Chapter 7- Indian Civilization

 Hello humanity bloggers! My name is Diana Mozombite, Have you ever thought and wondered for a moment where Buddhism comes from and how this fat man in the image came to be? I can tell you, he was not at all what we see him like today. The legendary Buddha lived from 563- 483 BC with the name of Siddhartha Gautama Sakya he was also how ever known as Sakyamuni meaning “the sage or silent one of the Sakya.” Since the day he was born it was said that one day he would be destined to be a king or the world redeemer.  Sakyamuni was a prince a kingdom in the foothills of the Himalayas and his father was the King who was extremely over protective. His father had arranged strict orders in his kingdom for his son be kept out of sight from anyone sick, old and maimed so it would not frighten the young prince about the ugly truth of the real world. As he grew up he wanted to experience what the world is really like. Which eventually caused him to flee out of his kingdom because of his father’s overbearing shield that he had over him.  Sakyamuni walked to the countryside and mediated with six ascetics until he realized that asceticism would not led him to salvation. He eventually determined that there must be some path that he needs to take in order to reach the path of enlightenment. He sat under a papal tree and mediated for forty-nine days and nights until finally the night of the full moon he had achieved enlightenment, which also comes to say was Sakyamuni first sermon at Deer Park in India that embraced for the first time the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.  Reading about Buddha is truly an interesting story from young prince who originally knew nothing about life to knowing the meaning of what life should be like.