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| Curious Learner |
Posted
on 13-Aug-02 01:33 PM
Here goes a simple question with confusing answers:
"WHERE WAS GAUTAMA BUDDHA WAS BORN?"
In my childhood days, I was taught Lord Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal. But nowadays, I see HE was born in India. Can anyone get me the exact answer to it?
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| Buddha |
Posted
on 13-Aug-02 03:20 PM
Hi !! Buddha was born in Nepal but he was enlightened in India. So, he belongs to both of these two countries.
-Buddha
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| dhyangro |
Posted
on 13-Aug-02 03:27 PM
buddha was a veley....
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| DWI |
Posted
on 13-Aug-02 03:29 PM
If this is just for simple knowledge, our answer might help. If it is for some report, you might have to do some extensive research on this subject.
Siddhartha Gautam (Buddha) was born in Kapilwastu, Lumbini Nepal. As Mt. Everest was claimed by China earlier (until King Mahendra intervened), Gautam Buddha was claimed to be born in India by Indian historians. However, recently, India has acknowledged the birth of Gautam Buddha to have been in Nepal after all. Valuable artifacts have been found supporting this fact.
I still remember how we use to study, Mt. Everest is in Northern part of India and Buddha was born in India..because of all those Indian books (Active English and all other stuffs).
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Posted
on 13-Aug-02 03:33 PM
go to link:
http://www.sajha.com/sajha/html/openthread.cfm?forum=2&ThreadID=5764&show=all
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| Nams |
Posted
on 13-Aug-02 03:35 PM
From what I learnt...Siddhartha Shakya was born in Lumbini. He became Gautam Buddha (got enlightened) in India..Bodi Brikshya or something. I wonder why he had to cross the border to get the knowledge...giving credits to indians!
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| Curious Learner |
Posted
on 13-Aug-02 07:12 PM
Thanks to all of u who solved my problem
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| tropical |
Posted
on 13-Aug-02 11:20 PM
When Buddha was born and lived there was no single country called India. Neither was there Nepal as we know of it now.
So, there is no question of him being born in nepal and getting knowledge in India.
So, just follow his path. Don't run after these temporary things. Don't loose your goal.
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| sally |
Posted
on 14-Aug-02 09:32 AM
I think the most widely agreed upon picture is that he was born in Lumbini, and lived (until 29 or so) in what is now Tilaurakot. You can visit the archeological ruins of what was probably his father's palace down the road from Taulihawa. Then, like lots of twentysomething Nepalis with a wife and kid, he became a laure :-)
Of course there was no "Nepal" or "India." His kingdom was called Kapilvastu.
Given the ethnic makeup of that area right now, how about this theory: Buddha was Tharu. Could be true.
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| dirk |
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on 14-Aug-02 12:37 PM
Lord Buddha was indeed born in Lumbini....and later moved to India to teach. Hs name was Siddartha Gautam....from Shakyamuni clan of Rajputs.
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| because |
Posted
on 14-Aug-02 12:39 PM
Because there was no border at that time!
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| sally |
Posted
on 14-Aug-02 01:02 PM
Dirk, how do you get that the Shakyamuni clan was Rajput? By "Rajput" I suppose you mean that he had some connection to the Rajput princely states in what is now Rajasthan, the oldest of which, as far as I know, was founded a little after 500 AD, about 1,000 years after Siddhartha Gautam. My gut feeling is that the reference to Rajputs is anachronistic when we're talking about 500 B.C., and that the clan of Siddhartha probably has very little relationship to any ruling clans in the last millenium or so.
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