RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Question
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He fasted
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He meditated.
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He suffered.
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He studied with gurus.
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Detailed explanation-1: -One day, seated beneath the Bodhi tree (the tree of awakening) Siddhartha became deeply absorbed in meditation, and reflected on his experience of life, determined to penetrate its truth. He finally achieved Enlightenment and became the Buddha.
Detailed explanation-2: -He meditated for several days under a ‘peepal tree at Bodh Gaya in Bihar. Here, after meditation, he attained enlightenment. This gave him the name ‘Buddha’ (the Enlightened One).
Detailed explanation-3: -How did Buddha get enlightenment? 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-4: -This extraordinary place-Bodh Gaya-is understood to be the site of the enlightenment, or “great awakening” (Sanskrit, mahabodhi), of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. It was here that Siddhartha Gautama sat in meditation under the Bodhi tree, having renounced his princely life to wander and practice asceticism.