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CHRACTERISTICS 

_{GAUTAM BUDDHA (567BC)}

_{1st tirthankar -Rishabhdev} 

_{2nd - Bharta}

_{23rd - Parshavnath}

_{FATHER- Shudhodhana}

_{MOTHER- Mahamaya} 

_{STEP MOTHER -Prajapati Gautami}

_{WIFE- Yashodra}

_SON-Rahul

_{FATHER-Siddharth}

_{MOTHER-Trishla}

_WIFE-Yasoda

_{DAUGHTER- Priyadarshani (married to Jamali , 1st disciple of Mahavir.)}

_{at Rumandei village of Lumbini in Kapilvastu ,Nepal , as prince of Sakya clan.}

_{-saw 4 great sights with his friend Channa -}

_{Sick man, Old man, Dead body, Ascetic .}

_{-left home with Channa and horse Kantaka at the age of 29years. leaving home is called as Mahabhinishkarmana.}

_{- at 35 , on the banks of river Nirjara , under a peepal tree ( now called as Bodhi tree) , he started meditation, got enlightenment after 48 days on full moon of Baisakhi.}

_{- delivered 1st sermon at Deer Park at Sarnath called as Dharamchakraparivartan.}

_{-At 36, he met Makkali Ghosal , founder of section called as Ajivika based on Niyativaad ( everything is destined).}

_{-at 43, he got enlightenment at a place called as Jrimbhikagram on the banks of river Rajupalika under a Sal tree and is called as  Kaivalya.}

_{died at the age of 80 , at Kusinara (Gorakhpur ,U.P).}

_{1956, 2600th death anniversary of Buddha was celebrated.}

4 _{Aryan truths} 

_{sorrow , desire(cause of sorrow),}

_{cessation of sorrow, path of cessation of sorrow.}

_{-8 fold path} 

_{right belief, right speech, right thought, right action, right collection, right endeavours/9 to cultivate pure feelings), right means of livelihood(honest earning), right meditation.}

_{(TO LEARN THIS , CODE IS -}

_{BEST is CALM....}

_{B FOR BELIEF , E FOR ENDEAVOURS, S FOR SPEECH, AND SO ON)}

_{ahimsa, satya, aparigrah, achori, celibacy (Brahmcharya) added by Mahavir later} 

_-TRIRATNA 

_{right faith, right knowledge, right conduct}

_{they had faith in tirthankars ,( in journey of salvation, one has to be a saadhu, then upadhaya , acharya (tirthankar), arihant.)}