Story of the lord Buddha

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namo budhaya

The Life of the Buddha

In this Eon of the world, there will appear One Thousand Buddhas (enlightened beings) who will each successively attain complete and perfect enlightenment in Bodh Gaya (the holy city in India), and then each Buddha will teach the dharma to benefit others. Each time a Buddha appears in the world, the dharma is taught anew, for the teachings of the preceding Buddha have completely dwindled and disappeared. For countless eons, a great bodhisattva (a bodhisattva is a being who is striving to become a Buddha to benefit all) strived and perfected his mind towards the goal of attaining Buddhahood. This great bodhisattva was none other than the Buddha-to-be, Shakyamuni, who was born as
the Prince Siddhartha in India. Whether it was giving up his own flesh to feed a hungry lion or as an adored disciple of a
master, this great being would some day benefit all as the Prince Siddartha. Before reincarnating on earth in the Sixth Century B.C.E, this Bodhisattva resided in the Heaven of Tushita and then looked at the universe, surveying that the time was appropriate for him to reincarnate on earth and attain perfect Buddhahood in order to benefit beings. The
Bodhisattva removed his crown and celestial ornaments, and enthroned the Bodhisattva Maitreya as his successor. Maitreya will reincarnate on earth as the Fifth Buddha of this eon once the teachings of Siddhartha no longer remain in the memory of mankind. After enthroning Maitreya, the Bodhisattva transformed himself into a white elephant which
would enter the womb of the Queen Maya, in Nepal, and be conceived immaculately. This Bodhisattva, who was known to the world as Siddhartha, became the Fourth Buddha of this Eon to teach the dharma anew. Lord Buddha, the Sakyan Prince, had fulfilled the ten perfections since the life of Sumedha. Many ages ago, the future Buddha was named Sumedha, the only son of a rich man at Amaravati, a Royal City. He came from rich parental lineage, but his parents died when he was young. He deeply realized the sorrows of life. He gave away all his belongings in order to become an
ascetic; after years of practice Sumedha gained supernormal powers. The local city prepared for the upcoming visit of the Buddha Dipankara by reconstructing the roads and buildings of the city. Sumedha laid his own body down on a unfinished part of the road for the Buddha to walk on as an act of devotion. The Buddha Dipankara, as he passed by the
young man, declared that in the future, “He will become a Buddha --just like me.”