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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Teena@" data-source="post: 7429675" data-attributes="member: 266388"><img src="http://www.beyondthenet.net/buddha/gallery/Plate1a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[SIZE=-1]1. The Birth of the Bodhisatta.      On a full-moon day in the month of May (Visakha) 2600 years ago was  born a Prince named       Siddhattha. His birth took place at Lumbini (modern Rumindei in  Nepal), where his mother       Mahamaya, the chief queen consort of King Suddhodana of  Kapilavatthu, rested with her       royal retinue, on her way to her parental home in Devadaha. In the  picture Queen Mahamaya       stands under a flowering sala tree holding on to one of its  branches. [/SIZE]<img src="http://www.beyondthenet.net/buddha/gallery/Plate2a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                      [SIZE=-1]2. Life as a Prince.      Manifold was the variety of all the sensuous delights within the  palace, the music and       song that filled the palace halls by night and day; the beauty and  grace of its dancing       girls; the fragrance of subtle perfumes; the finest silks and  priceless gems for jewellery       and adornment; and rare delicacies and foods for the royal table.  And yet, day after day,       seated amidst all this luxury the Prince remains unmoved. Ever in  thoughtful mood, with a       far-away look in his beautiful eyes he muses on the fleeting nature  of life's so called       pleasures and its doubtful delights. [/SIZE]<img src="http://www.beyondthenet.net/buddha/gallery/Plate3a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                      [SIZE=-1]3. The realities of life.      All King Suddhodana's efforts to protect his son from the four  sights of old-age, disease,       death and a recluse are of no avail. On a certain occasion, on his  way to the royal       pleasure gardens the Prince is confronted by each one of these very  sights, and is filled       with doubts and deep misgiving. Soon after this he meets a wandering  ascetic, impressed by       the sombre garb and quiet demeanour of the homeless recluse the  Prince looks long and hard       at him, and then, makes up his mind to leave the palace for a life  of homelessness.[/SIZE]</blockquote>

Verification: Hath warak paha keeyada? (hatha wadikireema paha)

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