Spiritual Blogs

Buddha's History

Posted by Karlo on October 22, 2009 at 5:24am
Buddha was a great person. I admire him a lot. His teachings helped me grow my consciousness. Here is part of his history:History records that the Buddha was born as a prince in an ancient kingdom of northern India. Although as a youth he was protected by his father in beautiful palaces, as he grew older the Buddha encountered what we must all face: the inevitable sorrows of life. He saw the loss of all things we hold dear, and the aging, sickness, and death that come to every human being. Seeing this, he chose to renounce his royal title and leave his palace to become a seeker of truth, searching for the end of human sorrow, searching for freedom in the face of the ceaseless round of birth and death.For some years the Buddha practiced as an austere yogi in the forests of India. In time he realized that his extreme asceticism had brought him no more freedom than his previous indulgence in worldly pleasure. Instead, he saw that human freedom must come from practicing a life of inner and outer balance, and he called this discovery the Middle Path.Having seen this, the Buddha seated himself under a Bodhi tree and vowed to find liberation in the face of the forces that bring suffering to humankind. He felt himself assailed by these forces - by fear, attachment, greed, hatred, delusion, temptation, and doubt. The Buddha sat in the midst of these forces with his heart open and his mind clear until he could see to the depths of human consciousness, until he discovered a place of peace at the center of them all. This was his enlightenment, the discovery of Nirvana, the freeing of his heart from entanglement in all the conditions of the world.
Views: 75
Tags: buddha, enlightment, wisdom
E-mail me when people leave their comments –
Follow

You need to be a member of Ashtar Command - Spiritual Community to add comments!

Join Ashtar Command - Spiritual Community

Comments

  • Ralph October 22, 2009 at 11:06pm
    Thank you for reminding us of this wonderous soul!
This reply was deleted.

Latest Blog Posts

Most Popular Blog Posts

Blog Topics by Tags

  • - (955)

Monthly Archives

Latest Activity

Drekx Omega left a comment on Comment Wall
"There will be no divine intervention to save the next "Supreme Leader" of IRI....One apache, launching one hellfire missile, is all it will take...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2gdwsA1Mj8Q"
20 minutes ago
Movella left a comment on Comment Wall
"AE, the sad thing is that Allah doesn’t protect any of them lol, these Muslims spend their lives thinking they are going to have a wonderful afterlife without realising how much karma they’ve created for themselves."
21 minutes ago
Movella commented on AlternateEarth's blog post OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla predicts today’s 5-year-olds won’t ever need to get jobs thanks to AI
"These plans are pure evil, but they won’t be able to completely destroy jobs with AI, and in the long term they can’t stop ascension from happening."
23 minutes ago
Movella left a comment on Comment Wall
"Nothing like yoga followed by a beautiful nature walk. 🌳 Feeling rejuvenated. 💅 Even if I did have to dodge a few illegals lol. Some people have no chill. I like this background vibe.✨

https://youtu.be/5NwEGEV2srs?si=tPji13D7gwCFVghi"
31 minutes ago
Movella left a comment on Comment Wall
"A missile sandwich lol! I bet the odds at the Empire are pretty short right now. It’s a bold career move for Arafi being promoted to a walking target."
34 minutes ago
AlternateEarth left a comment on Comment Wall
"Movella-apparently Allah doesn't protect mullahs who condone rape, torture, and cold-blooded murder of Iranian citizens; karma stinks for them-Ayatollah Alireza Arafi has been appointed as Iran’s interim Supreme Leader, as you've probably heard-I…"
49 minutes ago
AlternateEarth posted a blog post
OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla predicts today’s 5-year-olds won’t ever need to get jobs thanks to AI
Not my future-this is stupid;Billionaire investor Vinod Khosla predicts a future where labor is free and jobs are optional.© Steven Ferdman—Getty ImagesBillionaire investor Vinod Khosla sees an AI-powered labor transformation so massive it will…
See More
1 hour ago
Drekx Omega left a comment on Comment Wall
"Britons are totally ashamed of the absolute moron, that is PM Starmer.....We have the biggest and most well equipped navy in Europe (minus Russia,) but the way Starmer is behaving and utilising it, the world might even assume that the UK is…"
1 hour ago
More…

New Forum Posts