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The life story of Buddha is usually summarized as the twelve deeds of the Buddha, which are the twelve significant events of his life.

1 Buddha descends from Tushita heaven to this world

2 Buddha enters into his mother’s womb

3 Buddha’s birth in Lumbini Garden, Nepal, to King Shuddhodana and Queen Maya

4 Buddha becoming skilled in the arts and playing sports of youth

5 Buddha’s marriage to Princess Yasodhara, and his taking charge of the kingdom

6 Buddha’s renunciation at the age of twenty-nine

7 Buddha’s practicing austerities for six years

8 Buddha sitting under the bodhi tree

9 Buddha defeating the maras

10 Buddha attaining enlightenment

11 Buddha turning the wheel of Dharma

12 Buddha attaining final parinirvana (complete nirvana, or liberation).

Buddhist art depicts each of these deeds in various ways, but it is the eleventh deed, the turning of the Dharma wheel (or the Buddhist teachings), that is most significant.

The life story of Buddha as shown in twelve separate scenes, reflecting the Twelve Deeds of Buddha.