Brief History of Buddhism

Buddha Shakyamuni was born as a royal prince in 624 BC in a place called Lumbini, which was originally in northern
India but is now part of Nepal.
Shakya is the name of the royal family into which he was born, and Muni means Able One. His parents gave him
the name Siddhartha and there were many wonderful predictions about his future.
In his early years he lived as a prince in his royal palace but when he was 29 years old he retired to the forest where
he followed a spiritual life of meditation. After six years he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya,
India.
He was subsequently requested to teach. As Geshe Kelsang says in Introduction to Buddhism:
As a result of this request, Buddha rose from meditation and taught the first Wheel of Dharma. These teachings, which
include the Sutra of the Four Noble Truths and other discourses, are the principal source of the Hinayana, or Lesser
Vehicle, of Buddhism.
Later, Buddha taught the second and third Wheels of Dharma, which include the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras and
the Sutra Discriminating the Intention respectively. These teachings are the source of the Mahayana, or Great Vehicle,
of Buddhism.
In the Hinayana teachings Buddha explains how to attain liberation from suffering for oneself alone, and in the
Mahayana teachings he explains how to attain full enlightenment, or Buddhahood, for the sake of others.
Both traditions flourished in Asia, at first in India and then gradually in other surrounding countries, including Tibet.
Now they are beginning to flourish in many countries throughout the world.
In all, Buddha Shakyamuni gave eighty-four thousand teachings.
His intention in founding Buddhism was to lead living beings to permanent liberation from suffering because he
realized temporary liberation from suffering and difficulties is not enough.
Motivated by love and compassion his aim was to help living beings find lasting peace or nirvana.

Projectile Motion
The motion of object in two dimensions is explained by two main principles that are kinematic principles and Newton's
laws of motion. The motion in two dimensions is called the motion of projectiles. The projectile object is one on which is
moved under the force of gravity. Some examples of projectiles are like an object is dropped from its rest condition on
which there is no effect of air resistance. An object is thrown from vertical under negligible effect of air resistance an object
and if it is thrown in up direction at a horizontal angle is considered in a projectile motion.