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Siddhartha
Hello everyone! My English name is Emily and my Korean name is 고은서.
Today I learned about Buddhism in Goryeo dynesty. But do you know how Siddhartha became a Buddha? Today I would like to talk about it.
In India, long time ago there was a prince name Siddhartha. He didn't know that servents and common people lived misery because he was surrounded with fancy things since he was born. As he grew he became curious about the life outside the kingdom. So Siddhartha asked his fater to go out. And Siddhartha could finally go out the palace. But his father told the servents to clean around the palace and make the poor and sickness people go to the edge of the city. He did this to make his son not be serious about the outside of the palace.
When Siddhartha went out the city he thought the city was beautiful just like the palace. But as he went around the corner he saw a very old person. He was curious about him so he asked his servant. "Why is the person like this?" And he answered "He can't see and walk well so he is begging to live. You are not exception too. Anybody could be like him. Also he could go to death. Your not exception about this too." Then he asked "What is death?" and he knew that death is end of life and that it happens to everybody. Siddhartha was scared and he got a pain about this in his mind. He knew that people could be sick and people will die.
He felt that the fanciest all around him was lie. So he put out the fancy clothes and weared like a begger and went outside the castle. For years he lived like a beggar. He tried to learn why people get old and die. One day he thougt about the seceret of life. He said "Any people who is rather sick or poor could have happiness from good life. From that he was known as Buddha. He told the people that followed him to be honesty and settlement with enemys and be away from force. These day we call the people who follow buddah the Buddhists.
This is the story that I know about Buddha. |