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Informally called "Buddha's Birthday," it actually commemorates the birth, enlightenment (nirvāna), and death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha in the Theravada tradition. At the Mahabodhi Temple of Bodhgaya in India, Buddha Purnima is celebrated with great enthusiasm. This temple gets decorated with colored decorations.
In Vajrayana Buddhism, Amitābha is known for his longevity, discernment, pure perception, and the purification of aggregates with deep awareness of the emptiness of all phenomena. The name Amitābha means "Infinite Light", and the name Amitāyus means "Infinite Life". In the Mandala of the Two Realms, Amitābha is associated with the Diamond ...
The Bodhisattva-mahasattva, when his parents, teachers and elders are ill, himself washes and wipes, holds and rubs their limbs. Joints and ankles fully fleshed. Skin flows in one direction. The Bodhisattva-mahasattva upholds the precepts, listens to the sermons, and knows no end of giving.
Maitréja. Maitréja ( szanszkrit ), Mettejja ( páli ), Maithree ( szingaléz ), Dzsampa ( tibeti) vagy Di-Lặc ( vietnámi) a buddhista eszkatológia szerint egy jövőbeli Buddha. Egyes buddhista szövegben, mint például az Amitábha-szútra vagy a Lótusz szútra, úgy nevezik hogy Adzsita .
Paritta ( Pali ), generally translated as "protection" or "safeguard," [1] refers to the Buddhist practice of reciting certain verses and scriptures in order to ward off misfortune or danger, as well as to the specific verses and discourses recited as paritta texts. The practice of reciting or listening to the paritta suttas began very early in ...
The adoption of the Buddha in texts relating to Hindu gods, and of Hindu gods in Buddhist texts, is difficult to place chronologically. According to Doniger, the myth of the Buddha avatar first appeared in the pre-Gupta period, when orthodox Brahminism was threatened by the rise of Buddhism and Jainism, and by foreign invaders.
The Leshan Giant Buddha ( Chinese: 樂山大佛) is a 71-metre (233 ft) tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang dynasty ). It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan Province in China, near the city of Leshan. [1]
