In his early childhood, during a ploughing ceremony, Siddhartha makes his first unprecedented spiritual experience, where in the course of meditation he develops the first jhana (meditative absorption) through concentration.Īs a young boy he learns the skills of a warrior, including the technical and athletic skills of man-to-man fight. Siddhartha spends his childhood in the palace of his father at Kapilavastu, Southern Nepal, where he is raised by his aunt Mahaprajapati until the age of seven. His mother dies seven days after the birth. Asita, the wisest of the seers, is sure that he will become a Buddha (one who has supreme knowledge). Seers predict that Siddhartha will either become a Universal Monarch or a Buddha. The father gives his son the name of Siddhartha (the one who obtains success and prosperity), his second name is Gautama (name of the clan). Siddhartha Gautama is born in Lumbini, near the Nepalese-Indian border to his father, King Suddhodana, ruler of the Sakya tribe, and his mother, Queen Mayadevi. Because the life of the historical Buddha is inseparable from legend, the following text is not meant to be a historically exact biography, but a short life story based on what has been passed down by generations. Siddhartha Gautama lived in the present-day border area between India and Nepal in the 6th century before Christ his exact birth date is unknown.
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