Around 563 B.C.E., Prince Siddhartha was born to Suddhodana, the awesome king, and to the beautiful Queen Maya.
The night before she gave birth to him, she had a dream that she was carried over the Himalayas and set down on a silver couch. A six-tusked white elephant struck her right side.
The king an queen were confused by the dream. They asked the Brahmins to explain it. The Brahmins said, "You are carrying a child who will be great man", and that the prince's future held two paths. If he left royal life, and saw te suffering that is in the world, he'd become one who is enlightened, or a Buddha. If he stayed a prince, he could rule the universe.
Prince Siddhartha was born in a garden. Old stories sometimes say that rigt after his birth, "a soft, warm rain of heavenly flowers" fell on the prince and queen.
The baby could already walk, talk, ad looked like he was 2 or 3 years old. He then said "I am the leader of the world and the guide to the world."
The night before she gave birth to him, she had a dream that she was carried over the Himalayas and set down on a silver couch. A six-tusked white elephant struck her right side.
The king an queen were confused by the dream. They asked the Brahmins to explain it. The Brahmins said, "You are carrying a child who will be great man", and that the prince's future held two paths. If he left royal life, and saw te suffering that is in the world, he'd become one who is enlightened, or a Buddha. If he stayed a prince, he could rule the universe.
Prince Siddhartha was born in a garden. Old stories sometimes say that rigt after his birth, "a soft, warm rain of heavenly flowers" fell on the prince and queen.
The baby could already walk, talk, ad looked like he was 2 or 3 years old. He then said "I am the leader of the world and the guide to the world."