Reading Diary A: Buddhist Legends

I really enjoyed reading Buddhist Legends. I have not really ever read any buddhist stories so it was interesting reading it this week. This first portion of the story was about the King Suddhodana and Queen Maya and their child Siddhartha. One story that stood out to me was the Marriage of Siddhartha. This chapter is about Siddhartha finding a suitable wife. Siddhartha does not just any pretty faced maiden but rather a woman of virtue. He sent out a priest to find a maiden for him that met his criteria but his standards were so high it was difficult for the priest to find  anyone good enough. Eventually he found Gopa. She was everything Siddhartha asked. There was one problem though. Her father was unwilling to give her up for marriage until Siddhartha proved to him that he was not some spoiled lazy man. To sum things up Siddhartha proved her father that he was indeed good enough to be Gopa 's husband.

(Siddhartha