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                                                     The Birth of a noble son

    1) Where did King Suddhodana live?

   2) Where did the Devas carry the queen? 

   3) What colour was the elephant ?

   4) How many times did the elephant walk round the bed? 

   5) What did the queen do the following morning? 

1) What did the wise men say? 

2) Why did the queen leave the palace after 10 months?

3) Where did the queen's parents live? 

4) What day was it? 

5) How did the queen travel?

6) In which year did this historic incident take place? 

        1) How many wise men attend the naming ceremony? 

        2) What is the name of the wise man mentioned here? 

        3) What is the meaning of the name "Siddartha"?  

1)Were there schools like we have today at that time?
2) Who could learn from teachers? 
3) Name a few subjects they learnt ?
4) Who was prince Siddhartha's teacher? 

If you want to enjoy true freedom , then give up your attachments: attachments that give you sensual pleasures. Once you are devoid of your attachments then you become as free as the wind. 

One who lives according to the five precepts leads a successful life. 

                     

   1) Name the three palaces the father king built for his son? 

   2) Why did the father king want to find his son a wife?

   3) Did the king choose a princess for his son? 

   4) What did the prince give each princess? 

   5) Who was chosen as the wife? 

   6) What did the prince give Yasodara? 

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Man and environment | Buddhist Concept

The fact that environment has the greatest influence on man cannot be denied in anyway. The physical environment of the earth consists of land , air , water , fauna and flora etc. 

The existence of the physical environment and its changes directly influence man. For example a long spell of drought could bring about massive changes  to man's life style. A severe drought could lead to human migration. It also could motivate man seek solutions like digging tube wells, purifying sea water for consumption , or creating synthetic rain clouds. By nature man does not like to stick to challenges long. He is bent on finding a way out. 

Man's activities in the environment often has an impact on environment. The changes that occur as a result of man's activities change man's life style. The reverse effect sometimes threatens the very existence of all the living beings on earth.

Buddhism explains this cause and effect theory in some of its suttas like the Agganna Sutta of the Digha Nikaya. The collapse of the human society occurs as a result of alterations made in the environment. 

At the beginning man totally depended on the environment. Human civilizations sprang up with a direct link to environment. Human society thrived on the environment. Man's food requirement , medicine , shelter , energy requirements etc. are completely fulfilled by the environment. 

The said Sutta speaks of the division of natural resources and how social crises could emerge as among people. Though man lived happily in the early period , later with the society becoming complex with its multitudes of needs problems started emerging one after the other. 

Another Sutta that explains the man and environment conflict is the Adhammika Sutta of the Anguttara Nikaya. It explains how each section in the society contribute to the mayhem of each other. It flows from the top (rulers) to the grassroot level (ordinary people). For example, when the rulers are immoral his men also become immoral; then the households of the ministers and so on. 

Thus Buddha clearly clarifies the conflict of man and environment. 

Sajendra Kumara

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