Buddha
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| Young Buddhist |
Youngest learnings the way of Buddhu |
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| Unification Buddha |
The Buddha is the largest seated bronze Buddha statue in the world, at 14.6m high, excluding the halo, lightning rod and pedestal. |
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| The Site where Buddha was born |
Lumbinī is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. |
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| The Mahabhodi Temple erected on the site of the Buddhas Enlightenment Bodh Gaya India 4th Century |
The Mahabodhi Temple or the Mahabodhi Mahavihar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but much rebuilt and restored, Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. |
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| The fourth Noble Truth |
The Four Noble Truths comprise the essence of Buddha's teachings, though they leave much left unexplained. They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. |
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| The Enlightenment Gautama is shown as an empty throne under the Bodhi tree Sanchi India 1st Century AD |
Mucalinda is the name of a nāga, a snake-like being, who protected the Gautama Buddha from the elements after his enlightenment.
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| Stupa at Borobudur Java 8th Century |
The Borobudur monument combines the symbolic forms of the stupa, the temple mountain and the mandala. |
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| Stupa at Borobudur 8th Century AD |
Barabudur is a 7th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, not far from the town of Muntilan, in Central Java, Indonesia. |
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| Stupa at Amaravati |
Carving in a cave monastery showing a Stupa Amaravati |
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| Spring Ikeban Buddhist art form of flower arranging |
Ikebana is the ancient Japanese art of flower arranging. ... have since become more secular, displayed as art forms in people's homes. ... which was an evolution of early Buddhist floral decoration where flowers were used to ... |
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| Rāhula asking the inheritance from the Buddha |
Buddha giving his begging bowl to his son Rahula after the latter had asked his father for his inheritance |
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| Prince Gautamas marriage to Princess Yasodhara |
The Buddha was born into a noble family of the kshatriyas in Lumbini in 563 BCE as per ... Separated from the world, he later married Yaśodharā (Yaśodharā was the daughter of King Suppabuddha and ... |
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| Photographs of Buddha |
Photographs of Buddha |
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Letter from Jane to Phyllis Naidoo |
Many thanks for your letter. Yes, I’d seen the papers and was so pleased for your brother and all the family. I haven't visited your Mother again but hope to do so before I leave. |
| Karla - Plan of Chaitya Cave |
The Karla cave complex is built into a rocky hillside around 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Pune, with large windows cut into the rock to light the cave interiors.The caves are among a large numbers of similar caves excavated in the Sahyadri Hills in the early 1st millennium CE. |
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| Interior of an Ajanta Cave Monastery |
Ajanta consists of thirty caves, each dedicated to the life of the Buddha. ... All of the caves at Ajanta fall into the category of Vihara (monasteries with residence ... |
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| Interior of a rock cut assembly hall Bhaja Western India 2nd century BC |
Bhaja Caves is a group of 22 rock-cut caves dating back to the 2nd century BC located in the city of Pune, India. |
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| Head of the Buddha Amaravati India 2nd century AD |
Head of the Buddha Amaravati India 2nd century AD |
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| Gilded metal castings depicting the Buddha's first sermon in the deer park at Sarnath Tibet |
A popular subject in medieval Buddhist art is the Buddha preaching his first sermon in a deer forest at Sarnath, |
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| Gautama being confronted by evil forces Gandera |
The Buddha was simply a human being and he claimed no inspiration from any God or ... He encountered an old man, a sick man, a corpse, and a religious ascetic. ... The historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) is also known as Shakyamuni. ... |