
Yeh book ‘संक्षिप्त बुद्धचरित’ Class 8 ke vidyarthiyon ke liye NCERT dwara taiyar ki gayi hai. Ismein Bhagwan Buddha ke jeevan ki mukhya ghatnaon ko saral bhasha mein prastut kiya gaya hai. Buddha ka janm, tyaag, gyaan prapti, aur unke dwara diye gaye updesh – yeh sab kuch is pustak mein shamil hai.
Is pustak ka uddeshya vidyarthiyon ko Buddha ke maryada purush jeevan se parichit karana aur unke anubhavon se seekh lena hai. Yeh maatra keval itihaas nahi, balki naitik shiksha bhi deti hai.
Yeh NCERT ki pustak ‘संक्षिप्त बुद्धचरित’ Class 8 ke Hindi pathyakram ka hissa hai. Ismein Gautam Buddha ke jeevan ki kahani ko sankshipt roop mein bataya gaya hai. Buddha ka asli naam Siddharth tha. Unka janm Lumbini van (Nepal) mein 6th century BCE ke aas-paas hua. Unke pita Raja Shuddhodhan aur mata Mahamaya the.
Siddharth ka janm ek rajkumar ke roop mein hua. Unke janm ke samay rishi Ashta ne bhavishyavani ki thi ki yeh bacha ya to mahan chakravarti samraat banega ya mahan sanyasi. Raja Shuddhodhan ne unhe dukh-dukhada se door rakhna chaha.
Jab Siddharth ne ek vriddh, ek rogi, ek shav, aur ek sanyasi ko dekha to unhe sansar ke dukh ka bhaan hua. Unhone raat mein apni patni Yashodhara aur putra Rahul ko sote chhodkar mahal chhod diya. Yeh tyaag ki ghatna Mahabhinishkraman kehlati hai.
Unhone kai gurus se shiksha li, par unhe santosh nahi mila. Phir unhone kathor tapasya ki, par ussey bhi koi labh nahi hua. Tab unhone madhyam marg apnaya – na ati bhog, na ati tapasya.
Unhone Bodh gaya mein peepal ke vriksh ke neeche dhyan kiya. Vahaan unhe Buddha (gyaani) ka pad prapt hua. Unhine Char Aarya Satya aur Ashtang Marg ka gyaan paaya.
Pehla updesh unhone Sarnath (Varanasi) mein diya. Is ghatna ko Dharm Chakra Pravartan kahte hain. Unhone paanch sadhakon ko apna shishya banaya aur Sangh ki sthapna ki.
Is pustak ko padhte samay Buddha ke jeevan ki ghatnaon ko timeline mein arrange karein. Har ghatna ke piche ka moral samajhne ka prayas karein. Exam mein poochhe jaane wale prashnon me aksar Buddha ke jeevan ki mukhya ghatnayein, unke updesh aur unke shishya puchhe jaate hain.
‘संक्षिप्त बुद्धचरित’ Class 8 ke vidyarthiyon ke liye ek prerna dayak pustak hai. Yeh na kevel itihaas hai balki ek jeevan jeene ka margdarshan hai. Buddha ki shiksha aaj bhi utni hi upyogi hai jitni 2600 saal pehle thi. Is pustak ke saath padhai karte hue spardha se door rahen aur shant rahen – yahi Buddha ka sandesh hai.