Who
Was Lord Buddha?
Lord Buddha was extra ordinary person who was purified his mind
from lust, ill-will & ignorance. He achieved this state via deep
breathing meditation under the Bodhi tree in
India,
Gaya region about 2600 years ago at
midnight
on May (or Vesak month). This state of mind is so called as enlighten,
awaked or arahant. However anyone can be attained this state but
different of Lord Buddha was he purified his mind with removing all
habitual perceptions in lower mind. Lord Buddha's birth day, enlightened
day & passed away day was same day & same month on separate years, was
fullmoon day on May months. There have nine virtuous characteristics of
Lord Buddha that we want to recall every times as we can :
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Lord Buddha were removed lust, ill-will &
ignorance with habitual perceptions in lower mind via deep meditation,
with help of infinitive merit powers which he accumulated in his
rebirth cycle (Sansara).
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Lord Buddha achieved enlighten without any
teacher's guidance, which means his own effort.
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Lord Buddha had especial mind powers : look
infinitive past lives, identify where beings go after the death & own
wisdom of removing dirty cankers in deeper mind. Also Lord
Buddha had eight mind powers & 15 deep precepts. (also had ten
powers & four steady experiences)
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Lord Buddha chooses middle path called eightfold path & by using it he
achieved enlighten. This path is called most beautiful path in rebirth
cycle (Sansara).
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Lord Buddha knows every facts & wisdom about
worlds of lust, material & non-material. Since infinitive life
times, he collected ultimate merit forces for achieve this omniscient
state.
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Lord Buddha can tame any being include gods,
Brahmas, Mara, devil & humans. Also any one can't destroy life of the
Lord Buddha.
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Lord Buddha not only preaches humans, also he
was teachers to gods too. Gods include Brahmas worship to Lord Buddha
for their own refuge.
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Lord Buddha preaches or helps to achieve
enlighten to anyone according to their merit powers. Lord Buddha can
make understand to others how to achieve enlighten.
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Lord Buddha was getting rid from rebirth cycle
& every pain. Also Lord Buddha suits to getting offerings or donations
as alms by humans & gods or any other beings.
Sri
Saddh Dharma 
Lord Buddha was great researcher, who found all truths of the
universe. Among such vast knowledgebase vital amounts which are helping to
get rid from rebirth cycle are called as Dharma. We called it as Sri Saddh Dharma, because it helps to step into noble path toward nibbana.
Among the Dharma Lord Buddha revealed skills for personal development,
family life, heavens, hells, ghosts, etc. Following characteristics have
within Dharma :
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Dharma were preached by Lord Buddha is helping
to achieve nibbana via practicing from start level, middle level into
end level. It is clearly & grammatically described.
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Dharma can be understand in this life itself
via observe precepts, practice concentration & develop wisdom or doing
meditation of wisdom also called as Vipassana.
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Dharmas are not change with times. Means it
steadily truth in past, present & future.
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Dharmas are open to anyone in human world or
heavens, without any secrets.
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Dharma want to be understand from own efforts
via listening, remembering, pronouncing, thinking & practicing in
daily life.
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Dharma can be understood by any wise person in
any country, any race or any education level.
Aryaya Maha Sangha

Monks who were asked Dharma from Lord Buddha or his followers,
then achieved nibbana by practicing observe precepts, mind concentration
and develop wisdom. Then they are called as Arahant monks. They are free
from rebirth cycle and every pain. Sariputta Maha Thero was monk who had
best brightness in mind, then Moggallana Thero had best mind powers and
Anuruddha Thero had best divine-eye. But there lived large number of
arahant monks since Buddha's time to now. Their common characteristics
are :
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Sangha are practicing for observe higher
precepts, mind concentration and develop their wisdom.
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Sangha are taming their mind under steady path
or eightfold path.
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Sangha always concentrate their mind to achieve
nibbana in their current life time.
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Sangha preach Dharma to humans & gods.
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Sangha are practicing & finished path for steam
entry, once-returning to lust world, non-returning to lust world &
arahant, so they can be categorized as eight sub groups & four main
groups.
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Sangha have precepts to donate alms which are
brought from long distance.
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Sangha have precepts to treat well, give alms &
help as visitors.
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Sangha have precepts to donate alms which are
brought as wishing earn merits for this life & next life.
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Sangha have precepts to earn worshiping of
humans & gods.
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Sangha can be treated as field for cultivate
seeds of merits for future life times.
Maha Mangala
Sutra

When Lord Buddha stayed in Getawana temple, wise people in
India
had doubts about what are blessing facts. Some people said seeing white
omens help to became success, some were said worship to gods or devils
need to be success, etc. These arguments went to heaven too, so gods
were also argued by considering what are blessing facts. Finally King of
Heaven, Sakkra Devandra send messenger god to Lord Buddha for ask about
what are blessing facts. Because Lord Buddha had universal knowledge
about every things. That god came at
midnight with illuminating Getawana temple then asked
from Buddha what are blessing fact. So Lord Buddha said Maha Mangala
Sutra (means sutra of great blessing facts) which had 38 blessing facts
as below :
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Avoid associate with evil people, always
associate with wise people & honor to wise people,
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Reside in good locations, had done merit in
past & set yourself on right actions,
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Have vast knowledge of skills, trainings &
experiences, training disciplines and have pleasant speech,
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Supporting to one's parent, cherishing spouse &
children and do correct occupation without laziness,
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Donate alms, stay with Dharma, supporting
relatives and always do right actions,
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Refrain from bad actions & all evils, avoid
intoxicating drinks and not lateness to practice Dharma,
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Respect to wise people, be humble, contentment
and offer gratitude to your helpers,
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Be patience, obedience to Dharma, seeing monks
& discuss Dharma when right time,
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Having self-control, leading noble life,
understand noble truth & try to get enlightenment in this life,
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Keep balancing mind with eight world conditions, remove
sadness, living without stress & being secure
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Practice above all blessing facts in daily life
also finally become one blessing fact.
Five Precepts In
Buddhism 
Main paths in Buddhism towards spiritual life are : donations,
precepts & meditation. Lord Buddha told precepts are every important to
rebirth in human world or heavens. Beings born in realms of animal,
ghost, evils & hells because they didn't observe five precepts. Lord
Buddha told five precepts are disciplines for laic; it is basic precepts
towards eightfold path. Those are : avoid killing any beings, avoid from
stealing, avoid from sexual misconduct, avoid from lying & avoid from
taking alcohol or intoxicating drugs. People who have these five
precepts are staying with happy & bright mind in their daily life. In
Apayasanwaththnika Sutra (means sutra of facts which are friendly or
related to drop down to hells after death), Lord Buddha preached what
kind of negative incomes we gain in our next life, if we don't observe
these five precepts :
- Not observe - avoid
killing any beings : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then
ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life, with very less life
time and with lot of sicknesses.
- Not observe - avoid
from stealing : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then ghost
realm, then minimum income is get human life with lost their
properties, lands, house, money, etc...
- Not observe - avoid
from sexual misconduct : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm,
then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life with lot of
enemies & heard lot of blames from others.
- Not observe - avoid
from lying : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then ghost
realm, then minimum income is get human life that get false complains
from others.
- Not observe - avoid
from slandering : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then
ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life without any
friends.
- Not observe - avoid
from saying bad words : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm,
then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life with unclear
pronunciations like stammer.
- Not observe - avoid
from saying useless words : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm,
then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life that others
are not accept your words.
- Not observe - avoid
from taking alcohol or intoxicating drugs : Reason to born in hell,
then animal realm, then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human
life with mentally retarded.
References
: 
* 4 Cankers Of Mind : sense desires, desire to existences, wrong views
& ignorance.
* 8 Higher Spiritual Powers : insight meditation, ability to create
astral bodies, miracle powers, divine ear, penetration of
other's mind, remembering former lives, divine eye, extinction of all
cankers.
* 15 Deep Precepts : moral restraint, watching over sense-doors,
limiting meals, wakefulness, faith, moral shame, moral dread, great
learning, energy, mindfulness, wisdom & four absorption in
meditation.
* Eightfold Path : right views, right thoughts, right speech, right
actions, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness & right
concentration.
* Eight World Conditions : gain - loss, honor - dishonor, happiness -
misery, praise - blames, sickness - healthy.
" May All These
Dharma Help You To Success Your This Life & All Future Life Times!
" May All You Well, Happy & Prosperous From Blessings Of Buddha,
Dharma & Sangha!
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