Siddhartha the World Has Seen

Siddhartha

The world has seen the birth of many influential people, who led from the front and changes many a thing. People like Abraham Lincoln; Mahatma Gandhi etc. were true leaders and showed the world what they had in them. Gautama Buddha was another person who changed the thinking of the people and showed them how the way to live in the world. This paper will throw light upon Gautama Buddha's teachings and how his teachings have a significant impact on my thinking.

Gautama Buddha also known as Siddhartha was the founder of Buddhism practiced by many in the Asian countries. He was a spiritual teacher who blessed many during his lifetime and continues to bless countless people even after his death. People who follow Buddhism consider him to be the supreme Buddha meaning a person with spiritual powers. He was born in Lumbini, a place now in Nepal. His father was a king and he was provided every comfort in the world which one cold think of, but one day he stepped out of his palace only to find out that other people were not as fortunate as him, he saw sick, aged and suffering people and came to know the reality, the reality that every person has to face death at some stage in their life. After knowing the reality his quest to know the truth began and he sat praying continuously under a Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya India. Siddhartha is a perfect idol for anyone to follow, if everyone follows his teachings the world would undoubtedly become a better place to live in.

Siddhartha founded some of the most fundamental theories which have without a doubt changed my life. The noble eight fold path was one of the most fundamental theories founded by Siddhartha. The noble eight fold path consists of eight important things which every individual must follow; those eight important things are right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. I extensively try my level best to follow the noble eight fold path. There are very few people in the world who follow the path laid by great transformers like Siddhartha and this is exactly why there is so much chaos in the world. Corruption, terrorism, Murders, Rapes are just a handful issues which the world witnesses day in and day out. If all the people in the world follow the noble eight fold path then there would not be any chaos and suffering in the world and all the people will live happily without the presence of any conflict. I have experienced a tremendous change in my life from the time I have started following the noble eight fold path.

I have learnt how to be happy and how to make others happy after I have started following the noble eight fold path. When a person practices right speech and right actions more than half of their problems are solved. I have experienced this personally, right speech will win us many a heart and right action will cause no conflict with anyone else and hence there will be no issues and the person following this will always be happy. I have felt tremendous change in my life from the time I have started following the teachings of Siddhartha.

Right livelihood means a person should not indulge in an activity which is not right; every individual must earn their livelihood by doing right activities. Very few people in the world are following this and this is why they have wealth but not the satisfaction and health. Satisfaction can only be got if an individual practices the noble eight fold path. Cheating other people for money can make a person rich but that individual will never be satisfied because to get satisfaction one must earn their livelihood by right fair and right means. Right concentration is another issue which very few people in the world follow. They focus all their energy into negative things and as a result of which negativity increases and at the end of the day they remain unsatisfied and disappointed. Right concentration means focusing upon all the right things, earlier I used to one among those who were not satisfied but the principle of right concentration has completely changed my life. By focusing on the right things I have experienced growth and satisfaction in my life.

The principle of Right effort teaches all the people to put their mind and souls into the work they are doing, this principle can change the life of the people, many people half heartedly carry out the work given to them and this is why they do not prosper and succeed. If they put in right effort no power in the world can restrict them from being successful. After knowing this principle I have started working 13 hours a day and the same has given me confidence and a boost in my life to achieve greater things.