It later transpired that Devdutta had not really changed. He carried on his childhood grudge against Siddhartha who was now Buddha.He lived in Sangha monastery as a monk but continued to hatch plots to harm Buddha. His core of heart was filled with hatred.He secretly met Ajatshatru, the emperor of Magadha, the son of late

Decades later, Gautam Buddha in the course of his preaching tour happened to pass by Kapilvastu, the city of his birth and the capital of the kingdom he was once crown prince of.His arrival sent waves of joy in the city and the palace. The old king and the queen were very excited. Their Siddhartha

Gautam Buddha himself strictly followed the regimen of the monk life. Every day he religiously meditated for a certain period and then went to the nearest township to seek alms.He considered it his sacred duty and never missed it. It was the monk’s way of killing one’s ego and feeling of pride. In this way

Once a merchant named Pindak has come to the place where Gautam Buddha was preaching. The merchant came to hear Buddha’s sermons. The teachings made a deep impression on the merchant. He was so enthused that he begged Buddha to visit his town Shravasti and spread his wisdom there. Buddha could not refuse his earnest

The king, Prasenjit’s kingdom was in deep trouble due to a dreaded dacoit named Angulimaal. It was not his real name, but a name representing the barbaric act he used to indulge in. His custom was to chop off the little finger of his victim thread it into a garland of fingers he used to

There was a rogue monk in one of the Buddha viharas who was sullying the fair name of the Buddhism. His name was Maulja Faggun. He was in the habit of teasing nuns, wolf whistling and using foul language. The nuns were fed up with him. He was a wolf in monk’s clothing.Buddha was told

Pritachara was a girl born in a rich trader family that lived in a big mansion. The family was money crazy. All the male members remained engaged in the business of making money. They took little interest in whatever was happening in their house. Even when they were home their minds remained busy in mentally

Once, Ananda was going to the town to seek alms which was a daily ritual. It was a hot summer afternoon. He was feeling thirsty. Suddenly, he saw a girl drawing water from the well. He went to her and asked for some water to drink. The girl looked at Ananda for a long time

The five monks who had meditated at ‘Urubela’ with Gautam and deserted him when they found him eating kheer had gone to a forest situated near Sarnath to continue their penance. They meditated for a long time but achieved nothing.Utterly frustrated they wandered around as aimless mendicants unable to decide their future course of action.

Siddhartha sat down under a tree to reminisce his life and times so far. The watershed moment of the life had arrived. With the dawn his life would enter a new phase.At last the dawn broke. The birds chirped to herald the beginning of a new day and to urge Siddhartha to begin his new

Gradually Siddhartha totally withdrew into himself. Now his brooding had become more grave because he was pondering over specific issues. He had definite agenda to give a thought to phenomena of death, disease, old age, woes and the search of eternal peace.Meanwhile, Yashodhra gave birth to a son. Entire palace rejoiced and celebrated the event.

The king and the queen talked to the closest friend of Siddhartha. They asked Basantak to spend more time with his prince friend and find out why he was so serious and brooding always.They hoped that Basantak might be able to fathom the mind of the prince as he could talk to Siddhartha frankly and

Basantak was the closest friend of Siddhartha and the royal couple wanted him to be with the prince as much time as possible. He understood Siddhartha’s nature well and had adjusted himself to it. When the prince lapsed into his contemplative mood he would not disturb him. He would let him ponder and spoke only