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sábado, abril 19, 2008

ENLIGHTENMENT

Enlightenment, originalmente cargada por KurtQ.

The site of the Bodhi tree at Bodhigaya is, according to the Buddhist commentarial scriptures, the same for all Buddhas. According to the Jatakas, it forms the navel of the earth, and no other place can support the weight of the Buddha's attainment.

When no Bodhi tree grows at the site, the Bodhimanda (ground round the Bodhi-tree), for a distance of one royal karīsa, is devoid of all plants, even of any blade of grass, and is quite smooth, spread with sand like a silver plate, while all around it are grass, creepers and trees. None can travel in the air immediately above it, not even Sakka.

When the world is destroyed at the end of a kalpa, the Bodhimanda is the last spot to disappear; when the world emerges into existence again, it is the first to appear. A lotus springs there bringing it into view and if during the kappa thus begun a Buddha will be born, the lotus puts forth flowers, according to the number of Buddhas.

In the case of Gautama Buddha, his Bodhi tree sprang up on the day he was born.


Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, at the place where Buddha reached enlightenment 2 500 years ago. It is 52 meters high.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabodhi_Temple


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