BUDDHISM

WHO IS SIDDHARTHA GUATAMA OF

SAKYAS?

Siddhartha Gautama of the Sakyas was

born around 563 B.C. and died around
the year 483 B.C.
He married the neighboring princess
Yasodhara and had a son named
Rahula
His father was a king (federal lord).
HOW DID A PRINCE BECOME THE
BUDDHA?

His father summoned fortune tellers to find out

what the future held for his heir.
Siddartha seemed to have "everything".
He was shielded from the suffering of the World.
While riding he saw what Buddhists refer to as the
four signs

FOUR SIGNS

An aged A sick man A dead man A monk

on this day, he
man learned the life
of withdrawal

from the world

Life is subject to age and death. Where is the realm of

life in which there is neither age nor death?
 Siddhartha Gautama was ready to follow
the call of the truth seeker.
His breakaway was made in his 29th year; it
was called his Great Going Forth
Gautama plunged into the forest
and met with Hindu masters and
5 ascetics in search of
enlightenment
Buddha took 49 days to reach
enlightenment
After this, he walked to a deer
park at Sarnath and taught his
first sermon

AT THE AGE OF 35 HE BECAME THE

AWAKENED ONE

THE BUDDAH

THE 4 NOBEL TRUTHS

LIFE IS DUKKA THE CAUSE OF LIFE’S DISLOCATION
IS TANHA
No Matter what
you do in life you
Buddha has found the
causes of our
will suffer. suffering and it is because of Tanha.
There are 5 skandhas that are Tanha is a desire that can be described as
painful since they are only craving pleasure, material goods, and
temporary. immortality.

THERE IS A CURE FOR PRESCRIBES HOW THE CURE

SUFFERING CAN BE ACOMPLISHED
The cure is to achieve

Nibbana We are given the answer to overcome
through this one will liberate Tanha.
oneself from attachment. The Noble Eightfold Path is the answer to
Tanha