha was born as Siddharta Gautam in Kapilavastu in around 563 B.C, got supreme enlightenment at the age of 35 (528 BC) and finally attained nirvana at the age of 80 (483 B.C) at Kushinagar.
	us.makemytrip.com /destination/kushinagar/kushinagar1.htm (377 words)

	Buddha Eyes -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A Buddha is one who rediscovers the Dharma (that is, truth; the nature of reality, of the mind, of the affliction of the human condition and the correct "path" to liberation) by Enlightenment, which comes to be after skillful or good karma (action) is perfectly maintained and all negative unskillful actions are abandoned.
		Hence the Gautam Buddha is one member of a spiritual lineage of Buddhas going back to the dim past and forward into the distant future,who among the rest is the most recognized and followed,being him the only documented one.He was born in Lumbini in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal.
		According to Buddhist tradition, Siddhartha Gautam ("One who has attained an aim or object" http://students.washington.edu/prem/mw/s.html Monier-Williams) did not claim any divine status for himself, nor did he assert that he was inspired by any god.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/24/buddha-eyes.html (834 words)

	Pilgrimage Bodhgaya, Buddhist Pilgrimage India: Make My Trip Tours India
		The life of Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, is associated with the small town of Bodhgaya.
		Places associated with the life and times of Lord Buddha are located inside the Mahabodhi complex including the Bodhi Tree and a pond where according to legends, Lord Buddha meditated for a few days.
		Buddha Purnima, the full moon day in the month of Vaishaka, is the celebration of the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha.
	us.makemytrip.com /indiabest/buddhist-pilgrimage-bodhgaya.htm (808 words)

	welcome to jain.4u.ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Buddhism was founded by Gautam Buddha in the 5th century BC.
		Gautam Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha in 544 BC in Lumbini in Nepal.
		Buddha advocated the Middle Path, in which he offered a balanced, harmonious way of life, steering between two extremes of self-indulgence and total abstinence.
	www.jain.8k.com /buddism.html (1057 words)

	Gautam Buddha's Birth Place :: Puri Destination Guide
		The Linga formed out of a piece of the original Asoka pillar is named Bhaskareswara, another name of Buddha meaning the Sun God certainly it had connection with Buddha, because of the fact that Buddha is frequently designated as 'Arkabandhu' and 'Adityabandhu' meaning of friend of Sun God..
		As the lingam was converted from the broken pillar containing Buddha's whereabouts, the name Bhaskareswara was given to the lingam.
		As mentioned in the book of Dr. Mohapatra, when all the sculpture of Kapilavastu, the birth place of Buddha, were destroyed, some of the most devout Buddhists led by Beikshu SANKASA in 5th century AD thought over as to how to keep the memory of Buddha intact.
	www.toshalisands.com /buddha/buddha.php (595 words)

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