Maya
Queen; mother of the Buddha · Historical Figures · Lived 600 BC to 600 BC · aged 0
Maya is read about 267 times a day, in 44 languages.
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Something wrong?Queen of the Shakya kingdom, she died seven days after giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama - the child who became the Buddha. Her sister raised him; Maya, reborn in a Buddhist heaven, descended on occasion to advise her son.
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016 Elephants lustrating Queen Maya (33083505094).jpg?width=1200)
016 The Marraige of King Suddhodana and Queen Maya (34443939153).jpg?width=1200)
018 Queen Maya lustrated by Elephants (33769322242)
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028c Sakra, Lord of the Gods, with Waterpot (28474984560)
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058 Preaching the Abhidhamma to his Mother in Heaven (9013020413)In their own words 10
, Our tragic age demands poetry of courage and not whimpers about the inevitable end of all maya.
Whoever is unacquainted with my law and dies in that state, must return to the earth till he becomes a perfect Samanean.
Believe in all things; none believe;judge not nor warp by "Facts" the thought; See clear, hear clear, tho' life may seem Mâyâ and Mirage, Dream and Naught.
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Maya was the wife of Śuddhodana, king of Shakya, and mother to the boy who would become the Buddha. On a traditional journey to her family home in Devadaha, her labor began early in the gardens of Lumbini, where she gave birth. She died days afterward - generally said to be seven. Buddhist tradition holds that she was reborn in a Buddhist heaven, a pattern said to follow the births of all Buddhas. Her sister, Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, raised Siddhartha in her place and later became the first Buddhist nun ordained by the Buddha. Maya would descend from heaven from time to time to counsel her son.
Historical Figures born in the 600s BC 6
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