The illustrated life of the Lord
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The Nāga
King Mucalinda
protects the fasting Buddha
in 3rd week after enlightenment.
Descending in Sankassa
after having spoken the Abhidhamma
to the assembled Devās.
The Buddha
explains the true Dhamma
to the many beings for their long-term welfare.
The Buddha
compassionately
attends to the sick and dying to guide them through it.
The Buddha
visits his home and his former wife Yasodharā
in the city of Kapilavatthu.
He meets his father the Sākyan
King Suddhodana.
There he brings his son Rāhula
to the Sangha,
who ordains him. Rāhula
later awakens.
He shows his half brother Nanda
the beauty of the divine nymphs & ordains him as
monk.
The Buddha
dispels the manifold doubts
of many of the elder Brahmin chiefs.
The Buddha
explains Breathing
Meditation Ānāpāna-sati
on the full-moon
of November
He realizes that his long prepared
mission has finally been completed & renounces
life.
He deliberately accepts some
accidentally poisoned food from Cunda
& gets very sick.
Soon after the Lord Buddha
dies and attains Parinibbāna
in the small town of Kusinārā.
See
also:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/g/gotama.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/b/buddha.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/b/bodhisatta.htm
BBC Video series on the Life of
Buddha:
The Life of Buddha Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WiswuYO1cE
The
Life of Buddha Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlZmbjqLPCU
The
Life of Buddha Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcD9O_E-xec
The
Life of Buddha Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xuE53jhlXk
The
Life of Buddha Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ypFmNfPLng
More on the
Buddha:
Sammá-sambodhi,
SammaSamBuddho!!!,
The_10_Future_Buddhas,
Metteyya,
Next
Buddha, How-2-Meet_Buddha_Metteyya?,
Buddha_Contemplation,
Sumedhas_Similes,
Well_Gone,
Master_Presence,
The_Blessed_One.
The 2 Best Book sources on the life of
the Buddha are:
1: The story of Gotama Buddha. Tr.
by N.A. Jayawickrama, Pali Text Society 1990.
http://www.pariyatti.org/Bookstore/productdetails.cfm?sku=132935
2:
Life of the Buddha according to the Pali Canon. Translated
by: Bhikkhu Nanamoli
http://www.pariyatti.org/Bookstore/productdetails.cfm?PC=555
Thanx for the nice pictures kindly
forwarded by our friend Rohitha Samarakoon.
The Life of the
Buddha!