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(source) Howdy folks, NitroDubbz here. I'm back today with more of the life of Buddha. So without further ado, let's begin! Suddhodhana doesn't want Siddhartha to leave. So he builds him huge, lavish palaces and forbids him from leaving them. Siddhartha is just chilling and laying around enjoying life pretty much. Then his wife, Gopa, bears him a son. Then someone comes to the temple talking about how beauty has begun to return to the forest after winter has ended. Siddhartha is drawn to the forest and Suddhodhana reluctantly allows him to leave. Suddhodhana orders the streets cleared of beggars, elderly, and the infirm, to prevent Siddhartha from seeing the bad parts of life. But the Gods want Siddhartha to experience all of life, so they put an old man in the middle of the road for him to see. Siddhartha is also introduced to sickness and death. He gets to his destination where a bunch of maidens are waiting to seduce him, but he just mopes around and ignores...

(source) Howdy everyone, NitroDubbz here. Today I'm going to be reading the Life of Buddha. The story starts off with a fair and just king (Suddhodhana) of a very wealthy and extravagant kingdom, and his favorite wife, Maya. Maya wants to be kept away in the highest part of the palace, as far from earthly discomforts as she can, but she also wants the poor and unfortunate taken care of. Maya then has a dream from the Gods about giving birth to Siddhartha. She then gives birth to Siddhartha and the hermit Asita comes to visit and confirms that Siddhartha has come to put an end to rebirth. I'm not sure if in this context rebirth is reincarnation or the resetting of the universe like the Yugas with Shiva. Unforunately, Maya dies seven days after giving birth to Siddhartha. Mahaprajapati, Maya's sister, ends up taking care of Siddhartha as if he was her own. When Siddhartha is older, Mahaprajapati takes him to the temple and all the statues of the Gods come to life a...