Separated from the world, he later married Yaśodharā (Yaśodharā was the daughter of King Suppabuddha and Amita), and together they had one child: a son named Rāhula. Both Yashodhara and Rāhula later became disciples of Buddha. The sculpture depicts a scene where three soothsayers are interpreting to King Suddhodana the dream of Queen Maya.

2018年4月26日 · So long as Buddhism was perceived as an exclusively philosophical tradition, children were deemed marginal to its concerns. One influential scholar has gone so far as to describe Buddhism as “anti-family,” which speaks volumes about assumptions that were being made concerning the relationship Buddhism was believed to have with children.

He saw the birth of the child as a hinderance. Buddha named his son "Rahula," meaning "chain" or "hindrance.” Thus, while still in the prime of life, he cut off his hair and beard, put on the saffron robe, and entered upon the homeless life of renunciation, seeking a way to release from the round of repeated birth, old age, and death.

Rahul (Pāli) or Rāhula (Sanskrit; born c. 534 BCE or 451 BCE) was the only son of Siddhārtha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, and his wife, princess Yaśodharā. He is mentioned in numerous Buddhist texts, from the early period onward.

2012年11月19日 · As the scholarship in this volume attests, Buddhist literature and lived realities exhibit many examples in which children and childhoods play a significant role. Children may be viewed as a hindrance to practice in some contexts, but there are many other narratives, rituals, and lived realities that tell a different story.

The main responsibility in bringing up children lies with the parents as so far shown and also as further indicated by the Buddha’s using the two epithets “first teachers” (bubbaacariya) and “noble” (Brahma) in qualifying the dignified position of parenthood.

Part One addresses the representation of children in Buddhist texts and Part Two looks at children and childhoods in Buddhist cultures around the world. Little Buddhas will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars of Buddhism and Childhood Studies, and a catalyst for further research on the topic.

Childhood of Buddha The young prince Siddhartha was born into the ancient Sakya clan, whose symbol was the lion; hence he is often known as "Sakyamuni" (the Sage of the Sakya), or as "Sakyasimha" (the Lion of the Sakya).

The paper explores the engagement of children within Buddhist communities, contrasting Western perceptions that often exclude children from Buddhist practice with the realities in non-Western contexts where children participate actively.

Child Abuse Negl. 2014 Apr;38 (4):593-9. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.03.017. Epub 2014 Apr 13. 1 Marianopolis College and University of the Free State. Keywords: Buddhism; child nurturing; child protection.