Life stories of Shakyamuni Buddha and prophecy for our times.

 

A statue of Buddha Sakyamuni (Photo: Internet)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Buddha, The capital is? Who can become a Buddha? Let us discuss the life story of the Buddha Sakyamuni, to understand that from a brave prince left the cushy life where the palace, through the search for enlightenment difficult and time suffering, finally  see the truth of the universe and spread Dharma,  leave the Prophet contemplated until our time today ...

Dream heralded the birth of a great man

In the kingdom of Kapilavastu (Kapilavattsu), now in Nepal, in the 6th century BC, the queen is Maya (Mahamaya) was King Suddhodana wife (Suddodana), then upcoming birthdays Lower first child, had a special dream omen newspaper.

In the dream, she saw clearly a fine white light shines on her magic, and from the light appeared a white elephant with six extremely holy tusks. Elephant up close and dissolve into her body. She recounted the dream to the king once and immediately woke up that morning, the king summoned the sages. They said that it was an auspicious signal that the queen would give birth to a great man.

In the dream, she saw clearly a fine white light shines on her magic, and from the light appeared a white elephant with six extremely holy tusks ...

The king was extremely shaken. According to the custom of the time, Queen Maya will move to his mother's house to give birth. It was a full moon calendar day India. When stopping to rest in the Lumbini Park, she suddenly became prince of labor and therefore the kingdom of Kapilavastu gave birth to a gentle physical plane.

A light rain was then wash for both mother and child. On the same day, seven other beings also emerged, respectively linden, Princess Yasodhara (Yashodhara), the Kantaka (Kantaka), coachman Sa Nac (Channa), elephant Kaludayi (childhood friend of the prince), and seven treasure trove.

Little prince is brought back to the capital immediately that night. Five days later, the prince was named Siddhartha (Siddhartha), which means "people that will achieve your goals." Many sages have come to meet and pray for the newborn prince , of which there Asita, who is old school teacher of the king and an ascetic who has achieved many accomplishments.

The king felt very honored by the visit of director Graduate Asita (ASITA), so to bring the child to the director for child Graduate homage to him. Instantly, Asita stood up and realized immediately the contours of your body signaling a prince tendencies and religious spirituality. With extraordinary energy, he can see the future greatness of the newborn prince and greeted him with the hand grip tightly.

The prophecy about the religious life of the prince and the isolation from the world of suffering

Queen Maya suddenly died seven days later, leaving her position to the foster mother's sister (Mahaprajapati), who later raised the prince with love, care out of ink. When Siddhartha round 12, the king had to call the sage came to predicting the future of the prince. They all said that Prince Siddhartha will decide by way of ascetic if he saw the signs of aging, illness, death or having an ascetic.

Many wise men have come to meet and wish for new-born prince, one of which has Asita, the ascetic achievements ...

Absolutely not want their children to become a monk, the King wanted the arranged path to the throne prince as a ruler as kings. He went to the palace guard stringent and prohibit the use of "dead" or "suffering" in the provision, so as not to give the prince a concept of the realm of earthly suffering. He separated the prince away whatever might suggest to cultivate inspiration. Therefore, the prince only enjoy lavish lifestyle in the palace. Prince grew up and became a powerful man, is training the combat skills and marry princess neighboring Yasodhara in 16 years.

Staff at the human, into the in disasters

Humans to arrange everything, but the sun eventually will decide it all. That's what we see through the life story of the Buddha Sakyamuni. Although strictly isolated from everything that can inspire spiritual practice, which is what the final arrangements for the future of the young prince was in the order to date manifests ...

In the lavish palace life, Siddhartha began to appear desire to explore the world outside also banned secular. Who decided to make a fun visit to the kingdom and his people.

There is no good reason to prevent this aspiration, the king had approved and to display ratings and prepared perfectly. He carefully planned the trip and decorate everything on the roadmap that the prince would pass through, turning all the happy, rich and beautiful. The bad or sad spectacle would be removed to prevent the prince saw four signs have been pointed out by the wise men as the signs Aging - Disease - Death, or met one of his practices. But all the king's guard has become useless when the prince trips to Sa Nac coachman, who was born the same day arrangement with Siddhartha.

While traveling in a small town, Prince Siddhartha accidentally saw faces deep wrinkles etched by an old man. That is the first sign of the forecast of the prophets: Signs of Aging . Siddhartha was surprised and asked Sa Nac about that man. Then he saw a man who is sick and is coughing, it makes people feel difficult to explain. It's a sign that the 2nd prophecy says: Diseases . Finally, the prince encounters a funeral at the waterfront and an ascetic-who renounced all worldly pleasure to achieve inner peace and eternal happiness. So the last two signs are Death and the presence of an ascetic who has appeared before Siddhartha. The peace and compassion in the face of monks were impressed to Siddhartha. Asker Sa Nac meaning of all these things. Coachman told the prince about the reality of life that certainly should have known long ago.

Signs of Aging - case-Tzu and ascetic met on the road ...

Back to the palace, Siddhartha had asked permission to leave the palace to his father and become a mendicant monk to seek the truth of life.

With the seeds are sown available potential in mind the prince, while meeting the social reality, who immediately understood that all things in life are fleeting and illusory, and sometimes through, the eternal student The new clause is genuine need to search.

Home the King felt very miserable and depressed, what he plans eventually failed. The king sent soldiers to strengthen the strict defense around the palace, and organize more fun recreation to Footbinding prince, hoping to forget what her son had met socially. At this moment, the prince's wife, Princess Yasodhara gave birth to his first son named Rahula (Rahula), ie "binding."

Siddhartha saw nonsense lavish lifestyle and finally decided to flee on the Kantaka with the help of his trusted mentor, Sac Na. Prince got up in the night, the last time at his wife, then on horseback, and sped off. Before the city gates, the prince cut thick hair and handed the prince cloak for Sac Na.

Before the city gates, the prince cut thick hair and handed the prince cloak for Sac Na ...

Arduous journey seeking the truth of Siddhartha's life

After leaving the palace, Siddhartha went to Rajgir City, the capital of the Indian Magadha neck, where he met some of the monks meditating in the caves in the mountains. Prince became disciples of the A La La Ca practice Lam (Alara Klama), and are taught how to cultivate. After a period of cultivation, the prince did not see further progress should attend a hermit monk named Da La La Ma Death Benefits (Uddaka Ramaputta).

However, after some time, people realized that we can not progress any further. Therefore, Siddhartha joined in the practice in Benares to cultivate forest by penances, eat very little and experience the austere. From then on, people began to call Prince Siddhartha under the name of Sakyamuni (Sakyamuni), means "sage of the Sakya clan." After practicing this for six years, Sakyamuni discovered that he had achieved enlightenment but his human body has often become extremely debilitating.

On a day when he was meditating, he suddenly heard a conversation between two musicians on a boat. People experienced musician told the apprenticeships that the cords of the moon-not too tight or too loose so. If the rope is pulled too tight, it will break; and if it is pulled too loose, the sound output will not be true anymore.

Upon hearing this, Sakyamuni suddenly awakened to be ethically neutral (go midline) and not go to the extreme; then he left to walk. Along the way, he met a peasant girl named Sujata, and she expressed interest in alms rice cakes for Shakyamuni; which is now too depleted. Legend has it that the body of Sakyamuni was returning to normal after eating it.

Sujata offered her rice cake ...

Enlightenment

Then he sat under the Bodhi tree in the forest Urvela and will abstain from meditative state if not achieve enlightenment. He was faced with interference from a demon named Mara, it used hundreds of thousands of up-to harassment advise him but could not turn the strong will of Sakyamuni. When witnessing the groundbreaking Sakyamuni from the grip of lust and binding, Mara became extremely enraged and it sent dozens of armed demons come to attack Sakyamuni, but he still remain motionless state.

Demon Mara became extremely enraged and it sent dozens of armed demons come to attack Sakyamuni, but he remained motionless state ...

After being defeated and realized that it would be unable to interfere to the extraordinary power of Sakyamuni, Mara was sarcastic and said that although he had won, but no one saw this. Shakyamuni touched the ground, implying that the land would be material witnesses. Ground suddenly shook as if to retort that it will witness to the glory of Sakyamuni. From that moment, Shakyamuni continued his meditation process, and finally achieved enlightenment, his wisdom was opened, and he has reached the realm of Buddha after 49 days of meditation under the Bodhi tree.

Shakyamuni finally reached enlightenment, opening his wisdom, and he has reached the realm of Buddha after 49 days of meditation under the Bodhi tree.

Predestined mission: to spread the Dharma, compassion for sentient beings 

Even after attaining Buddhahood, he began his predestined mission is to spread the Dharma, save sentient beings. Sakyamuni preached the First Sermon to those of his previous fellow, in a practice in Benares. Gradually, the number of his followers had grown to number 80,000.

When the King learned that his son had become a Buddha, he has invited Shakyamuni on supply and rebuke he went begging to the rich so that he could feed thousands of devotees. Sakyamuni explained to the father that it is a requirement of his cultivation system. During this time, people his half brother Ananda (Ananda) of Shakyamuni, who will be crowned with the crown prince and princess engaged to Da Li Chun (Sundari), also decided to step foot on the path of cultivation and became a disciple of Sakyamuni. Then the son of Sakyamuni was Rahula and mother also became his disciples.

Rahula Buddha asked his assets (Photo: Wiki)

However, the interference and also jealous harm: Devadatta (Devadutta), cousin of Sakyamuni, was trying to kill him so many times because jealousy, but the Buddha are forgiven him with his compassion. Robber Angulimala (Angulimala - Angulimal) also tried to kill him but finally his compassion fix everything and make the robber surrendered and became his disciple.

We see the truth through the story: The compassion of the Buddha can neutralize all

Correct month on the full moon night of his birth, in 483 BC, Shakyamuni was teaching his disciples one last time before Nirvana. 

The prophecies of Shakyamuni Buddha of the birth of a future Buddha

In a lot of preaching, the Buddha Sakyamuni left the prophecies about the birth of the birth filings of a future Buddha, 2500 years after he died, corresponding to today's era we ...

Buddhist scriptures record , "Longhua triangle like puff Assembly chapel, after fifty years of memories, Maitreya voltage, lecture three variables, all of them born of fortunate."

Book 8 of "Hue Lam Yin means", with reference to the birth of a Tathagata Buddha or a virtue cakkavatti, and the birth of the signs will accompany him on earth is the Udumbara flower She, a natural species of tiny white flowers, stems thin as silk flowers, transparent, white as snow, surrounded by pale glow emanates, able to grow on any substance which the species Flowers usually can not grow as copper, steel, glass, adhesives, fruits, plants, and the flowers are also stored for years not fade ...

Yin Hui Lam Kinh Nghia wrote: "Udumbara Flowers, is loosely translated from Sanskrit Stock wrong. Sanskrit is correct Ô Bat La Dam, means auspicious spiritual horror. This is fond of flowers, the earth does not have this flower. If Tathagata Christmas, cakkavatti appear human on earth, this flower will appear great faith and great thanks to His grace "

Book 4 of "Lotus Van Cu" wrote: "Udumbara Flowers, meaning sacred lucky. Three thousand years to bloom once, when the hatch is Kim Lun Wang appeared. "

Buddhist scriptures also record that Germany cakkavatti is the ideal king, who will rule the world not by force but by justice. Those who use the charity to treat other people will have the chance to meet Lord cakkavatti, whatever religion he or she belongs - Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism or else credit.

Udumbara flowers Ba La, a natural species of tiny white flowers, stems thin as silk flowers, transparent, white as snow, surrounded by pale glow emanates ... Photographs truth by Times University Proceedings Originally, size 400 times larger, relative visibility flowers in crystal and thin layers glowing wings.

Buddhist prophecy was fulfilled, the Udumbara flower is now Ba La blossom everywhere, affordable Germany cakkavatti were present in the human world and are already saving sentient beings?

A Taiwanese Buddhist monk, Thich Thong wrote poems Stock appreciation:

When we attain earthly Buddha Fa rectification When Buddha was looking Good enough good fortune to meet this life Seen foot golden Buddha body.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH TAM GIAC AND THICH CHAN TANH.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN,PRAYED MONASTERY AND VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY.AUSTRALIA,ADELAIDE AND SYDNEY.18/7/2015.