Life and teachings of Lord Buddha.

The Life of Siddhartha Gautama Dr. C. George Boeree Shippensburg University There was a small country in what is now southern Nepal that was ruled by a clan called the Shakyas. The head of this clan, and the king of this country, was named Shuddodana Gautama, and his wife was the beautiful Mahamaya. Mahamaya was expecting her first born. She had had a strange dream in which a baby elephant had ...