Although there are many myths and legends about Sakyamuni's life recorded in Buddhist scriptures, there are also many historical facts, and the basic outline is reliable. The birthplace of Sakyamuni is in the ruins of Tirolakoti in the Tammy region of Nepal today.
King Ashoka erected a stone pillar here more than 200 years after Sakyamuni's death, indicating that this is the birthplace of Sakyamuni and the relic where the Buddha was buried, and the stone pillar has been preserved. Archaeologists also dug the relic altar of Sakyamuni here.
The four noble truths, the eight right paths and the twelve karma of Buddhism are systematically expounded by later generations, but the general outline of Buddhism may have been put forward by Sakyamuni. According to this, it can be said that Sakyamuni really existed in history, and he was the founder of Buddhism.
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Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, was a Sakyamuni of the Kapilowei Kingdom in ancient China. He existed in the middle of the first millennium BC, and many people in later generations were infected by him and believed in Buddhism. His teaching gave people great and profound significance.
Mrs. Moyev passed through the big garden on the way. When Mrs. Moyev strolled in the garden, she saw a tall and carefree tree hanging down like an umbrella cover. The lady looked happy, raised her right hand and touched the branches, and the prince was born from the right side, covered with golden light.
When the prince grew up, he cut his hair and became a Samana. He told Che Ni to take his long cut hair back to his father's palace. The prince led five followers to the ascetic forest of Jiaer Mountain on the Nilian Chan River and persisted for six years.
One day, Prince Siddhartha, alone, walked under a leafy Biboro tree and sat cross-legged. At that time, I made a vow: if I can't prove the supreme enlightenment, I would rather let this body be shattered and never get up this seat. In the early morning of the eighth day of December, I fully realized and became a Buddha.
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