TBAHD: Bodhisattva Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar ☸💙🧘♀️📿
The Man who was Siddharth Gautama☸💙🧘♀️📿
Part I—His Personality.☸💙🧘♀️📿
1. His Personal Appearance☸💙🧘♀️📿
From all accounts the Blessed Lord☸ was a handsome person.
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His☸ form was like the peak of a golden mountain.
He☸ was tall and well built; with a pleasing appearance.
His☸ long arms and lion gait, his☸ bull-like eyes, and his☸ beauty, bright like gold, his☸ broad chest, attracted everyone to him☸.
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His☸ brows, his☸ forehead, his☸ mouth or his☸ eyes, his☸ body, his☸ hands, his☸ feet or his☸ gait— whatever part of him☸ anyone beheld that at once riveted his☸ eyes.
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Whoever saw him☸ could not help being struck with his☸ majesty and his☸ strength, his☸ splendid beauty, surpassing all other men.
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On seeing him☸, he☸ who was going elsewhere stood still and whoever was standing followed him☸: he who was walking gently and gravely, ran quickly, and he who was sitting at once sprang up.
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Of those who met him☸ some reverenced him☸ with their hands, others in worship saluted him☸ with their heads, some addressed him with affectionate words, not one went on without paying him☸ homage.
He☸ was loved and respected by all.
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Men as well as women were ever ready to hear him☸.
His☸ voice was singularly sweet and deep as a drum, lovely, vibrant and eloquent. It made his☸ speech as though it was heavenly music.
His☸ very tones convinced the hearer, and his☸ looks inspired awe.
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His☸ personality alone sufficed to make him☸ not only a leader but a god to the hearts of his fellows.
When he☸ spoke he obtained hearers.
It mattered little what he☸ said. He☸ influenced the emotions and bent whoever listened to his☸ will.
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He☸ could create in the minds of his☸ hearers that what he☸ taught was not only a verity, but the very hope of their salvation.
His☸ hearers could recognize in his words the truth that makes of slaves free men.
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When he☸ talked with men and women his☸ serene look inspired them with awe and reverence and his☸ lovely voice struck them with rapture and amazement.
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Who could have converted the robber Augulimala or the Cannibal of Atavi?
Who could have reconciled King Pasenjit to his queen Mallika by a single word.
To have come under his☸ spell is to be his for ever. So charming was his☸ personality.
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When once the Blessed Lord☸ was staying in Shravasti the almsmen came and informed him that they were constantly harassed by the Deva who disturbed them in their meditations.
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After hearing their stories of harassment the Blessed Lord☸ gave them the following instructions:—
“He, who is skilled in his godness, who wishes to attain that calm state, should act thus:
🟢he should be able, upright, near perfectly upright, of noble speech, gentle & humble
🟢“Contented, easily supportable, with few duties, of light livelihood, controlled in senses, discreet, not impudent, not greedily attached to families.
🟢“He should not pursue anything trifling such that other wise men might censure him.
TBAHD: Bodhisattva Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar ☸💙🧘♀️📿
The Man who was Siddharth Gautama☸💙🧘♀️📿
3. His Capacity to Lead☸💙🧘♀️📿
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The Sangh☸ had no official head.
The Blessed One☸ had no authority over the Sangh☸.
The Sangh☸ was a self-governing body.
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What was, however, the position of the Blessed One☸ over the Sangh☸ and its members?
In this we have the evidence of Sakuldai and Udai, contemporaries of the Blessed One☸.
Once the Lord☸ was staying at Rajagraha in the bamboo grove.
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One morning d Lord went into Rajagraha for alms; but, deeming d hour too early, he thought of going to Sakuldai in Wanderers’ Pleasance;& thither he repaired
At d time, Sakuldai was sitting with a great company of Wanderers, who were making a great noise about being & not being
TBAHD: Bodhisattva Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar ☸💙🧘♀️📿
The Man who was Siddharth Gautama☸💙🧘♀️📿
Part I—His Personality.☸💙🧘♀️📿
2. The Testimony of Eye-witnesses
This traditional view is supported by the testimony of eye-witnesses who saw him and met him while he was alive.
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One such eye-witness is a Brahmin by name Sale.
After seeing the Blessed One☸ face to face he uttered the following sentiments in praise of him.
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Arrived in the Lord’s presence☸, the Brahmin, seating himself after greetings, scanned the Lord’s body☸ for the two and thirty marks of a Superman, and in time observed them.