Lord Buddha - Wall Paintings

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the day Sirimahamaya, the Buddha's mother, conceived a child, she had dreamt that there was a white elephant descended from the silver and golden mountains and brought her a lotus.

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Birth: On the Full Moon Day of Vesak month, 625 B.C.E., the Buddha was born in Lumbini Park. Immediately after being born, he walked for seven steps, and there was a lotus holding him up at every step. He said he was the most exalted one in the world.

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When a hermit named Kaladevila visited the child, the prince mystically appeared on the head of the hermit. King Suddhodanama, his father, and all the Sakyans bowed before the prince.

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During ploughing ceremony, Prince Siddhattha sat down in the shade of a tree and was soon lost in meditation. Though the shadows of all the trees had lengthened, the shadow of the tree under which the prince was seated had not moved. His father was overjoyed and bowed before him again.

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Prince Siddhatha showed his skill in archery by lifting a bow which no one within memory of man had ever been able to draw or lift it. It was known from his marvellous strength that he would become Universal Monarch.

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Wedding Ceremony: The gods gave the holy water from the conch when Prince Siddhatha married Princess Yasodhara. The prince was very happy in his three palaces all days and nights.

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One day Prince Siddhattha went into the city and saw the four signs of and old man, a man afflicted with a loathsome, a corpse, and an ascetic. He appreciated the last one.

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Great Renunciation: In the day Rahula, his son, was born, Prince Siddhattha decided to renounce the world. He saw a last sight to Yasodhara. And he happened to see his ladies in waiting who were sleeping, showing him their various kinds of ugly manners like cemetery.

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Prince Siddhattha renounced the world. He accompanied by his confidant, Channa, rode to the bank of Anoma River.

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Prince Siddhattha took a sword and cut off his hair with one blow.

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Self-mortification: Prince Siddhattha, the Buddha-to-be, practised self-mortification for six years until he became very thin. His bones showed prominently. But his austerities did not lead him to deliverance. When he listened to a song played by Indra, he thought of a stringed instrument and discovered the Middle Way.

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Sujata offered the Buddha-to-be a gold bowl full of milk mixed with rice flour and honey. Sujata thought he was a God.

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After taking that meal, the Buddha-to-be threw the bowl into the water. And the bowl drifted upstream.

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The Buddha-to-be defeated Vasavatti Mara, King of Evil, and his companies who attacked him at the Bodhi tree. A goddess of great beauty emerged from the earth and helped the hero defeat Mara. Then the King Mara payed him his homage.