Śuddhodana

Suddhodana
Ruler of the Shakyas
PredecessorSihahanu
SuccessorMahanama
BornKapilavastu, Shakya (The ancient city of Kapilavastu in present-day Nepal[1])
DiedKapilavastu, Shakya (The ancient city of Kapilavastu in present-day Nepal[2])
SpouseMaya
Mahapajapati Gotami
Issue
FatherSihahanu
MotherKaccanā
Translations of
Śuddhodana
Sanskritशुद्धोदन
(IAST: Śuddhodana)
PaliSuddhōdana
Burmeseသုဒ္ဓေါဒန
(IPA: [θoʊʔdɔ́dəna̰])
Japanese浄飯王
(Rōmaji: Jyōbonou)
Khmerសុទ្ធោទនៈ
(UNGEGN: Sotthoteakneak)
Sinhalaසුද්ධෝදන මහ රජතුමා
Thaiสุทโธทนะ
(RTGS: Sutthothana)
Glossary of Buddhism

Śuddhodana (Sanskrit: शुद्धोदन; Pali: Suddhodana), meaning "he who grows pure rice,"[3] was the father of Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha.[4] He was a leader of the Shakya, who lived in an oligarchic republic, with their capital at Kapilavastu.

In later renditions of the life of the Buddha, Śuddhodana was often referred to as a king, though that status cannot be established with confidence and is in fact disputed by modern scholars.

Family

King Śuddhodana's earliest predecessor was King Maha Sammatha (or the first king of the Kalpa). Śuddhodana's father was Sihahanu and his mother was Kaccanā. Śuddhodana's chief consort was Maha Maya, with whom he had Siddhartha Gautama (who later became known as Shakyamuni, the "Sage of the Shakyas", or the Buddha). Maya died shortly after Siddhartha was born. Śuddhodana next elevated to chief consort Maya's sister Mahapajapati Gotami, with whom he had a second son Nanda and a daughter Sundarī Nandā. Both children became Buddhist monastics.[5]

At the age of 16, Siddhartha married his cousin Yasodharā, the niece of Maha Maya and Mahapajapati. Yasodhara's father was traditionally said to be Suppabuddha, but by some accounts it was Dandapani.[6]

Biography

Questions of royal status

Though frequently depicted and referenced as a king, most recent scholarship on the matter refutes the notion that Śuddhodana was a monarch. Many notable scholars state that the Shakya republic was not a monarchy but rather an oligarchy, ruled by an elite council of the warrior and ministerial class that chose its leader or rājā.[7][8][9][10] While the rājā may have held considerable authority in the Shakya homeland, he did not rule autocratically. Questions of consequence were debated in the governing council and decisions were made by consensus.[11] Furthermore, by the time of Siddharta's birth, the Shakya republic had become a vassal state of the larger Kingdom of Kosala.[12][13] The head of Shakya's oligarchic council, the rājā, would only assume and stay in office with the approval of the King of Kosala.

Procession of king Suddhodana from Kapilavastu, proceeding to meet his son the Buddha walking in mid-air (heads raised upwards at the bottom of the panel), and to give him a Banyan tree (bottom left corner).[14] Sanchi.

The earliest Buddhist texts available to us do not identify Śuddhodana or his family as royals.[15] In later texts, there may have been a misinterpretation of the Pali word rājā, which can mean alternatively a king, prince, ruler, or governor.[16][17] Or as noted in the related article on Buddhism, "Some of the stories about Buddha, his life, his teachings, and claims about the society he grew up in may have been invented and interpolated at a later time into the Buddhist texts."[18][19]

Siddhartha's birth and Great Renunciation

Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini and raised in the Shakya capital of Kapilavastu. According to legend, Śuddhodana went to great lengths to prevent Siddhartha from becoming a śramaṇa, including banning him from leaving the home and surrounding him by women and other sensual pleasures. But at the age of 29, after experiencing the Four Sights, Siddhartha left his home in search of spiritual answers to the unsatisfactory nature of life, leaving behind his wife Yasodharā and infant son Rāhula. The story of Siddhartha's departure is traditionally called The Great Renunciation (Mahābhiniṣkramaṇa).

Later life

Śuddhodana lamented his son's departure and spent considerable effort attempting to locate him. Seven years later, after word of his enlightenment reached Suddhodana, he sent nine emissaries to invite Siddhartha back to the Shakya land. The Buddha preached to the emissaries and their entourage, who joined the Sangha.

Śuddhodana then sent a close friend of Siddhartha, Kaludayi, to invite him to return. Kaludayi also chose to become a monk, but kept his word to invite the Buddha back to his home. The Buddha accepted his father's invitation and returned to visit his home. During this visit, he preached the dharma to Suddhodana.

Four years later, when the Buddha heard of Suddhodana's impending death, he once again returned to his home and preached further to Śuddhodana at his deathbed. Finally he gained Arahantship.

References

  1. ^ Tuladhar, Swoyambhu D. (November 2002), "The Ancient City of Kapilvastu - Revisited" (PDF), Ancient Nepal (151): 1–7
  2. ^ Tuladhar, Swoyambhu D. (November 2002), "The Ancient City of Kapilvastu - Revisited" (PDF), Ancient Nepal (151): 1–7
  3. ^ Schumann, H.W. (2016). Historical Buddha: The Times, Life and Teachings of the Founder of Buddhism. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 6. ISBN 978-8120818170.
  4. ^ In the Pāli Canon, there are only two discourses that explicitly reference Suddhodana: DN 14, Mahāpadāna Sutta, and in the versified prologue of Sn 3.11, Nālaka Sutta. In each of these discourses, Suddhodana is represented simply as the Buddha's father and as a Sakyan ruler. For a translation of the latter discourse, see Thanissaro, 1998.
  5. ^ Dictionary of Buddhism, Keown, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-860560-9
  6. ^ Schumann, H.W. (2016). Historical Buddha: The Times, Life and Teachings of the Founder of Buddhism. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 24. ISBN 978-8120818170.
  7. ^ Gombrich, 1988, pp. 49-50
  8. ^ Batchelor, Stephen (2015). After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age. Yale University Press. pp. 37. ISBN 978-0300205183.
  9. ^ Schumann, H.W. (2016). Historical Buddha (New ed.). Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-8120818170.
  10. ^ Hirakawa, 2007, p. 21
  11. ^ Schumann, 2016, p. 18
  12. ^ Walshe, Maurice (1995). The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya (PDF). Wisdom Publications. p. 409. ISBN 0-86171-103-3.
  13. ^ Batchelor, Stephen (2015). After Buddhism. Yale University Press. pp. Chapter 2, Section 2, 7th paragraph. ISBN 978-0-300-20518-3.
  14. ^ Marshall p.64
  15. ^ Walters, Jonathan S. (2016). "Suttas As History: Four Approaches to the Sermon on the Noble Quest (Ariyapariyesanasutta)". In Derris and Grummer (ed.). Defining Buddhism: A Reader. Routledge. pp. Chapter 2, section IV, paragraph 9. ISBN 978-1845532314.
  16. ^ Search of rājā at http://dictionary.tamilcube.com/pali-dictionary.aspx
  17. ^ Dhammika, Shravasti (17 December 2015). "dharma musings". Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  18. ^ Gombrich, 1988, pp. 18-19, 50-51
  19. ^ Tropper, Kurt (2013). Tibetan Inscriptions. BRILL Academic. pp. 60–61, with footnotes 134–136. ISBN 978-90-04-25241-7.

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