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The Life of the Buddha - The birth of the Bodhisatta | The story of the Buddha | Early Buddhism
The story of the birth of the Bodhisatta (the being who would become the Buddha) in Lumbini told by Ajahn Moneyyo.
The appearance of a Buddha, a perfectly awakened one who teached the path to liberation is the rarest event in the universe. The Buddha says from his recollection of previous lives that sometimes for 30 or 60 eons no Buddha will arise in the universe. So it is not surprising that his conception and birth was accompanied by special events.
This is a summary of the account of the conception and birth of the Bodhisatta according to the Middle Length DIscourses of the Buddha…
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