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   Zodiac: The Race Begins

   The great Buddha gave the eminent Jade Emperor the task of ruling the celestial and mortal worlds.
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   Gautama Buddha

   At this point, he realized complete awakening and insight into the nature and cause of human suffering which was ignorance, along with steps necessary to eliminate it. ... The Buddha eventually accepted them five years after the formation of the Sangha on the grounds that their capacity for enlightenment was equal to that of men, but he gave them certain additional rules (Vinaya) to follow.
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   Sariputra in the Jatakas

   In the Maha Dhammapala, the future Buddha gives Sariputra, his teacher the lesson of not giving the Five Precepts indiscriminately to those who have no interest in accepting nor the resolve to live by them.
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   Buddha-nature

   In Mahayana Buddhism, enlightenment is a process of uncovering this inherent nature … The Buddha nature [is] identical with transcendental reality.
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   Family of Gautama Buddha

   But the Buddha told him that the time was already right, as he had accomplished his task: to establish the four-fold community of bhikkhus, bhikkhunis, laymen, and laywomen. ... She also gave birth to a son, Nanda, to King Suddodhana.
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   Miracles of Gautama Buddha

   One account is that as this elephant, who had been intoxicated into a crazed state by his keepers, ran through the town towards The Buddha, a frightened woman accidentally dropped her baby at the Buddha's feet. ... Some accounts indicate that The Buddha then gave a personal Dharma sermon to this elephant.
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   Skandha

   In his first sermon, though, the Buddha gave it a new, psychological meaning, introducing the term 'clinging-khandhas' to summarize his analysis of the truth of stress and suffering.
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   Bhikkhuni

   According to the scriptural accounts, the reason the Buddha gave for his actions was that admission of women to the sangha would weaken it and shorten its lifetime.
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   Sarnath

   The sermon Buddha gave to the five monks was his first sermon, called the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta.
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    Buddhism

    The Sthaviras gave rise to several schools, one of which was the Theravāda school. ... The Vision of the Buddha.

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• Zodiac: The Race Begins,
• Gautama Buddha,
• Sariputra in the Jatakas,
• Buddha-nature,
• Family of Gautama Buddha,
• Miracles of Gautama Buddha,
• Skandha,
• Bhikkhuni,
• Sarnath,
• Buddhism