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Sumedha

In Buddhist texts, Sumedha is a previous life of Gotama Buddha (Pāli; Sanskrit: Gautama) in which he declares his intention to become a Buddha. Buddhist texts describe that this takes place when Gotama Buddha is still a Buddha-to-be (Pali: bodhisatta, Sanskrit: bodhisattva). Traditions regard Sumedha's life as the beginning of the spiritual journey…

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Known for
The previous life of Gotama Buddha, when he first declared the wish to become a Buddha
Education
Vedic
Home town
Amaravatī, India
Religion
Buddhism
Teacher
Dīpankara Buddha

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related to Role in Buddhism · 35
Sumedha → Avalokiteśvara, Buddha, Buddha's, Buddha-to-be, Buddhavaṃsa, Buddhist, CE, Distant Epoch, Dīpankara's, Dūre, Dūre-nidāna, Ekottara, Gotama Buddha, Hikata Ryushō, In, Indeed, Indian, It, Jātaka Nidāna, Jātakas
related to Encounter with Dīpankara Buddha · 32
Sumedha → After, Before, Being, Buddha, Buddha Gotama, Buddha's, Buddha-to-be, Buddhahood, Buddhas, Buddhist, Dīpankara, Dīpankara Buddha, Gotama, Gotama Buddha, He, In, Kassapa Brothers, Kāśyapa, Later, Meanwhile
related to Origins · 32
Sumedha → Afghanistan, Ajantā, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, CE, Chinese Buddhist, Dīpankara, Dīpankara Buddha, Dīpankara Buddha's, Faxian, Gandhāra, Gandhāran Buddhists, Gotama Buddha's, However, India, Indologists Kenneth Norman, Jan Nattier, Jātaka, Nagarāhāra
related to Other motifs · 27
Sumedha → Apadāna, Chinese, Chinese Buddhist, Dhammaruci, Dharmaruci, Divyavadāna, Divyāvadāna, Dīpankara Buddha, Gandhāran, Gotama Buddha, He, In, Later, Mahāvastu, Mati, Megha, Meghadatta, Prince Siddhattha, Pāli Apadāna, Sanskrit
related to Response to the prophecy · 26
Sumedha → After, All, Buddha, Buddha-to-be, Buddha-to-be's, Buddhahood, Buddhas, Buddhist, Dīpankara, Dīpankara's, Every, Himalayas, Inspired, Jātaka, Jātakas, Kate Crosby's, One, Pali, Prince Vessantara, Sanskrit
related to External links · 24
Sumedha → Art, At, Bodner, Buddha Dīpankara, Buddhist Literature, Burma/Myanmar, Depictions, Dīpankara Buddha, Gotama Buddha, Hermit Sumedha, Images, Jason Neelis, Landscapes, MA, Narrative, Nidānakathā, Northern Illinois UniversityJayawickrama, Pali Text Society, Prof, Sinhalese
related to Textual interpretation · 23
Sumedha → Buddha, Buddha Gotama, Buddha-to-be, Buddhas, Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhists, Dīpankara, Eviatar Shulman, Furthermore, Gotama Buddha, In, It, Jātaka, Maitreya, Metteyya, Pali, Sanskrit, Steven Collins, Sumedha's
related to Comparison with Jainism · 21
Sumedha → Both, Buddha-to-be, Buddhism, He, In Jainism, In Marīci's, Jainism, Later, Mahāvira, Mahāvira-to-be, Marīci, Marīci's, Meghadatta, Pali, Sanskrit, Secondly, Sumedha's, There, Therefore, This
related to Early life · 12
Sumedha → After, Amaravatī, Buddha, Dhammaka, Gotama Buddha's, He, Himalayas, In, Pali, Pāli, Sumedha's, The
related to In popular culture · 7
Sumedha → Adi Sheshagiri Rao, Arun Govind, Buddha, Buddha-to-be, In, Indian, The

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buddha dīpankara story life buddhist gotama sumedha's sanskrit pali prophecy texts become pāli also future depicted buddhahood vow many buddha-to-be

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SumedhaEducationVedic1.00infobox
SumedhaHome townAmaravatī, India1.00infobox
SumedhaKnown forThe previous life of Gotama Buddha, when he first declared the wish to become a Buddha1.00infobox
SumedhaReligionBuddhism1.00infobox
SumedhaTeacherDīpankara Buddha1.00infobox
Sumedhais aprevious life of Gotama Buddha0.90text
Sumedhais awoman0.90text
Sumedhais apattern that occurs with every Buddha before attaining Buddhahood0.90text
Faxianinstance ofChinese Buddhist pilgrims0.80text
sicknessinstance ofhe realizes that life is full of suffering0.80text
deathinstance ofhe realizes that life is full of suffering0.80text
and he sets out to find ainstance ofhe realizes that life is full of suffering0.80text

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