Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha 1Feb2015

There are 9 listed main religions:  1.  Zoroaster  2.  Abraham  3.  Moses  4.  Gautama Buddha  5.  Krishna  6.  Jesus  7.  Mohammad  8. the Bab  9.  Bahaullah

Gautama Buddha was the prince and he got a wife and a son.  But he was so sad when he discovered the poverty and misery around outside the palace.

In sadness, he decided to find out the causes of human misery hoping to help people to get away from the frustration and sadness in life.

In desperation, he abandoned his wife and son for good in order to seek the truth without knowing that he hurt his wife’s feelings so much.

He led an austere life to “force” God to tell him the truth.  This stupid man really sat under the Bodhti Tree for 40 days hoping to see some truth. 

For 40 days, he neither ate nor drank, so not going to the toilet at all. I think he had great power of endurance.  But to me he looked like a fool in every way.

On the 40^th day, he was enlightened and saw ??% truth of human misery.  He saw the only way to solve the human misery was to break the cycle of reincarnation.

Well, he did talk about right thoughts,  words, deeds, vocation and everything positive and leading a good and positive life to be salvaged.

Ya, he showed people the right path in life.  His teachings produced such an impact that he attracted hundreds and millions of followers.

The influence of his teachings is still well-felt today.  Again, I see the different sects of Buddhism coming into being as a result of the differences in thought and inspiration.

It was said this stupid man died of food poisoning knowing that the food was poisonous.  But he took it in defiance of the truth that it would kill him like every other creature。