Tag: Buddha
NY Adventure 50: Friends Korean-styled Buddha and Bodhisattva images at the Met. They tend to look child-like in stature, while…
NY Adventure 49: Busts Majestic and rock solid, these are among the earliest Greek influenced Buddha and Bodhisattva Gandharan images…
NY Adventure 42: Japanese Statues From the Japanese Buddhist section of the Met. Nice woody rustic feel! Yes, the first…
#ssInterestingFacts #1: Sugar-apples (custard apples)are also called ‘Sakya’ (释迦), as they are shaped somewhat similar to Sakyamuni Buddha’s (释迦牟尼佛) crown. Among…
Question: Why does the Buddha sleep so little, supposedly just an hour a night? Answer: I would like to think…
In the movie ‘Werewolf: The Beast Among Us’, Daniel reads this from a book, ‘But just as the beast lives…
They call you extremist because you don’t eat flesh. They believe humans should decide the animals’ fate. Yet they forgot…
A Dharma friend passed me a book. Here is my revew of it… On the book ‘Meetings with Remarkable People’,…
C: How I wish I can be born during the golden days when the Buddha is around, when there are…
L: Is the so-called Buddha boy in Nepal really ‘Buddha’ or ‘Buddha-to-be’? Q: According to a report, a French journalist…
In the trailer of ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, this was uttered – ‘Everything will be alright in the end….
The best teachers must eventually teach ultimate Compassion and Wisdom. To encourage perfect Compassion, they must eventually advocate veganism, which…
我不敢轻于汝等， 汝等皆当作佛。 – 常不轻菩萨 (法华经) ‘I do not dare to belittle you all, for you all will become Buddhas.’ –…
Here is the original Hippocratic Oath taken by ancient Greek doctors, from which modern versions of doctors’ moral conduct is…
For someone (or anyone) suffering from bipolar disorder and/or schizophrenia: To be frank, it is tedious reading your mails which…
Rāhul was raised by his mother and grandfather, King Suddhodana. When he was seven years old, the Buddha returned to…
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