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Whilst in deep thought Yashodhara asked him for some names for their child, he quickly blurted out Rahula, meaning a fetter that binds one to a place or action.
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(Yes, Buddha had been married at an early age, and had a son named Rahula who later became enlightened himself and took Buddhism to Sri Lanka.)
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[Rahula, use of the not existing, except in ignorant application, "evil" is unfortunate and contributes to sustaining the use of this abstract invention as a real force on earth. jj]
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(Yes, Buddha had been married at an early age, and had a son named Rahula who later became enlightened himself and took Buddhism to Sri Lanka.)
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At an early age of 29, after the birth of his son Rahula, he encountered the reality of hunger, sickness, ageness, suffering and death etc which made him flee away from his lavish life of royalty in search of wisdom and enlightenment.
Buddha���s 2553th Birthday celebrated in his Home land Nepal. 2009
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At an early age of 29, after the birth of his son Rahula, he encountered the reality of hunger, sickness, ageness, suffering and death etc which made him flee away from his lavish life of royalty in search of wisdom and enlightenment.
Buddha���s 2553th Birthday celebrated in his Home land Nepal. 2009
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His son, the fetter, Rahula became a monk, and he and his mother under his fathers guidance and teachings, did eventually achieve enlightenment and freedom from the cycles of Samsara.
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When Rahula was conceived and began to show, Siddhartha perhaps confronted with the reality of fatherhood began to truly question what kind of world his child was to be born into.
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Rahula was to be a catalyst that began to haunt and torment Siddhartha; he set about questioning his father and those around him about the world outside of the thick veiled gharries, masked balls, indoor arenas and palace walls.
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Within one year of his enlightenment, Buddha returned to his home city-state of Kapilavastu, where his son Rahula joined the order.
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