Comments on: Was Buddha a Bad Father?

By: Sullivan

Sullivan — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:39:00 +0000

I would suggest you do so the same, read about his life story. His own wife asked him when he goes back to his palace after enlightenment. Couldnt he have gotten enlightenment staying here in the palace and his answer was yes.

My dear running away from responsibilities or life is not the answer. Enlightenment is the highest state one can achieve. What are we running away from and to seek what? Its your own true self that you are seeking. Yes we need to learn to let go of attraction or attachments. Learning to let go of all bondages and mental conditions. Staying here we can do that too is all i am saying. Do you think no one had got enlightened staying at their homes and being a Grishatha? You will find thousands. There are many paths. And most pathetic thing is that their own followers have totally misunderstood him. Buddha never advocated idol worship, but what do you find now Buddhas statues every where.

By: Green Tees

Green Tees — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:22:00 +0000

He was actually born in present day Nepal, Lumbini, not that India or Nepal existed then, in name.

By: Ishanthi

Ishanthi — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 04:12:00 +0000

Who said that he,realised what he did was foolish.he never said anything like that.and he never said that anybody could find nirvana with the comforts of home.you have to let go,of things you like.because if you does get attached to comforts you can never find nirvana.what you people are saying is lies.first go and do some research on Theravada Buddhism.

By: Zac

Zac — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:55:00 +0000

Good father will go to store then buy and give his son a fish to eat. Great father will go learn and then teach his son how to fish. The Buddha show his son the path to no suffering after become enlightenment.

By: Cuaima

Cuaima — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 03:50:00 +0000

Unless you ACTUALLY meant to say, you wouldn’t invite a “NON-SPEAKING” person…into your house, then the following are not for you. Now, if you ACTUALLY meant non-ENGLISH speaking person then this IS for you: I wouldn’t invite an ignorant, backward, stupid, racist, asshole lile you anywhere, even if you were the LAST COME-MIERDA, PENDEJO, BABOSO y MAMARACHO alive!!!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:28:00 +0000

Because there were maids to do that for them. They were very rich kings.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:25:00 +0000

Do you know that Buddhism is the only religion that hasn’t been proved wrong by Science?

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:24:00 +0000

“True spiritual happiness can only come from the ascent of the intellect and will to Charity.” that is true. and also one of Buddha’s teachings.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:22:00 +0000

You should understand the cultural differences they have in India. I do not agree that treating women with inferiority was right. But because of the cultural ways men especially kings did not have to explain things to women in India that time but he did send a message with Channa who took him to Nerangana river with Kanthaka horse. Channa wanted to join Sidhartha but Sidhartha sent Channa back to the castle to give the message to everyone. So your saying that he did not leave a message is also inaccurate. When Bodhisathwa became Buddha, he preached about treating everybody with equality. He was the first leader who let women become monks too. So women like Yashodara, Prajapathi etc. could attain Nibbhana too.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:07:00 +0000

Buddhism is not about praying to a GOD. It’s about eliminating everything negative in your mind and keeping the full stop to the sufferings in your life. To do that you have to eliminate all the bonds that you have towards all the other things including humans. For example: think about how many times you have felt sad because of the bonds you have towards another person.

When Rahula was born, Bodhisathwa realized that if he stayed at home this paternal bond(because of the Laukika lifestyles) avoids him from achieving enlightenment and helping millions of people including that son Rahula.

Moreover, making the decision to leave the palace was not made in one night. As a crowned price he was provided with dancing women to please him. These women were dancing and partying and they all went to sleep. When he woke up he saw that the beauty that he saw in these women was not constant but that they change. That it was not true. Women were not looking pretty like they used to with their make up and all that making him to begin to think about the inner organs and the elements of the body. In addition to this, there were four incidents he witnessed 1. an old man 2. a patient 3. a dead body 4. a monk. leading him to think the peacefulness of the spirit of the monk.

He was a good dad, because he stopped the sufferings of his family including Rahula and Yashodara. Let me remind you, Rahula and Yashodara did became Arahath and attained Nibbha, meaning that they developed their minds and gained the intelligence. Because becoming Arhath is not something one can be forced into. It is something only you can do by improving the mind and intelligence. So, Rahula, Yashodara and Sudhdhodhan(his father) were saved including millions of people.

So I’d say please dig into more accurate Buddhism concepts and learn more history before making faulty accusations like this.