#(Buddha) 01 The Birth Of Gautama Buddha Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

#(Buddha) 01 The Birth Of Gautama Buddha

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Gautama Buddha was the founder of Buddhism Religion. He was born in 560 BC and died at the age of 80 in 480 BC. His life story is known to the world as a popular reformer in the spiritual world. His life story goes:

GAUTAMA BUDDHA

Before the Christian era,
In the 6th century, in India,
The religion was forgotten.
To winds, it was thrown.

It was a period of chaos,
None cared for the Vedas,
When the priests dictated,
And on religion, they traded.

In many unscrupulous ways,
They all amassed riches.
In exploiting their followers,
They were totally irreligious.

They performed those rituals,
Which were so meaningless,
Like killing dumb animals,
As part of cruel sacrifices.

Righteousness was nowhere.
Degeneration was everywhere.
In this irreligious background,
The priest-craft well flourished.

When the virtue subsides
And the vice prevails,
Himself, God descends,
Or messengers, He sends.

To set right this disorder,
There came a reformer,
As Godsend messenger
To spread love everywhere.

For this divine reason,
Although out of season,
To indicate his arrival sign,
There fell a gentle rain.

The flowers bloomed well,
Spreading delicious smell,
That filled the air around,
As one more sign, it was found.

In this holy atmosphere,
Amidst joy everywhere,
Gautama Buddha was born,
As a Savior from the heaven.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Lalitha iyer 01 September 2009

You have done a great job Sir, I admire you, I appreciate your inspiration and simply adore the lines.........Fantastic. Thks.

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Raveendran . 04 September 2009

Buddhism was perhaps the first religious faith that came to be accepted in my land, and so Buddha our first guru. This recounting might inspire us with understanding.

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Raj Arumugam 04 September 2009

a good poem on the Buddha, though I wish you will put it less in foreign terms (like the concept of savior) ....still, I like the poem and hope to return to read your series on the great teacher, the Buddha

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Luwi Habte 04 September 2009

luwi is talking instead of poem and poetry as a poet you are good at it and have nice idea too well done there luwi

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Patrick A. Martin 05 September 2009

Thank you for your wonderful way of explanation

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Savita Tyagi 09 December 2018

Lord Buddha certainly came as an reformer to remove the ill practices and orthodox rituals. Our land is blessed to have the descend of divine souls from time to time. Thank you for sharing your poem with us.

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Akhtar Jawad 14 April 2018

I love Budha and I loved to read this informative poem about him.

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Israj Ali 08 February 2018

Excellent - - the great value of Budhha is noticed- -Beautiful poem

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Sivashanmugam Shanmugam 17 October 2009

thanks for your wonderful thread.you have done a great work.lot of thanks

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Pranav Kumar 03 October 2009

Beautiful poem written by great feelings

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Rajaram Ramachandran

Rajaram Ramachandran

Chennai born, now at Juhu, Mumbai, India
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