"Sabba papassa akaranam
Kusalassa upasampadha
Sachitta pariyodapanam
Etam buddhanu sasanam"
(To keep away from all evil, cultivate good, and purify one’s mind is the advice of all Buddhas)
Kusalassa upasampadha
Sachitta pariyodapanam
Etam buddhanu sasanam"
(To keep away from all evil, cultivate good, and purify one’s mind is the advice of all Buddhas)
One
day during a midsummer festival, his wife Queen Maya retired to her
quarters to rest, and she fell asleep and dreamed a vivid dream. Four
angels carried her high into white mountain peaks and clothed her in
flowers. A magnificent white bull elephant bearing a white lotus in its
trunk approached Maya and walked around her three times. Then the
elephant struck her on the right side with its trunk and vanished into
her.
When Maya awoke, she told her husband about the dream. The
King summoned 64 Brahmans to come and interpret it. Queen Maya would
give birth to a son, the Brahmans said, and if the son did not leave the
household he would become a world conqueror. However, if he were to
leave the household he would become a Buddha.
When the time for
the birth grew near, Queen Maya wished to travel from Kapilavatthu, the
King’s capital, to her childhood home, Devadaha, to give birth.
With the King’s blessings she left Kapilavatthu on a palanquin carried by a thousand courtiers.
On
the way to Devadaha, the procession passed Lumbini Grove, which was
full of blossoming trees. Entranced, the Queen asked her courtiers to
stop, and she left the palanquin and entered the grove. As she reached
up to touch the blossoms, her son was born.
Then the Queen and her
son were showered with perfumed blossoms, and two streams of sparkling
water poured from the sky to bathe them. And the infant stood, and took
seven steps, and proclaimed “I alone am the World-Honored One!”
Then Queen Maya and her son returned to Kapilavatthu.
The Queen died seven days later, and the infant
prince was nursed and raised by the Queen’s sister Pajapati(Gautami), also
married to King Suddhodana.
Note:there are different opinions and explanations of buddha birth,only few books are refered for this article;if you have suggestions you can mail me at tanujkumarpandey@gmail.com
