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This is the Great Birth of the World- Honoured One - Prince SiddharthaPalatial Life of Prince Siddhartha

The Four Great Signs- (Satara Pera Nimiti in Sinhalese)The Great Renunciation - Mahabhinishkramana of Prince Siddhartha
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Austere practice or Self-mortification (Attakhilamathanuyoga) of Ascetic Siddhartha

The Great Enlightenment - Abhisambodhi

The First Teaching of the Buddha to the five ascetics. The Buddha delivered the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta, the Suttaof Turning the Wheel of the Dhamma.

Preaching the Anantalakkhana or Anattalakkhana Sutta (The Sutta on the Characteristics of No-Self). Having heard thisdistinctive teaching, all the five Bhikkhus attained the arahanthood, which is the final stage of the Buddhist sainthoot.Beside the Buddha, they were the first arahantas in the Buddhist dispensation.

The Commencement of the First Buddhist Missionary Service with 60 Arahantas Conversion of Beautiful Queen Khema
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Consoling Patachara, the lady who was stricken by great grief due to loss of her two kids, husband and parents on thesame day.

DharmadesanaHelping Sunita who was a scavenger from untouchable caste (chandala). The Blessed One gave ordination to Sunita witha great compassion towards him. After entering the Order of Bhikkhus, Sunita attained arahantship. The Establishment of the Bhikkhuni Order. Mahaprajapati Gotami, the Buddha's step mother requested the Buddha theordination for ladies. The Buddha accepted her request with a great compassion towards womenfolk.

Saving Rajjumala, an innocent girl who was said to be a lifelong servent. The cruel mistress of Rajjumala severelypunished her everyday. This poor gril decided to commit suicide but the Buddha prevented her doing so and finally she

was free from slavery and became an addopted daughter of the employer.

Treating and caring a sick monk. The Buddha was the most compassionate teacher in the world. This is how He treatedhis disciples. The Buddha said that one who attends sick attends Him.
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Consoling Kisagotami, the one who lost her one and only son. Kisagotami never believed that her beloved son haddeparted her. She looked for a doctor to cure her dead son and finally she came to the Buddha. Kisagotami wascompletely exhausted with grief and sorrow. The Buddha consoled her saying that He could cure her son but she was

asked to bring a lump of mustard seeds from a house where there was no any dead occured in the past. She was veryhappy and ran to houses as many as she could. But all her effort was in vain because she couldn't find any single familywhose relatives had never passed away. Finally she realized that everything is impermanent. She bade farewel to herbeloved son and departed with a sobbing and bursting heart. Finally she was able to make up her mind and then wentback to the Buddha. She paid attention to His great teaching. At the end of the taching she entered the Order ofBhikkhunis and attained arahantship.

Preaching the Dhamma to Anatapindika, the Millionaire of Savatthi, who was the main benefactor of the Buddha.Anathapindika spent 54 crores of golden coins and built Jetavanarama Monastery and offered it to the Buddha and Hisdisciples.

Preaching to Vishakha, the main female benefactor of the Buddha. Vishaka spent 27 crores of golden coins and bulitPurvarama Monastery and offered to the Buddha and His disciples.

The great literary service of Buddhist monks. In the later period the Buddhist Monastery became the education institutefor both lay and monastic community. The first University in the wold is the Nalanda Buddhist University in Indiaestablished around 6th to 7th centuries C.E. In this manner the Buddhist Sangha did a great service in spreading theDhamma and teaching some secular subjects as well.
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The Fourfold Buddhist Community, Bhikkhu, Bhikkhuni, Upasaka, Upasika (monks, nuns, male and female lay followersof the Dhamma).Stopping war - Because of the sharing of water of river Rohini, two groups of Buddha's relavtives called for a war. TheBuddha appread in the middle of the river and questioned them which is more imporatnt, the water or their lives. Theyall accepted that they were wrong and stopped the war and became close to each other keeping unity among them.

Mahaparinirvana - The Great Passing Away of the Buddha. Having done a great service of 45 years at the age of 80, theBuddha attained parinirvana. The great light of the world was blown out in that way. All the sravakas and many followers

both male and female came to see the Buddha and paid their last respect to their great master who was with full ofcomapssion and love. Arahantas observed and recollected the impermanent nature of all phenomena and paid theiroutmost repect to the Great Light of the Universe. The puthujjana sravakas and lay followers couldn't bear the sorrow and

they burst into tears. They cried, wept and lamented over the death of the Buddha. Venerable Ananda sobbed and fainted.Eminent sravakas consoled him but he cried out thinking that to whom he would help in future because thecompassionate Lord is departing him now.It is said that having heard the passing away of the Buddha, king Ajatasattu (Ajasat) couldn't bear his sorrow and criedand lamented putting his hands over his head. He became unconscious and forgot almost everything.The great funeral of the Buddha was taken place in the Sala Grove of the Mallas. All the kings of Malla kingdom paid theirrespect to the Buddha. Thousands of sravakas and millions of devotes attended the ceremony. They arranged the most

beautiful and granderous funeral ever had taken place on this earth and burnt the Sarira of the Great Human Being whoever lived in this world with immesuarable qualities.Pay Homage to Him, the Blessed One, the Worthy One the Fully Enlightened One! (Namo Tassa Bhagavato ArahatoSamma Sambuddhassa).

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