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	Would Buddha be considered a good Buddhist by today's standards? After all he left his wife and child. Is this what a Buddhist is suppose to do nowadays? ] (]) 00:59, 27 August 2014 (UTC)		Would Buddha be considered a good Buddhist by today's standards? After all he left his wife and child. Is this what a Buddhist is suppose to do nowadays? ] (]) 00:59, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
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	::Buddha was never a Buddhist in the first place. He shared Indian/Hindu characteristics that still survive in Indian populations to this day and that is do and work and eat as little as possible, which no doubt will make the planet last a bit longer. ] (]) 04:06, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

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Respected sir, This article seems nice but We ( from Nepal) think you should mention clearly in the introduction part that where was Buddha born i.e in Lumbini, Nepal rather you have mentioned in northeastern India. You should know that we are not always introduced by India and we have our own identity. Of course, for this we will go to the locals & up to upper level. You should verify whether the information is reliable or not.

Thank You.

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Surna meher (talk) 09:17, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Lumbini is one of several possibilities, though the most likely one, which is clear from the article. "Nepal" did not exist at the Buddha's time. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 11:44, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

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Need to change the word Buddha to Lord Buddha Jdhdineshkumara (talk) 10:27, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Not done Per WP:NPOV, honorifics are not added to the names of religious figures. For example, we do not write Muhammad (PBUH) or Lord Jesus Christ. --NeilN 10:52, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Section "awakening" should read "enlightenment" or "awakening to enlightenment"

Hi there,

Look I've noticed this is a bit of a pattern at Misplaced Pages, you like to strip subjects of their dressing as if to somehow reveal that you know a subject because you have cut it back to its bare bones, it does not follow that this is some kind of experience in the subject yet you pretend it to be so.

In this case, you have called Buddha's enlightenment "awakening" when it is not awakening for its own sake. It's a bit like saying "clock" for midday and expecting people trying to learn the subject of midday by the word clock, just because the word clock is related doesn't make it a more accurate picture of midday. It is inept.

If I said to you, you don't really know who you are, you are just "name", you would be offended, well it is the same here.

I understand that you can take a devoted or an honourable approach to knowledge, and you have prefered an honourable approach, but limiting honour that sounds like devotion even when objectively it makes no difference is disingenuous.

Please change this.58.6.242.229 (talk) 03:52, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Sources, please? Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:21, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

citation page numbers

The quote from Michael Carrithers is on page 3; I think that should be added as a minor edit. --AlixeTiir (talk) 18:36, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

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Nattykml (talk) 02:52, 26 July 2014 (UTC) The birth place of gautham buddha is not in ancinet nepal it is stiil nepal so please make correction as Nepal not in ancient Nepal

If you can show a photo-copy of Gautama's Nepalese passport. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 04:18, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Note: The article does not say "ancient Nepal". —Mr. Granger (talk · contribs) 16:19, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

I've added "nowadays" to the sentence: "Gautama was born in Lumbini, nowadays in modern-day Nepal". At the time of the Buddha, there was no "Nepal". Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 19:04, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Footnote format

The footnote format in this article is weird and inconsistent. Is there a reason to use footnotes labelled "note", and footnotes just with the bare numbers? I suggest to remove these "note" labels, probably by replacing the refn metatag with the standard < ref > metatag. -Kathedra87 (talk) 05:06, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

The two types are serving different functions. You will note that one leads to the references while the other leads to notes.

A reference like < ref > that has just a superscript number in the main body is an indication of a source cited, sometimes with a brief quote from the source or something similar. It should be a pointer to where one may verify the fact cited.

The things which appear as are footnotes that offer explanations or elaborations that might be distracting in the main text or serve to clutter it. For example, the current fourth footnote explains an etymology of the word Buddha. This would be extremely intrusive in the main body. That this footnote contains a source citation is largely an expediency as otherwise one would have to place a reference tag in the footnote so that it too could be verified.

Waerloeg (talk) 00:30, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Pali or Sanskrit based spelling?

Generally the spellings seem to be based on Sanskrit with Pali spellings only mentioned in notes or parentheses. The article names on following links also appear to be Sanskrit based. I take it then that Sanskrit transliteration is to be preferred. Is there a policy or a consensus somewhere on this matter? Waerloeg (talk) 00:09, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Usually, articles which are related to Theravada, its doctrines and developments, use Pali as primary and Sanskrit in brackets, Mahayana-related articles rather Sanskrit as primary. In articles which are of a general nature, I guess the primary notation would be open for debate, but leaving it as Sanskrit is fine for me, though I am a Theravada Buddhist. I guess it doesn't matter. It is clear from linguistic research that in the beginning, Buddhists used their local Prakrit dialects, from which Pali developed, and Sanskrit became popular outside of Brahminic circles only later. Kathedra87 (talk) 06:17, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Would Buddha be considered a good Buddhist nowadays?

Would Buddha be considered a good Buddhist by today's standards? After all he left his wife and child. Is this what a Buddhist is suppose to do nowadays? 86.149.128.202 (talk) 00:59, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Please see WP:NOTFORUM. --NeilN 01:06, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

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