A few years back a teenage boy meditating under a tree in south central
Besides Nepal Buddha he is also known as the Buddha Boy since he is just a teenager and has drawn curiosity from world over since he has meditated for over ten months without food and water. People have been left wondering whether he is the incarnation of Gautama Buddha or not.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Nepal Buddha
Siddartha Gautama or Gautam Buddha as he is proudly called was born in Lumbini forest in Nepal in 560 BC. He was named Siddhartha and was raised up in the kingdom of Kapilavastu . Her mother Maya gave birth to Gautama in Lumbini in a garden beneath the sal tree. The day on which Gautama Buddha was born is celebrated in Theravada countries as Vasak. He spent 29 years as the Prince of Kapilavastu during the period which he married Yasodhara who gave birth to Rahula. In Hinduism Gautama Buddha is regarded as the reincarnation of Vishnu. Since he was born in Nepal he is also referred to as the Nepal Buddha.