Published by: Touseef Ahmed Khan

1. Life and Teachings of
Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
By: Touseef Ahmed
Ishrat Sillat
Present in front of Sir Shabir
Hussain

2. Personal Life & Legacy
 Born: 563 BCE (6th Century)
2500 years ago at Lumbini, Nepal
 His birth name was Siddhartha Gautama and he was
born as a prince. His father, King Suddhodana, was
leader of a large clan called the Shakya and his mother
was Queen. His mother died shortly after his birth.
 His father wanted Siddhartha to become a great king,
so he raised him in the lap of luxury and shielded him
from religious knowledge of any kind.
 At the age of 16, his father reputedly arranged his
marriage to a cousin of the same age named
Yaśhodharā

3. Birth Place

4. Awakening
 spent all of his life confined to his palace, Sidharth
grew curious and asked a charioteer to take him on
a tour
 old crippled man, a sick man and a Death man
with no home These sights shocked him
 At the age of 29, Siddhartha left his palace and
family to lead an ascetic life
 For the next six years he lived a life of extreme
austerity, eating very little food and fasting till he
became very weak.
 Over these years he also gained five followers
with whom he practiced rigorous austerity.
subjecting himself to great physical sufferings

5. Awakening
 He once accepted a bowl of rice from a young girl.
 After having this meal he realized that living under harsh physical
constraints was not helping him achieve his spiritual goals, and
following a path of balance was better than living a lifestyle of
extreme self-denial. His followers, however, abandoned him
believing that he had given up on his spiritual quest.
 Following this he started meditating under a fig tree (now called
the Bodhi tree) and promised himself that he would not move until
he had found enlightenment. He meditated for several days and
saw his entire life and previous lives in his thoughts.
 After meditating for 49 days, he finally realized the answer to the
questions of suffering that he had been seeking for so many years.
He found pure enlightenment, and in that moment of
enlightenment, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha ("he who
is awake").

6. Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya,
Bihar India, where Gautama
attained nirvana under the Bodhi Tree

7. Teachings
 He went to the Sarnath
Varanasi(Benares) in northern
India where he found
the five companions who
had earlier abandoned him. He preached his first sermon
to them and the others who had gathered there.
In his sermon, he focused on
the Four Noble Truths

8. Four Noble Truths
 which express the basic orientation of Buddhism &
provide a conceptual framework of the Buddhist
thought, and proposed the Eightfold Path to end
suffering.
 Dukkha (suffering),
 Samudaya (cause for suffering),
 Nirodha (state of mind free
from suffering)
 Marga (way to end suffering).

9. Dhamek Stupa in Sarnath, India, site of the
first teaching of the Buddha in which he
taught the Four Noble Truths to his first five
disciples

10. The Eightfold Path of Buddhism
 Right understanding: Understanding that the
Four Noble Truths are noble and true.
 Right thought: Determining and resolving to
practice Buddhist faith.
 Right speech: Avoiding slander, gossip, lying, and
all forms of untrue and abusive speech.
 Right conduct: Adhering to the idea of
nonviolence (ahimsa), as well as refraining from
any form of stealing impropriety.
 Right means of making a living:
 Not slaughtering animals or working at
 jobs that force you to violate others.

13. The Monks

14. The Eightfold Path of Buddhism
 Right mental attitude or effort: Avoiding
negative thoughts and emotions, such as anger
and jealousy.
 Right mindfulness: Having a clear sense of one’s
mental state and bodily health and feelings.
 Right concentration: Using meditation to reach
the highest level of enlightenment.

15. Death
 Gautama Buddha is believed to have died at the
age of 80. Died on 483 BC At the time of his death
he told his followers that they should not follow
any leader.
 He was a highly influential figure in world history

17. Dharma (Buddha’s Teaching)
Dharma (Buddha's Teachings)
Malaysia
Taiwan
Tibet
Japan
China
Mahayana
(large raft)
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Burma
Theravada
(hinayana, or small raft)
Europe
Canada
United States
Theravada/Mahayana

18. Any Question