- "He stopped wanting things he could not have and he was content."
- ―Jiddu Krishnamurti[src]
Sidharta Gautama was the founder of Buddhism. He was a former Indian prince who fled his home after learning of suffering beyond the palace and meditated under a tree until he achieved enlightenment. He was given the title of the Buddha, or the enlightened one.
To Hindus, Buddha is the ninth avatar of the god Vishnu, while to Buddhists he is viewed as a teacher.
Biography[]
Sidharta Gautama was an Indian prince. His father protected him from misery and suffering by supplying him with every luxury and want he desired. After leaving the palace, he discovered suffering, ran away and meditated under a tree for a very long time. Eventually he came to enlightenment, and was given the title the Buddha, or the enlightened one.
Buddha's precepts and teachings were dictated and written in his own words in what was known as the Covenant of Buddha.[2]
Legacy[]
In 1938, Indiana Jones searched for the Covenant in Afghanistan, and traveled to the larger of the Buddhas — known as the Colossus of Bamian — where a unit of the Japanese Imperial Army camped hoping to find the relic and use it to strengthen their hold over Asia. However, the Covenant was got destroyed in Jones and the Japanese's efforts to claim it.[2]
In 1939, the people of Suya Desh saw Buddha as and important figure. While Indy was searching for eyes for the God Head in the city, he found the blue eye being held in a giant buddha statue.
Appearances[]
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Benares, January 1910" → Journey of Radiance (Statue)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Peking, March 1910" → Journey of Radiance (Statue)
- Peking, March 1910 comic (Statue)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hunting for Treasure (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones: Thunder in the Orient (Statue)
Sources[]
- Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Rome
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Sourcebook
- Eastern Spirituality - The Road to Enlightenment (Non-fiction source)
