Reading Notes: The Life of Buddha Part A

For this week's reading I decided to do the life of Buddha. It was interesting how Buddha came to be. I like the part of the queen going to the forest for peace and gives birth to a god like child in the forest with the help of gods blessings and king. King comes to the forest to see his child and names him Siddhartha. It was also interesting to see him meditating for the first, how on a random day he walks through a village and finds a tree with a shadow and starts pondering eventually loosing himself into meditation. Many people who passed him spoke great words on how his laws of life will change the way of living for many. IfI try to recreate a story, it will be on medication and how it plays a huge role not only into Hindu religion but also Buddhism. Maybe come up with a better way of Siddhartha finding himself meditating. Another scene that I found interesting was the way Siddhartha found his wife Gopa, it was similar to other epics, where the princes face each other to see who has the most potential to marry the girl. It shows us how long arrange marriage had been going on and how it still is.

Bibliography : The Life of Buddha by Herold

Siddhartha meditating under a tree

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