The Buddha, also known as Prince Siddhartha Gautama, started out very different than normal people. This story starts from Queen Maha Maya’s dream. In her dream, the mother of the Buddha perceived herself being transported to Lake Anotatta in the Himalayas. She was bathed in the water, dressed in heavenly clothes, rubbed with perfumes, and decorated with divine flowers by the devas. Next, a white elephant gyrated three times around her and entered her womb from her right side. Soon the elephant disappeared and Queen Maya woke up. She realized this was an important message since the elephant was the symbol of greatness in Nepal. Once she told the king, he contacted some wise men to make sense of this dream. They said that Prince Siddhartha
