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President Rajapaksa Visits Lumbini

25 Nov 2014 / 0 Comments

Kathmandu, 25 November, (Asiantribune.com): Soon after arriving in Nepal, President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited Lumbini – the birthplace of the Lord Buddha – one of the most sacred places for Buddhists. Though it’s not the President’s first time in Lumbini, he did participate in a number of events

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Published On:Thursday, 4 September 2014
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SIDDHARTHA AND YASODHARA

Siddhartha and Yasodhara was a happy couple. Being close relation and childhood friends they led a very pleasant  married life enjoying all comforts they could wish for. Suddhodana had built for Siddhartha three beautiful mansions to suit the three different seasons. Sometimes Siddhartha spent whole rainy season in the upper floor of his mansion without coming down even once. During such times he was entrained throughout by dancers, singers and musicians.
        Young Suddhodana was very kind and wise. These two qualities made him very sensitive. While enjoying comforts himself he treated his servants and employees well. As he was wise he did not get over attached to the enjoyments and get blinded by them. He was alert and watchful about what was happening around him. He noticed that happiness is temporary and that happiness is followed by unhappiness. This fact became more clear to him when he began to see life outside the mansion.  
        The comforts, happiness and peace that were there in his mansions were not found outside. How poor people suffered without enough food, clothing or even houses to live. He saw how people quarreled with each other, abused and fought with each other very minor matters. On his trips outside the mansions he saw old and sick people lying helpless, abandoned on the wayside. Though death was not a common occurrence in his mansions it was very common outside.  There were constant wars at the time and Siddhartha clearly saw  the miseries of war severe injury, death and loss of dear ones. He was shaken and moved with compassion.
        He gradually got disgusted with the enjoyment of pleasures. His wisdom urged him to find a way to put an end to this misery and unhappiness. 
        He found life in the mansion too busy. There was no peace and clam to enable him to contemplate. He saw other who had left household life to devote time to contemplate peacefully. Siddhartha also decided to be like one of them, to leave household life and become an acetic and engage in search for the truth.
        Thirteen years passed. Yasodhara was about to give birth to a child. Though she know Siddhartha’s wish she did not protest, for she felt that he was very wise and will never do anything wrong. When the parents came to know Shddharth’s wish they felt sad. They remembered what the astrologers said. With tear- filled eyes they tried to prevent Siddhartha from leaving the mansion and becoming an ascetic, but they failed.
        One day when Siddhartha returned to the mansion late n the evening he was informed about the birth of his son. Siddhartha at once felt a great attachment to his son ; but soon he realised that his son will be another bond that will prevent him from leaving the mansion. So he decided to leave the mansion immediately. He called Channa, his charioteer, and asked him to prepare his pet horse Kanthka.
        He was about to leave. All past memories crowded into his mind. He remembered how kind his father had been; how dearly his foster mother, Gotami had been caring for him; how friendly his foster brother Nanda was. He remembered the day he chose Yasodhara s his bride. He felt a great urge to see Yasodhara and his new born son. Quietly he peeped into their room. Siddhartha was choked with emotion. He felt as if something was blocking his throat. He could not bear any more, and soon he turned his eyes aside.
        Seated on the sofa he pondered for long. It was almost midnight. All were fast asleep. With determination and courage he mooted the horse and accompanied by Channa, left the mansion. He traveled a fair distance and crossed the river Neranjara. There, on the bank of the river he changed his princely dress and wore the simple dress of an ascetic, cut his hair short with his own sword and bade farewell to Channa and Kanthaka.    

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