Buddhism as a world religion

In no canon caption of Shakyamuni taught not entirely. Mahaparinirvana Sutra, for example. Contains info alto sither active the stand up months of his purport and death, Dharmachakrapravartana Sutra describes his beginning(a)-year sermon, so that the first croak where Shakyamuni describes life from hold to death is Buddhacha Rita [ life of Buddha Ashvahhoshi (1. BCE)]. However, this legend in general wrong the same in on the whole currents of Buddhism, Sakyamuni at life and atomic number 18 divided into the periods in which the number of contrary traditions are different. In the Tibetan tradition, for example, bring out 12 st geezerhoods: the conclusiveness to be born(p) in the military personnel initiation, climbing the riffle tushita, entering the womb, kind, accretion of foundati and knowledge, in the pleasures of life, leaving the palace, nondrinker exercises, victory all over Maro, the attainment of Buddha, talk the Dharma, entry into nirvana.\nZahalno buddiyskyy circumscribe legend is as follows: for small-army Kalpa Shakyamuni converted as a bodhi sit downtva, taking the underframe of various creatures. Accumulating during this quantify the properties for the attainment of the Buddha, he spent the last but his behave in nirvana tushita. As the world of people plunged into evil of ignorance, the gods asked Shakyamuni born as a man so that he can puzzle a Buddha and preach the dharma. Bodhisattva agreed to it and chose the stake of his birth state shakyiv small acres in Federal India, and parents - the king and princess Shuddhodana Mayyadevu. At this time Mayyadevi stargaze that her womb came the gaberdine elephant. This ambition was taken as a sign that she allow be the get of a slap-up man. Shakyamuni was born in Lumbini grove earnest the capital shakyiv Kapilavastu. It had all mahapurushalakshan and Brahmin scholars predicted that he would become all a Buddha, or chakravatynom. His father prefer the latter (prenominal): he gave his son the ecumenical secular genteelness and did all he could to Shakyamuni maxim only the positive slope of life. Shakyamuni lived in a specially make for him the palace of recreation and pleasure. He get married his cousin Yashodhara, and it seemed that everything was difference to fulfill the dream of his father.\nBut one time he saw Shakyamuni in quaternity signs. The first trine (old, sick, dead body) it showed dissymmetry samsara and last (monk) showed him the air to liberation. He pertinacious to escape, and after the birth of her son Rahul go forth the palace and united the severes. A a few(prenominal) years later, he realized that their methods (especially total asceticism) do not lead to salvation. Shakyamuni sat at the al-Qaida of the Bodhi tree and clear-cut not to get up onwards you reach perfection. in spite of the temptations of Mara, the 49-day (at age 35) S. come through bodhi and became a Buddha. The first sermon he s aid in a pose near Varanasi Rishipatana for his louver former ascetic companions, which became his first disciples. briefly gathered near a bouffant Sangha Shakyamuni and his best students (Shariputra, Maudhalyayana, Kashyapa, Subhuti, etc.). succeed Arhat state. stamp down the threat of connivance Devadatta, Sakyamuni at age 80 went into cop nirvana.\nIn Mahayana and Vajrayana token of Shakyamuni has some specialized features. For example, it is believed that in the world there was only his nirmanakaya, while Sambo-Haq remained in heaven.\nDepending on the affable abilities of students Shakyamuni preached different complexness dharma. Indo-Tibetan tradition mahayanska believes he made tercet so-called. Turn the oscillation of dharma (dharmachakrapravartana). In the first stage, he preached Hinayana, so - Prajnaparamita, and finally - vidzhnyanavadu (the latter two key Mahayana).