Sakyamuni was born in 565 BC and died in 486 BC. * * * lived for 80 years, and was a contemporary of Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period of China.
According to China Buddhist scriptures, in ancient India, near the lush forests at the southern foot of the Snow Mountain, there was a small rich country, namely Kapilao Weiguo (near Tiro Lacort in southern Nepal today). The young king suddhodana was proficient in everything, and later married Mo Ye, the daughter of Shanjue King in Tianpi Town, a neighboring Li nationality.
When the queen was 40 years old, she showed signs of pregnancy. One day after pregnancy 10 months, the queen gave birth to a boy. I saw that he was beautiful and peaceful, and there was no crying performance of ordinary babies. This is Gautama who later became Buddha Sakyamuni? Siddhartha. His birthplace was Lumbini Garden, which later became a sacred place for Buddhists to worship.
Under the superior material conditions of the palace, Sakyamuni grew up in his daily life.
Sakyamuni is clever and savvy. When I was a teenager, I developed a good habit of thinking and asking questions. His father, Sudoku King, expects him to be a "king of wheels" when he grows up and intends to train him. He ordered his son to go to the school of bhadra Ni (meaning "ordinary friend"), a teaching mage with about 10,000 Sakya children. Sakyamuni soon stood out. Mages often marvel at the prince's erudition. In addition, the prince also learned a variety of knowledge and skills such as philosophy, poetry, astrology, mathematics, calendar, sacrifice, prayer, monsters, skills, snakes and so on.
When Sakyamuni reached the age of 17, the elders of Sakyamuni family came to visit the king and asked him to choose a virtuous princess for the prince! King suddhodana sent a letter to summon 500 beautiful young women from the Sakyamuni caste for the prince to choose from. Sakyamuni later fell in love with a woman named Juyi, whose father was a staff bearer. The staff came and said, My surname is patriarchal, and only a skilled person can marry my daughter to him. The envoy reported the situation to the king, who was very unhappy. Upon hearing this, Sakyamuni agreed very much and promised to hold the Dharma Meeting seven days later. On the day of the competition, more than 500 young Sakyamuni men gathered in the arena of the palace and agreed to compete in mathematics, writing, temperament, fencing, wrestling, archery, horseback riding, swimming and running. Sakyamuni dominated all the competitions and finally won. The staff member married his daughter to him with confidence.
In the society at that time, Brahmanism was the dominant religion. The doctrine stipulates that young people should experience four kinds of life, namely, Sanskrit period, family living period, forest living period and parade period. Sakyamuni followed this social habit and traveled around.
After Sakyamuni got married, he did not change his habit of meditation. He can think for a long time about any phenomenon he sees.
One day, Sakyamuni and dozens of his followers rode from the East Gate. An old man walked by the roadside in the suburbs on crutches. The driver told us that this person is an old man, and "old" is not a national law, and everyone is an old man. The prince imagined that his parents, his wife and even himself, no matter how young and rich they were at this time, would eventually grow old. It was really painful! So the trip was no fun and I ordered to drive back to the palace.
A few days later, Sakyamuni went out for an outing from the south gate. Not far away, he met a patient, and the driver told him that the man was ill and dying. The prince thought that a sick person is weak, even if he has a sharp mind and sound hands and feet, he can't take care of his life. How painful! Is there any way to get rid of this pain? After returning to the palace, he worried about this problem all day, and the king was very worried.
A few days later, Sakyamuni invited him to visit the West Gate. Shortly after leaving the city, I met four people carrying coffins, and the families of the deceased followed, beating their chests and crying. The driver told him that Zhan was dead. Sakyamuni thought, how can we rejuvenate people and keep them young forever? How can we keep diseases away and live forever? After returning to the palace, I sat there meditating and worrying.
After more than ten days, Sakyamuni never found the answer, so he played Sudoku King and wanted to travel to the North Gate. Just out of the north gate, I met a monk. The driver told me his name was monk Qiu. At this time, monk Qiu came over and said, the way out is not in the palace, but in the mountains. Shocked, Sakyamuni thought: This is what I have been looking for! So I decided to give up the throne and leave my hometown to find a way out. At this time, Sakyamuni was 29 years old and his wife, Guy, was about to give birth.
On the second day after returning from his trip to the North Gate, Sakyamuni went to visit the King of Sudan, saying: If there is a party of love, you must leave. May my father allow me to become a monk and seek ways to relieve suffering for all beings. King suddhodana was very sad after hearing this. He tried his best to keep the prince. But Sakyamuni was bent on planning how to escape from the city.
On the seventh night, Sakyamuni sneaked out of the bedroom and went to the stable to wake up the driver and let him drive out of the city.
After seven days and seven nights' long journey, Sakyamuni escaped from the palace and left Kapilao to visit the Buddhist ascetic forest. At that time, he was determined to practice penance here. Sakyamuni has seen many Brahmins who practice asceticism. After a few days, Sakyamuni thought that there was no way out for asceticism, so he left and continued to look for the true meaning.
When Sudoku King found that the prince had escaped, he immediately sent Julian Waghann's ministers and many followers, led by the coachman, to pursue him. Sakyamuni tried to find his way in the gray mountains of Magadha, but he was caught halfway. Julian Waghann and his ministers tried their best to persuade him, but the prince still didn't change his mind. So they left five people, including Ru Chen, to follow the prince and lead the others back to the palace to report to me.
Sakyamuni continued his journey to the south. They crossed the steep Ganges River and came to the country of Magadha (the name of ancient India, the country where King Shecheng was located), where they were warmly received by King Petha.
Sakyamuni led five people across the Nilian Zen River and came to the Jia 'an Mountain practice ground by the river. After that, he visited Alologa Rama, the leader of the new school, who was over 100 years old, and Yotoga Rama, the pioneer of number theory, and absorbed the meditation methods of the two masters.
After leaving two masters of number theory, Sakyamuni went to Gaya. At that time, there were many ascetic monks living in the ascetic village on the shore of Nilian Zen. Facing the society where asceticism prevailed at that time, Sakyamuni could not find a better practice method for the time being. He believes that the five turbidity makes the world sinister and unpredictable. I will practice abstinence and asceticism for my own purity, eliminate evil and absurdity, and benefit all beings. So he practiced for six years. His spiritual achievements are recorded in the Buddhist scriptures as follows: exhausted and panting, like a husband in his eighties and nineties, he has no strength at all. After six years of penance, Sakyamuni's constitution was greatly damaged.
Six years later, one morning, the prince came to Nilian Zen River to drink water. When he saw his figure being thrown into the water, he couldn't help sighing that six years of penance was useless. If you lose asceticism, you may be able to get rid of it as you used to at home. So I decided to eat clean.
The prince walked into the Nellian Zen River and washed away the dirt accumulated for six years in the clear water. Being very weak, I felt dizzy after taking a shower and climbed a branch before landing.
At this time, a village girl named Shansheng came by the river. She offered fresh milk to save Sakyamuni. Jojo's entourage, Ru Chen, and other three people saw the Prince drinking milk, thinking that their will had been destroyed, and all previous achievements were in vain. They were greatly annoyed and left him in succession.
Sakyamuni soon came to a Biro tree in Sakyamuni. Sakyamuni straightened up and swore, so he couldn't sit down without swearing, so he sat quietly and entered the realm of meditation.
He sat under the Bibo tree for seven days and seven nights without a grain of rice.
At the dawn of the seventh day, Sakyamuni suddenly felt that the complicated problems that had been lingering in his mind for a long time had been freed, and his long-confused brain suddenly became enlightened and fully realized. It turns out that everything in the world is constantly changing, and the only destination of all changes is karma. Every cause has its result, and every cause and effect has its cycle. Life is like a boat, and the sea of suffering is boundless. Only by cutting off all desires and accumulating good deeds can we eliminate our troubles, silently endure all kinds of pains and get real relief. This is the "enlightenment" proved by Sakyamuni.
Since then, Sakyamuni has become a Buddha (Buddha for short, meaning enlightened wise man). In 530 BC, Sakyamuni became a Buddha on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. He is 35 years old.
Since then, Sakyamuni has been highly respected for spreading Buddhism everywhere.
After becoming a Buddha, Sakyamuni went to Liuguyuan (now the Indian city of Bolonai) to find Ru Chen and five other people who had followed him for many years.
After finding them, Sakyamuni began to teach them his own Buddhism.
The first sentence of Sakyamuni completely conquered the hearts of five people in Chen Qiaoru. They all bowed down and begged the Buddha to accept them as disciples. These are the first five disciples of Sakyamuni, and the Wild Deer Garden is the place where he taught the scriptures for the first time after attaining the Tao.
After Rokuyaon's initial statement, Sakyamuni temporarily walked along the bank of Tieluojia River. He helped solve problems, pointed out the maze and spread Buddhism. Soon, he received more than 60 apprentices, all of whom preached on the Tiejia River. Later, Sakyamuni scattered sixty buddhas and traveled around the world, and Buddhism was widely spread.
During the 44 years from the age of 35 to 80, Sakyamuni traveled around India, spreading teachings to people and educating all beings. Although he had thousands of disciples and tens of thousands of believers, he still suffered many misfortunes. At that time, Brahmanism was the dominant religion before the rise of Buddhism, and it strictly divided people's ranks to consolidate the position of the ruling class. Buddhism advocates that all believers are brothers and sisters, regardless of rank, and its teachings have had a great influence on Shiva. So Sakyamuni became the object of slander and slander.
In his later years, cults also split.
In addition, in order to coordinate the relationship between people in the monk group, make it harmonious and unified, restrain the behavior of monks and nuns, help them practice, and expand the influence of Buddhism, Sakyamuni formulated the so-and-so commandment. So Sakyamuni was also criticized. However, he is compatible with good and evil and let bygones be bygones. In the end, he won the admiration of ten thousand people.
Sakyamuni worked hard to spread Buddhism all his life, and died in 486 BC (nirvana) on the Bodhi River in Naga City (now Xiajia City, United Province of India).
After the death of Sakyamuni, countries in ancient India competed for his body ("relic", beaded after cremation). After mediation, it was decided to divide the body into eight parts and bring it back to the "stupa" for support. In addition, the local people also collected Sakyamuni's hair and clothes, and built towers to seal them up for support. These "stupas" are still ancient. For tourists from all directions to pay their respects and worship.