Mahatma Buddha was born in 563 BC in Lumbini near Kapilavastu, the then capital of the Indian Republic of Shakya Republic.
Religion and philosophy emanating from the Shramana tradition of India, the birth of Mahatma Buddha (Gautama Buddha), the founder of Buddhism, is celebrated as Buddha Purnima. It is said that Buddhism originated even before Islam and Christianity and after both these religions, Buddhism is the third largest religion in the world, which expanded to many countries of the world.
On Buddha Purnima, let’s know how much Buddhism spread around the world? How many countries have its supporters and India? What are the 10 big things of Buddhism?
Born in Lumbini
Mahatma Buddha was born in 563 BC in Lumbini near Kapilvastu, the then capital of the Indian Republic of Shakya, which is now in Nepal. His childhood name was Siddharth. Father Shuddodhan was the head of the Republic of Shakya. Siddharth’s mother’s name was Maya, who died seven days after the birth of the son. Siddharth was raised by step mother Prajapati Gautami. At the age of 16, Siddharth was married to Yashodhara, daughter of Dandapani Shakya. He had a son Rahul.
Knowledge received after six years of penance
Once, the four scenes distracted Siddharth to the visit of Kapilavastu. After seeing the old man, a sick person, body and a monk, Siddharth was troubled by worldly problems and left home at the age of 29 and took education of Sankhya Darshan from Alarakalam in Vaishali, Bihar. He also studied with Rudrakaramput of Rajgir. It is said that after six years of food and water, at the age of 35, at the age of 35, Siddharth attained knowledge under the Peepal tree on the banks of the Niranjana River on the full moon night of Vaishakh. After this he was called Buddha and where knowledge was attained, it was called Bodh Gaya.
The first sermon was given in Sarnath
It is said that Buddha gave his first preaching in Sarnath near Varanasi. Then preaching in Pali languages in Kosala, Kaushambi and Vaishali states. He gave the most preaching in Shravasti, the capital of skills. Gradually, Buddha religion was propagated and started coming out of the borders of India in other countries as well. Buddha lived from 563 BC to 483 BC and preached. In this way, he was called as Lord Buddha.
Buddhism spread to these countries
The countries where Buddha’s teachings reached include Sri Lanka, China, Korea, Thailand, Japan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Nepal, Bhutan etc. At present there are 14 countries in the world, which are considered to be Buddhist countries. These are all countries of Asia. Six of these countries are completely Buddhist nations. These countries have given Buddhism the status of official religion or special religion in their constitution. These include Laos, Cambodia, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
How many Buddhist followers in India?
According to the 2011 census, till then the number of people believing in Buddhism in India was 84 lakhs. 87 percent of these people converted their religion and adopted Buddhism. The literacy rate of its followers was stated to be 81.29 percent, while the literacy rate at the national level was stated to be 72.98 percent. A large population of Buddhists in India lives in North Eastern states and areas near the Himalayas like Ladakh. People here have already been the one to follow Buddhism.
Special things of Buddhism
- Buddhism is a atheist religion and does not contain the soul’s hypothesis.
- Rebirth is considered in Buddhism.
- There are two types of followers of Buddha. A monk is called retired to promote Buddhism. Those who adopt Buddhism in household life are called worshipers.
- To join the Buddhist association is called sub -sampada.
- The entry is Triratna Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha of Buddhism.
- After the fourth Buddhist association, this religion divided into two parts, Hinayana and Mahayana.
- The first religious procession was taken out in Buddhism itself.
- The most sacred festival of Buddhism is Vaishakh Purnima i.e. Buddha Purnima.
- The Buddha has preached four Arya truths about worldly sufferings, sorrow, sorrow community, sorrow and sorrow Nirodhagamini Pratipada.
- In order to get rid of worldly sufferings, Buddha has told the Ashtangik route i.e. eight routes. These are right vision, right resolve, right speech, Samyak Karmanta, Samyak Aajeev, Samyya Exercise, Samyak Smriti and Samyak Samadhi.
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