SYNOPSIS
Volume 1 - Episodes 1 to 5
Episode 1
Sumedh Goes to Gurukul
Episode 2
Sumedh shows his talent
Episode 3
Sumedh's sacrifice
Episode 4
Acharya Sumedh leaves the world
Episode 5
King Shuddhodhan
Volume 2 - Episodes 6 to 10
Episode 6
Mahamaya's dream
Episode 7
Birth of Buddha
Episode 8
Prajapati marries Shuddhodhan
Episode 9
Prajapati takes care of Sidhartha
Episode 10
Devdatta and Nanda
Volume 3 - Episodes 11 to 16
Episode 11
Siddhartha gets blessings
Episode 12
Devdatta's bad plans
Episode 13
Competition
Episode 14
Siddhartha wins the competition
Episode 15
Siddhartha gets engaged
Episode 16
Siddhartha and Yoshodhara's marriage
Volume 4 - Episodes 17 to 22
Episode 17
Siddhartha's birthday
Episode 18
Sidharatha's request
Episode 19
Sidharatha sees the real world.
Episode 20
Shuddhodhan gets upset
Episode 21
Siddharatha's questions
Episode 22
Siddharatha leaves Kapilavastu
Volume 5 - Episodes 18 to 2
Episode 23
Siddharatha finds a guru
Episode 24
Siddhartha becomes a Bhikshuk
Episode 25
Devdatta's bad intentions
Episode 26
Siddharatha gets Brama Gyan
Episode 27
Siddhartha becomes Buddha
Episode 28
Gautama - the Buddha
Sidhartha was born (c. 563 BC; Kapilavastu, Nepal) into the Gautama family of the Shakaya clan. The Shakayas were members of the priestly-warrior caste. He lived a luxurious & well-protected life, blissfully unaware of life's hardships. He marries Yashodhara & she bears him a son..
During one of his few excursions from the protection of his father's palace, Sidhartha saw three things which opened the harsh realities of life to him. He saw an old man, suffering from the frailties of age. He saw a sick man, suffering from disease. He also saw a dead man, which shocked him greatly. He finally realized that the infirmities of old age, and the pain of sickness and death caused suffering that he had never experienced. This revelation caused him to begin a search for truth that drastically changed his life, and eventually, the lives of millions.
At twenty-nine years, he left his home and family. He gave up his claim to the succession of his father's throne and left the palace. He studied Yogic meditation with two Brahman hermits and achieved high cognitive states in both trance and meditation, but his desire for absolute truth was not satisfied.
For the next six years, Sidhartha placed his body under severe asceticism, which included extreme fasting and suspension of breathing. These practices almost killed him, but they did not satisfy his search for truth. He finally ended his ascetic lifestyle and began to eat. Sidhartha decided to meditate until the absolute truth would lie clearly in front of him. He meditated under a Bodhi tree where he sat facing east. At age thirty-five, on the night of the full moon, Sidhartha reached enlightenment and became an "enlightened one"--a Buddha (c. 528 BC). He had at last discovered the truth he had sought, and he immediately shared it with five ascetics who had practised near him. After a few weeks of rest, he decided to teach the way to enlightenment to others and went to Deer Garden where he held his first sermon, "The turning wheel of Dharma." Sidhartha felt a strong call to teach others even though he could never teach the content of enlightenment, only the way of enlightenment. Buddha called his teachings 'the middle way', because it was midway between asceticism and indulgence.
For the next forty-five years he taught as the Buddha or Shakyamuni. He also established a community of monks called sanga. The Buddha died after forty-five years of teaching at the age of eighty.
