previous lives

What Did Buddha Say About His Past Lives?

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What Did Buddha Say About His Past Lives? In his previous lives, Gautama Buddha was incarnated in form of human beings, various animals, benevolent spirits, or as deities residing in the heavenly realms of the Buddhist cosmos. The Bhuridatta Jataka is a fine example that describes the moral abilities of sacred or mythical animals as

What Was Buddha Before?

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What Was Buddha Before? Besides “Buddha” and the name Siddhārtha Gautama (Pali: Siddhattha Gotama), he was also known by other names and titles, such as Shakyamuni (“Sage of the Shakyas”). In the early texts, the Buddha also often refers to himself as Tathāgata (Sanskrit: [tɐˈthaːɡɐtɐ]). Who came before Buddha? After Dīpankara, 25 more noble people