Shakyamuni Buddha is the great enlightened man in human history. But why in the early days of spreading the Fa, the first disciples of the Buddha did not welcome him?

Legend has it that when Shakyamuni Buddha (then Prince Siddhartha) was born, King Sri Soudhothana held a ceremony to name the Prince and invite the monks to attend. Among them was a young Brahmin named Kiều Trần Như. He felt shock before the non-phàm superficial appearance of the sub-prince should have asserted that the Prince will eventually reach the position of awareness.

Later on, when heard Prince Siddhartha leave the palace and go to the forest to leave the monk, Kieu Tran As led four other close associates to find the Prince. They met and became fellow practitioners.

At that time, Indian disciplines believed that only asceticism could attain Buddhahood. But after so many years of suffering, Prince Siddhartha and the other monks became exhausted, his body near the end of which he could not reach enlightenment. Prince Siddhartha realized that this was not the true way to attain enlightenment, so he renounced his ascetic practice to concentrate on meditation.

When Kanda Chen saw Prince Siddhartha begin to eat again, he was so disappointed that he left with his four close friends.

Buddha enlightenment under the Bodhi tree (Photo: wikipedia)

After Prince Siddhartha became enlightened under the Bodhi tree and became a Buddha, he learned that his five fellow initiates had previously practiced asceticism in Deer Park, who were also waiting to attain Buddhahood. France. Therefore, the Buddha came to Deer Park to save them.

The five monks saw the Buddha's silhouette from afar, and they negotiated with one another: "He gave up suffering and became greedy. When he arrives, we will not talk to him, nor do we show respect or applaud him nor accept his bowl and robes. 

We only have a cushion here to prepare, if he wants to sit then sit, not sit to let him stand, no one is welcome who has lost his will to practice like him! " 

But when the Buddha approached, there was a compassionate and harmonious energy that affected all five monks. They can not suppress the joy in the heart, unconscious forget all the discussion.

Someone hurriedly ran the ceremony, reverently received the robes and bowls from the Buddha, someone quickly ran to cover the buffer, someone rushed to collect water to invite the Buddha ...

The Buddha then taught the Dharma to them and all five of them became the first disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha, including: Kiều Trần Như, Tản, Md. Ba, Ma Ha Nam, and A theory. Marketing. From there, they renounced the asceticism, diligently followed the Buddhist Dharma practice, later all of them attained Arahatship. 

During the 49 years of teaching the Fa, Shakyamuni traveled all over the place and taught the living beings. His disciples were all elite, including powerful kings such as King Qin-sa-la and Queen Victoria of Makkah, King of Persia KETTLES AND THE KINGDOM OF KUATTARA .END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.(  3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.16/3/2018.