The BUDDHA'S SON: The Forgotten Story of RAHULA

Описание: 🔍 THE SON BUDDHA LEFT BEHIND — THE PRICE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

What happened to Rāhula, the Buddha’s son—the child born on the night Siddhartha walked away? When Siddhartha Gautama left his palace to seek enlightenment, he abandoned his newborn son Rāhula, a child he literally named "Fetter" or "Chain." This is the untold story of Buddhism's first child monk, the boy who waited seven years for his father to return, only to be forced into monk's robes at age seven. Rāhula's journey from abandoned prince to enlightened monk reveals the hidden cost of Buddha's path to enlightenment.

DISCOVER:
Why Buddha named his newborn son "Fetter" on the night of his birth
The seven years young Rāhula waited alone in the palace, wondering where his father went
How Buddha forced his own 7-year-old son into monastic life without his consent
The revolutionary rules Buddha created after ordaining a child, rules that changed Buddhism forever
Why Rāhula’s story still matters today, for parents, seekers, and anyone shaped by absence

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - The Name Given the Night He Was Left
00:49 - Growing Up Without a Father
02:36 - The Name That Changed Everything
04:27 - The Boy Who Waited (7 Years in Darkness)
06:19 - The Inheritance He Never Got
09:25 - The First Child Monk (Lessons and Transformation)
12:50 - What Every Child Monk Owes Him
16:47 - The Price of Enlightenment

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📚 SOURCES & FURTHER READING:

Primary Buddhist Texts:
Majjhima Nikāya (Middle Length Discourses) - MN 61: Ambalaṭṭhikārāhulovāda Sutta (Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhikā)
Majjhima Nikāya - MN 147: Cūḷarāhulovāda Sutta (Shorter Discourse of Advice to Rāhula)
Saṃyutta Nikāya (Connected Discourses) - SN 18: Rāhula Saṃyutta
Theragāthā (Verses of the Elder Monks) - Rāhula's verses
Vinaya Piṭaka (Book of Discipline) - Mahāvagga I.77-79 (Ordination of Rāhula and establishment of parental consent rule)

Biographical Accounts:
Buddhavaṃsa (Chronicle of Buddhas)
Jātaka Tales - Stories referencing Rāhula
Dhammapada Commentary - References to Rāhula's ordination and training

Scholarly Resources:
Bhikkhu Bodhi (translator), The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha https://amzn.to/4kcdBSF
Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli & Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Life of the Buddha According to the Pāli Canon https://amzn.to/4c0WfWD
Thích Nhất Hạnh, Old Path White Clouds (narrative account including Rāhula's story) https://amzn.to/4avpY83

Historical Context:
E.H. Brewster, The Life of Gotama the Buddha https://amzn.to/3NPakfY
Karen Armstrong, Buddha https://amzn.to/3NQYfa7
Academic research on early Buddhist monasticism and child ordination practices

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