CLASS 10
THE SERMON AT BENARES
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Question
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Buddha tree
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Gautama tree
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Bodhi tree
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Siddhartha tree
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Siddhartha Gautama wandered for seven years and finally sat down under a Peepal tree till he got enlightenment. After seven days of enlightenment, he renamed the ‘Bodhi Tree’ and began to teach and to share his new understanding and came to be known as the Buddha.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bodhi tree, also called Bo tree, according to Buddhist tradition, the specific sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) under which the Buddha sat when he attained Enlightenment (Bodhi) at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, India.
Detailed explanation-3: -A popular subject in medieval Buddhist art is the Buddha preaching his first sermon in a deer forest at Sarnath, north of Bodhgaya, where he had experienced enlightenment some weeks prior.
Detailed explanation-4: -Buddha attained his enlightenment at Bodh Gaya after 49 days of deep meditation since then he was called the Buddha or the Enlightened one. He delivered his first sermon at Sarnat, near Varanasi, and attained Nibbana at Kushinagar. Buddha taught Four Noble Truths: The world is full of suffering.