A Life of Worldly Enjoyment.
The Buddha said :
" I was delicately nurtured, nurtured in utmost refinement, in absolute refinement. In my father's home, there was a pond made for blue lotuses, another for red lotuses and another one for white lotuses and all of them for my sake. I never used sandalwood other than from Kasi. My head dress, tunic, my lower garments, & my outer cloak were all made of Kasi cloth. A white parasol was held over me day and night, to protect me from cold, heat, dust, dirt, & dew.
“There were three palaces for me, one for the cold season, one for the hot season and the other for the rainy season. During the four months of the rainy season I was entertained in the rainy-season palace by minstrels without a single man among them, and I did not once come down from the palace. Whereas the servants, workers, & retainers in other people's homes are served meals of lentil soup & broken rice, in my father's home wheat, fine rice, and meat are served." - Sukhamala Sutta
" I was delicately nurtured, nurtured in utmost refinement, in absolute refinement. In my father's home, there was a pond made for blue lotuses, another for red lotuses and another one for white lotuses and all of them for my sake. I never used sandalwood other than from Kasi. My head dress, tunic, my lower garments, & my outer cloak were all made of Kasi cloth. A white parasol was held over me day and night, to protect me from cold, heat, dust, dirt, & dew.
“There were three palaces for me, one for the cold season, one for the hot season and the other for the rainy season. During the four months of the rainy season I was entertained in the rainy-season palace by minstrels without a single man among them, and I did not once come down from the palace. Whereas the servants, workers, & retainers in other people's homes are served meals of lentil soup & broken rice, in my father's home wheat, fine rice, and meat are served." - Sukhamala Sutta
Note:
According commentaries, as Siddhartha grew, his father became very anxious about the prophecy . He wanted to make sure that his son become a Universal Monarch rather than a holy man. He tried to shield him from the harsh truths of life, such as aging, sickness, and death. Siddhartha's father also provided all kinds of sensual enjoyment to keep him enchanted with the worldly life.
Later, when the Buddha allowed women to join the Order, Rahulamata ( Rahula's mother ) became a bhikkhuni under Maha Pajapati Gotami in the company of Janapadakalyani (Nanda) (AA.i.198). In the Sangha she was also known as Bhaddakaccānā Theri ( AA.i.204 f) . Later, she developed insight and became an arahant. The Buddha mentioned that Bhaddakaccana is the Chief among nuns in Great Knowledge ("mahabhinnappattanam yadidam bhaddakaccana", Abhinna: possessed of knowledge, Patta: reached, attained ) in the Etadagga Vagga of the Book of Ones in Anguttara Nikāya ( A.i.25, AN 1.248-257 ) . The Apadāna account (vvs. 1ff ) mentions how, just before her death, at the age of seventy eight, she took leave of the Buddha and performed various miracles. It also states (Ap.ii.592f ) that eighteen thousand arahants nuns, companions of Yasodharā, also died on the same day.
Uppalavanna is Chief in Psychic Power (" iddhimantinam yadidam uppalavanna") . Bhadda Kapilani is Chief in recollecting past lives ( " pubbenivasam anussarantinam yadidam bhadda kapilani" ).END=NAM MO SAKYA MUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.2/5/2014.THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.
When he was 16 the priests remind Siddhartha's father that he will " either become a ruler of the world or an Enlightened One-a Buddha," they said , "As the former is more desirable, it would be well to bind the young man to this world through marriage."
His father requested that Siddhartha marry. He was married and a son was born to them.
According to the Dure Nidana, in the time of Dipankara Buddha, when the future Buddha was born as Sumedha, Rahula's mother was a maiden by the name Sumitta . Sumitta over heard Dipankara Buddha's definite prophecy given to Sumedha to be the Gotama Buddha at some future time. She then aspired to be his companion. Since her first aspiration to be the wife of a Buddha, she had been his companion throughout many lifetime .His father requested that Siddhartha marry. He was married and a son was born to them.
Later, when the Buddha allowed women to join the Order, Rahulamata ( Rahula's mother ) became a bhikkhuni under Maha Pajapati Gotami in the company of Janapadakalyani (Nanda) (AA.i.198). In the Sangha she was also known as Bhaddakaccānā Theri ( AA.i.204 f) . Later, she developed insight and became an arahant. The Buddha mentioned that Bhaddakaccana is the Chief among nuns in Great Knowledge ("mahabhinnappattanam yadidam bhaddakaccana", Abhinna: possessed of knowledge, Patta: reached, attained ) in the Etadagga Vagga of the Book of Ones in Anguttara Nikāya ( A.i.25, AN 1.248-257 ) . The Apadāna account (vvs. 1ff ) mentions how, just before her death, at the age of seventy eight, she took leave of the Buddha and performed various miracles. It also states (Ap.ii.592f ) that eighteen thousand arahants nuns, companions of Yasodharā, also died on the same day.
Uppalavanna is Chief in Psychic Power (" iddhimantinam yadidam uppalavanna") . Bhadda Kapilani is Chief in recollecting past lives ( " pubbenivasam anussarantinam yadidam bhadda kapilani" ).END=NAM MO SAKYA MUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.2/5/2014.THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.
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