did anyone know that budda was an indian prince?

Question

i hate how a lot of people think that budda came from china, thailand, japan or something cuz its not true. he was a prince from india who was hindu. he didnt agree with hinduism completly so he decided to go on a mission. he sent ambassadors to other countries in asia to spread the word of a new religion that wasnt so strict as hinduism. as he traveled himself, (he left kingdom) and went to asian countries (to the east) he was given the name budda.(just a word from his religion. (came frum a sanskrit word. languge of the hindus. dead lyke latin). he is fat because he wud accept everyones sorry in his belly.

THOSE OF YOU THAT CANT ACCEPT THIS FACT

so indians are also asians! hate it or w.e i dk.

Answer 1

Well... I can add that Buddha was born in Lumbini, a place in modern-day Nepal. He was the Shakya king's only son. He was married to Yashodhara and had a son, named Rahul.

Then, one night he left the privileged comforts of his palace, left his wife and sleeping son... and renounced the world.
He wandered through the forests of the Himalayan mountains, and came to a place called Gaya (in India). There, he attained enlightenment under a Banyan tree.

Buddhism spread through the rest of the world from India. King Ashok, sent ambassadors to many parts of the world to spread the message of peace, and Buddhist teachings; after he saw the destruction caused by the Battle of Kaling.

Answer 2

My family's Buddhist, I went to Christian school for a year, learnt about Islam from the Indonesian taxi drivers, and I have no religion. Your post reminded me of what Alexander Pope said, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." because you found something that you didn't expect and ran away with it without looking into it further.

There are three branches of Buddhism, the two major ones are Mahayana and Theravada. Buddha doesn't come from China, Thailand or Japan. The scripture of buddhism is from India, but in China and Japan, buddhism is transformed over the history to be part of a culture instead of personal belief. If you are looking at it academically, Chinese buddha is Mahayana, which is based on the Indian scripture, but culturally the Chinese worship more than one Buddha (can't remember how many exactly, have to ask my mother) and Siddharta Gautama is but one of them.

Siddharta (the Indian prince you mentioned) did not go on a mission because he disagree with Hinduism. He travelled to find the meaning of life. He did not send ambassadors, the people he met in his travel spread the word about him. Get your facts straight (or at least extract from what's widely established).

Answer 3

Buddha is a documented historical man named Siddhartha Gautama. He came from a wealthy family in India.
He became a Buddha, or 'enlightened one' after many years of devoting himself to the task of self development and exploration. He abandoned 'self' at his moment of nirvana (enlightenment).
The man we recognize as Buddha taught that there had been many Buddhas before him and that we all have the potential to achieve an enlightened state, what is often termed Buddha-nature.
There are many images and interpretations of how this Buddha may look but they are insignificant as 'facts'. Some Buddha images represent him as very thin, to remind us of the different states Buddha endured to find the truth. The 'fat' oriental Buddha is commonly believed to be a representation of a Chinese Buddhist Monk. These images are used only to inspire individuals to step onto the path towards enlightenment...

Answer 4

What does it matter if Buddha was Born in India ?
In Vedic Literatures it is stated that it is very wrong to consider any Holy Sage to belong to a particular nation of Birth or community ...

Its insulting to call Buddha or Krishna as Indian or Jesus as Middle-east person ... They belong to the whole world and their teachings belong to every one....

Answer 5

Get your own facts straight.

Buddha was not fat. That fat image is Chinese good luck figure. A person named Kashmeer should have known more about him than average Americans. Anyway.....

Secondly he did not travelled outside India or sen his ambassaders. That was more of a Ashoka thing.

loki_niflheim is right.

Answer 6

Yeah, actually Buddhism is more strict than Hinduism in that you can't reach Nirvana just by following certain rituals or rules.

Answer 7

Does the car speak of the spirit of the driver?
Is it fact or fable? It doesn't matter.
Are we Physical beings having a spiritual experience, or Spiritual beings having a physical experience.

Answer 8

Hmm knew about this ! but this is really good that someone out here really cares to correct people's views and not just come up with the questions. Good for you and us!
God Bless!!

Answer 9

Wow, someone who is actually on here to educate others! This is refreshing! =)
Actually, I did already know that because I like history and religion. But, it's good for others to know.

Answer 10

Yes, the FIRST Buddha was Indian (Siddartha). But there have been Buddhas of many races since then.