Antique Religion - Buddha Said Heaven Welcomes All Pure And Good

Gautama Buddha (560-480 B.C.E.)was born a prince inhe became the Buddha, the Enlightened One.
the Sakya or warrior caste, the second highest in theFollowers became drawn to him from the great and
Hindu faith of India. His mother died when he wasancient Hindu religion, which caused consternation
young and the boy was brought in luxury withamong the ruling courts. The caste system which
servants in a palace.Buddha rejected held that all were born into one of
When Gautama was 29 and just after the birth offive levels of caste, with the ruling court on top.
his son he felt the need to leave and felt greatNext were the warrior caste to protect the court,
sorrow at leaving his family. He wandered across thethen down to merchants who were needed for
fertile Ganges plains to the tree covered hills oftrade and wealth, the higher skilled laborer, and at the
Vindhya hills where he lived for six years.bottom the Untouchables. They were all stuck in their
Here Buddha practiced the usual ways of the asceticpositions for life, an Untouchable could never work his
then common among holy men in India. He shaved hisway up into court. This is changing now in modern
head and beard, put on the yellow robes andIndia finally.
tortured his body with long fasts and every knownBuddhism exported better in other nearby lands,
form of physical mortification.where the gentle teachings allowed all to reach
He became known as a pure man yet the truthheaven, or Nirvana by living pure lives and forgoing
seemed to escape him until he awoke from a faintingexcess. Buddha has long since taken on more oriental
fit from hunger he awoke as light came like a flasheyes and the fat belly in south east Asia, Japan and
to his mind.again now in China.
All the fasting, the suppression and control of theIt seems the feeling of empty lives is driving young
breath, the fasting were leading him to enfeeblementaffluent coastal Chinese to be meditating in city parks
of mind and body. To reach unclouded reason,and the authorities are so far able to realize this is
flawless thinking, surveying the processes of thought,not threat.
acquire clarity of vision and unadulterated experience,People are reporting happier lives and feeling more
a person must have proper food and lead a healthycalm. What came to the West in a faddish wave in
life.the 1960 era and has shown evidence of reducing
Buddha was thrilled by his discovery but his discipleshigh blood pressure and many calming effects. Good
were so shocked that their master would turn awaynews circles the world in way and waves that can be
from constant suffering and all left him. The day thatvery good news.
followed has been said to be one of those definingWe will carry these thoughts into further articles that
moments in history.had Gautama be the first to break through the Hindu
Left to himself Gautama walked the forests in nowanger about his greater freedom to a rather court
Bihar and sat by the banks of the River Neranjarastyle Nirvana that was not sure Untouchables were
where he sat under a wild fig tree. Here a ladyever going to more than the septic brigade.
presented him with a dish of milk which invigoratedBuddha overlapped their eight steps which might
him.have you become a cow or monkey on your steps
And it is said there, after his ranging through everythrough reincarnation. He added a fast track that
emotion known to humanity from blackest despair toanyone could choose to make it to Nirvana or Eternal
sublime hope. Gautama found at last the peace andBliss or Heaven in this life if one lived a pure life and
certainty he sought. Truth was revealed to him andlearned the four basic truths.