Imagine Prince Siddhartha was
to leave his Palace in his search for ultimate truth today in this age of
digitilized world:
Your assignment is to write on how the digital gadgets &
social network help (or hinder) his attainment of Buddha-hood and to his popularity.
You may choose any point of view but be creative in narrating or describing
your imagination covering all sphere of his life.
( What i might see in your essay- Prince
Siddhartha holding a IPhone (X series) in his hand that faithful night when he
quietly left his Palace).
It should Not be less than 300 words.
SHARE YOUR ESSAY AS A COMMENT AT THE END OF THIS POST. Do not forget to write your name.
Due on 15th
April
By 9PM
Today on this faithful night prince Siddhartha of the Royal Shakya Family. If the prince were to see the “four passing sights”—old age, sickness, death, and a wandering ascetic—he would renounce his royal life and seek enlightenment. So He left the palace filled luxury and just took his latest Iphone X. He then went around India searching for great buddhist teacher in India by searching on his new Iphone X. He completed his meditation in 4 years because of access to internet which helped him understand the "four passing sights." After his meditation he gained enlightenment. then He posted his achievement on the internet to let everyone know about it. He asked them all to come to Sarnith in Varanasi. Then many peolpe saw his post and thousands of people around the world came there to withness Lord Buddha's first teaching. Even great Sage from different religion came to see what he was going to talk about and whether to support it or not.
ReplyDeleteLord Buddha thanked them all for coming there and asked to be seated on the ground. He then started his session of dharma and turned the wheel of dharma. All the people in the park couldn't believe what he was talking about was real and how foolish they all had been. Some had recorded his teaching in their Iphone X and posted it in the internet. Almost all the people in the world were so amazed by what he told that the next time Buddha gave a teaching it was in front of more than a billion people speaking on top of a mountain using the largest sound system connected to his mic where he gave his teaching about the Four Noble truth. People from all over the world trusted and supported his teaching and they all became buddhist people. Even after his Death great Ruler like Genghis Khan, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, etc.. were all buddgidt people and they always prayed to Buddha when they killed someone to forgive them as they killed them for the greater good.
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ReplyDeleteThe king, Siddhartha's father, arranged a grand dinner and dance for the prince to celebrate the birth of Rahula. Invited were the best dancers, singers and musicians in the country. It was not just out of joy that the king arranged the celebration. He could see that the prince was depressed and that his new baby son was not giving him happiness. The king was afraid Siddhartha was planning to leave the palace for good and, for the last time, did his best to distract him away from his sombre reflections and back to the abundance of palace life.
So the King arranged CC Cameras around the palace and he installed GPS tracking system in Siddhartha’s latest IPhone to find Siddhartha easily if the CC Cameras and security system fails to alert him. But Prince Siddhartha knew how to off all the security systems arranged around the palace and the apps installed in his phone.
The prince attended the party just to please his father. He was not interested But Siddhartha was so tired from thinking that he soon fell asleep.
When the singers and the dancers saw this they too stopped and fell asleep. Some time later that night the prince awoke and was shocked to see these sleeping people. He got up quietly from the room and, waking Channa, asked for his horse, Kanthaka, to be saddled.
Quietly then, Siddhartha left the palace. It was midnight, and the prince was on his white horse Kanthaka with Channa, his faithful servant, holding on to its tail. He took a last look at the city of Kapilavasthu — sleeping so quietly in the moonlight. He rode to the bank of the river Anoma. He removed his jewellery and princely clothes and gave them to Channa to return to the king. Then the prince took his sword and cut his long hair, donned simple clothes, took a begging bowl and asked Channa to go back with Kanthaka.
"It is no use living in the palace without you, my master," said Channa very sadly, "I want to follow you." But Siddhartha would not allow him to stay, although Channa asked three times.
Faithful horse Kanthaka also wanted to give up his life when his master left in his expressions.
Then Siddhartha said, “Don’t worry, we will do live chat in skype with my Iphone.
And he turned to Kanthaka and said to go with Channa. Siddhrtha gave his skype ID to keep in touch with him. Siddhrtha said to Kanthaka “If you want to see e me, tell Channa to make a video call to me." But Kanthaka thought, "I shall never see my master again." Tears rolled down from the horse's eyes as it kept them fixed on the prince, until he turned to go away and walked out of sight.
Siddhrtha sent his facebook profile details to his father, Wechat ID details to his wife and Skype ID details to his servants.
So Siddhartha left the palace in search of the truth.
Kantaka went happily to the palace with happy messages to the royal family and to the citizens of the Kingdom.
The IPhone saved Kantaka’s life and many more.
On that faithful night prince Siddhartha of Shakya dynasty left his life full of luxury to live the life of an ascetic and sage with an i phone x in his hand . As he was wandering in the city, he noticed that in the hurry of leaving the palace he had forgotten his charger at the palace, so he went home to home in search of a charger. It was then he noticed that before giving the charger people used to ask his religion, caste etc. Some said that if he was a Muslim they would not let him use the charger, some said that if he was from a lower caste then they would not let him use the charger. This upset him, and he thought that how nice it would be to have a community without caste and a community which did not believe in idol worship.
ReplyDeleteHe meditated under a tree peepul 4 years. After he finished meditating he expressed his idea through the column of social media. In no time his id was the most searched id on whole social media. His followers reached millions on Instagram, his tweets were the most followed on twitter, he even started his personal blog which became a hit. On facebook he was widely known as Gautama Buddha. After that on the request of his followers the first Buddhist council was held and in that council many people from different countries, religion and castes came. Even various rulers of different dynasties came to attend that council. In that council Buddha taught people about his teachings which included that women were equal to men and there was nothing such as low caste or high caste we are all god‘s children he recommended that one can end suffering by following the eight fold path. People were inspired by his teachings and thus, Buddhism was founded. Even after his death great rulers like Ashoka the great spread Buddhism. Buddhism is even followed today in some countries such as Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Thailand etc.
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ReplyDeleteEveryone was celebrating Rahula’s birthday. Everyone was having a lot of fun. Guess what I found then?
A shimmering black box! Curios as ever, I pick it up. Asking around, I learn it is one of the latest, sophisticated electronics, THE IPhone X.
Well, after an enjoyable party, everyone has fallen asleep. I take a last look at Yasodhara and Rahula and leave with my new friend, IPHONE X. I open one app, ‘Nyo Tshong’, and order a simple yellow robe. Well, it just takes around 45 minutes for my package to arrive. I change into my new robes and then leave to search for food like every other monk. To find truth I literally starve myself to death, but then again, I have the Swiggy app in my phone, can order food anytime. That is really tempting, for anyone to ignore. I’ve learned so fast, thanks to Siri.
Mara comes by very often to use my apps. He shops a lot. Finishing up my credit card money.
I knew I still had not found the Truth which I longed to seek. I then decide to sit under a big Bodhi tree and try to meditate. I open my camera and take a few ‘Selfies’. I miss my little Rahula and my darling Yasodhara. I face time them one day. My little Rahula has grown a lot. He smiles at me, it melted my heart. I had a very strong urge to stop my quest for seeking enlightenment and return to my family.
But no, I can’t. My camera storage was almost full now, I have plenty pictures of old men, little children in torn clothes, dead bodies, monks I met on my way, delicious food I ordered online and of the beautiful selfies I took while alone.
I try and concentrate on my meditation sometimes, trying to be away from noise calming my mind, trying to ignore bad thoughts. But I had Soundcloud and Youtube keeping me occupied at the same time. Let Me by Zayn Malik and Lap Cha Kam Cha by Rebellions are amazing songs, these two became my new favorite after I shifted under the Bodhi Tree.
After two months under the Bodhi, I decided to go meet my Rahula. I had ordered a few clothing and toys from Flipkart which arrived after two days. I take them and decided to leave. I realized I’d forgotten the way back home as I wandered all this while. I then opened Google Maps, that helped me navigate my way back home.
I am now happy at home with my family, and thankful that my friend, IPhone X, helped me all the while I was away from my family. He accompanied me all through my journey, and now I’m here, with Yasodhara and Rahula all because of him.
Thank you, X…
Submitted by,
Ugyen Yoezer Dorji, Class 9 A.
From my point of view it would hinder his search for ultimate truth. If Gautama Buddha was to leave his home in this day and age, the first thing he would be doing at the middle of the night is posting a sad faced photo of himself with a sad face emoji on facebook or instagram. Then right at dawn, he will text his wife and family that he has left in search of ultimate truth. He would then take pictures of the different people he passed by like a sick person, an old man, a dead man and a sage same like him finding for ultimate truth.
ReplyDeleteThen he would find his destination on Google maps. When he reaches his destination, he would spend his time for researching and watching videos on how to attain enlightenment. In his leisure time, his mind would be distracted towards other distractions like games and videos unrelated to attainment of enlightenment. He would keep in touch with his family using messenger, weChat, whatsapp and other means of modern communication. He would also frequently video chat with his family. His wife would send him pictures of his son and family. After almost meditating for more than a decade, which was more than what it would have taken if he had not been distracted, he finds the ultimate truth and attains enlightenment. The first thing he does is, he changes his social network from ‘Siddhartha’ to ‘Gautama Buddha- The enlightened one’. Then he posts his photos under the Bodhi tree and other photos of him. When he finds his first batch of students, he would email them the four noble truths and the eightfold path instead of preaching it to them orally. He would teach his students who are far away by video chatting and not go to their doorsteps. He would then make a group page in facebook and a group chat in messenger.
After he feels that he has fulfilled all his aims and objectives, he would return to his palace and message his family a week ago that he would be returning home and to make preparations like not to add meat in the menu and all other lifestyle he followed. After reaching back to his palace, he would show his family the pictures he took when he was away from home. Although social networking keeps us in touch with our friends and family and keeps us updated in day to day lives but it has other bad effects. When we have our phones with us, we totally rely on it and do not utilize our five senses. Our brain rots as we will rely on our phones to note simple things also. Therefore, we should be connected by social networking but have the knowledge for what purpose we are using it for!
By- Diwakar Biswa,
IX ‘A’
That faithful night when Yashodhara fell asleep next to Rahula, Prince Siddhartha had made up his mind to leave the worldly and princely comfort in pursuit of truth. He left the palace quietly with nothing except his iphone. He went to deep into the forest dressed as poor person. Using his iphone, he quickly searched in the Google for highly learned teachers who could show him how to end all suffering. He was able to swiftly find out the teachers location and was able to study with several teachers at different timings using his iphone. Under those teachers he had to undergo lot of practical as well as theories which he accomplished using his iphone to research on meditation and how to achieve enlightenment by referring to vast teachings on the internet. He was able to apply those in practical terms. Due to the easy access to the teachers and teachings materials from the iphone within a year he became enlightened. Right after becoming enlightenment, he used his iphone to call his four disciples to spread the word among their network that he will be teaching at Deer Park and he also posted the news on the facebook and twitter. Thousands of people had gathered at the Deer Park as word had already spread about his enlightenment via the social media, and he was able to teach the four Noble truths was also recorded on his iphone. These teachings were uploaded on the WeChat, twitter, facebook where he had million of followers. His teachings spread like a wild fire all over the world due to the fast communication. He became famous worldwide at a revered Buddha and the entire world followed the religion Buddha.~rintsho
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ReplyDeleteOne blissful night when princess yashodhara fell asleep with her son Rahula, prince siddhartha left his luxurious life, left his palace. He took his personal stuffs and the lastest iPhone X.The phone had helped him see through the dark journey through the palace.Siddhartha completed his meditation in a few years. He had the help of the internet access which help him research for the four noble truths. After he had completed his meditation with the apps on his phone Twitter, instragram and Facebook he called all the people all over to gather and to spread his teachings. Then as time passed he collected many followers and people to listen to his teaching on the four noble truth. Famous teachers from all over the world came to listen to him. People also posted a video of his teaching on the internet and this made him more famous. After his death his teaching had spread all over the world and was spreading. Great leaders like ashoka had also helped Buddhism spread all over the world and is practised now too.
It was a cold night in the palace. The date was 3rd May 2018. I watched as my beautiful wife Yashodara slept with our son next to her. Leaving will be difficult but I must go if I am to release my family of the sufferings of this world. I got up ready to leave. I looked at my comfortable silk clothes. I was reluctant to change but I did. I then looked at my new iphone X it was a birthday gift from my father. The photos it could take…Like wow. I decided that I should take my phone. As I left that day I took a last picture with me, my sleeping wife and son. I posted it and captioned “ going away, but I promise to come back”. I then went on maps and searched for the nearest Holy place where I could start my spiritual journey... (with my iphone X). I ubered myself to the place and began my journey. IN the dirty streets of India I saw a lot of disturbing things. People dying, getting sick and the pain the family feels. The children around these areas were so helpless. I took pictures and kept them in my phone so I would remember them forever.
ReplyDeleteThe next morning, Yashodara called me to ask about my where abouts. I told her firmly that I would not be able to come back and to take care of our son Rahula. She asked me to video call her but I knew that if I did I would have the urge to go back. I texted her though and kept in touch with her. One day I decided to take the advice of some monks to not use the phone or anything that could give me happiness. I decided to do it and from then on I only felt pain, I didn’t eat or use my phone.
One day, after years of doing this practice I realized that this was not the way. We must find the middle path. I decided to eat that day and I once again turned on my phone. Now with my mind cleared I decided to do some simple meditation. I practiced walking meditation until I found a suitable tree to meditate under. As I mediated that day, I felt a great serenity within me… I was beginning to understand… I was beginning to see… I was overcoming my desires… I was finally awak-…
Ring, Ring Ring…my eyes snapped open. 3 missed calls from Father… I immediately picked up my phone and called the palace number knowing that something was wrong. They told me Yashodara was fatally ill. I used Google maps found the nearest Taxi stop and went to the palace. I saw Yashodara on the bed. She immediately cheered up when she saw me. Suddenly, I saw a young boy run up to me. I opened my arms waiting for the hug. My son ran past me and towards my father. I was shocked. He doesn’t remember you. You left when he was so young…
I then felt I should have never left. I had a strong urge to build a strong relationship with my wife and son. That day, I took a final photo to post on Instagram and face book. I captioned it “coming home”. From that day onward I never had the urge to go on the search of truth again.
Done by : Tenzin Dresen Wangmo 9 A
Fun and thought-provoking concept! Imagining Prince Siddhartha with an iPhone really highlights how distractions might have shaped his journey toward enlightenment. Would he still seek truth or get lost in endless scrolling? It’s interesting to connect ancient wisdom with modern technology. For students exploring such creative ideas, getting coursework assignment help can make it easier to develop unique perspectives while balancing academic demands and critical thinking.
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