Story of the Buddha A Colouring Book E-mail: bdea@buddhanet.net Web site: www.buddhanet.net Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc.
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E- B I This Buddhist education material is part of BuddhaNet s E-learning course: Buddhist Studies for Primary Students available on the Buddha Dharma Education Association s Web site: www.buddhanet.net Direct link: It is a gradual training course in Buddhism to the young. The emphasis is given on the Buddha as an exemplar, his Teaching (Dharma) and application of the Teachings to daily life. The course includes a section on Guided Meditation for Primary Students, also available as a BuddhaNet E-book. Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc. P.O. Box K Haymarket, Sydney NSW Australia Web site: www.buddhanet.net Email: bdea@buddhanet.net Print this colouring book on A sized paper, one page per page. i
C India at the Time of the Buddha... Kingdom of Kapilavatthu... The Buddha s Parents, Queen Mahamaya and King Suddhodana... Death of the Queen Mahamaya... Prince Siddhattha with his Aunt Mahapajapati... Loving-kindness... Protecting a Snake... Freeing a Swan... Tilling Ceremony... Nature of Life... Siddhattha Meditating... Palace Garden... Princess Yasodhara... Horse Taming Contest... Pleasure Palace... Old Age... Sickness... Death... Peaceful Monk... Dancing Girls... Leaving Home... ii
Last Look at Kapilavatthu... Homeless Life... Compassion... Animal Sacrifice... Teaching not to Kill... Sage Alara Kalama... In Search of Truth... Ascetic Practices... Ascetic Siddhattha... Fasting... Shepherd Boy... Food Offering... Vow of Determination... Meditating... Supreme Enlightenment... Brahmin Visitor... Simile of Lotuses... Buddha Seeking his Past Companions... Meeting up with his Companions... Persuading his Companions... Teaching the Four Noble Truths... Instructing Yasa... Spreading the Dhamma... Going to Uruvela... iii
Going to Rajagaha... Sigala Worshipping... Giving the Five Precepts... Upatissa and Kolita... Arahant Assaji... Assaji s Instructions... Sympathetic Joy... Conference at Veluvana... Instructing Arahants... Returning to Kapilavatthu... Family Upset... Equanimity... Teaching his Family... Prince Rahula... King Suddhodana s Death... Lady Mahapajapati Requesting Ordination... Mahapajapati Pleading with Ananda... Ananda Asking the Buddha... Mahapajapati Becomes the First Nun... Prince Devadatta... Devadatta s Evil Scheme... Devadatta Attempting to Kill the Buddha... Pacifying the Wild Elephant... Buddha s Warnings to Devadatta... iv
Devadatta Leaving... Early Buddhist Monastery... Alms Round... In the Monastery Hall... Teaching the Neighbours... Having a Bath... Resting Mindfully... Instructing a Farmer... Explaining the Dhamma... Travelling North... Instructing Ananda... Reflecting on Death... Summarising the Dhamma... Visit to Vesali... Teaching Cunda... Last Resting Place... Ananda s Grief... Praising Ananda... Ananda Goes to Kusinara... Grieving at Kusinara... Subhadda Asking to Speak to the Buddha... Buddha s Instructions to Subhadda... Last Words of the Buddha... Parinibbana... v
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