RELIGIONS
HINDUISM
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Question
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He fasted and prayed
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He meditated
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He practiced yoga
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He bathed in the Ganges river
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Detailed explanation-1: -After spending 49 days sitting under a Bo-tree meditating, Siddhartha Gautama became Buddha Gautama; he had finally reached enlightenment. During those 49 days, tradition says that Gautama was tempted by the evil one, Mara. By resisting the temptations, he was open to enlightenment.
Detailed explanation-2: -He sat in the lotus position, closed his eyes and concentrated on his breathing. As the night passed, he went through many different feelings. Did You Know? Sitting cross-legged in meditation, with the eyes shut, is called the lotus position.
Detailed explanation-3: -His eventual attainment of Nirvana does not come from someone imparting the wisdom to him but instead through an internal connection to the river, which he finds contains the entire universe.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Fourth Noble truth charts the method for attaining the end of suffering, known to Buddhists as the Noble Eightfold Path. The steps of the Noble Eightfold Path are Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.