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According to the Theri-apadāna, Gotamī started on the path of the Dhamma during the time of Padumuttara Buddha, when she was born to a wealthy family in Hamsavati.She witnessed Padumuttara Buddha place his aunt, a bhikkhuni, in a senior position, and aspired to achieve the same position after providing offerings to the Buddha and his followers for seven days.
The Buddha's Path of Virtue, tr F. L. Woodward, Theosophical Publishing House, London & Madras, 1921 In Buddhist Legends , tr E. W. Burlinghame, Harvard Oriental Series , 1921, 3 volumes; reprinted by Pali Text Society [3] , Bristol; translation of the stories from the commentary, with the Dhammapada verses embedded
Lord Buddha TV was launched on 26 November 2010 by Sachin Moon,Bhayaji khairkar and raju moon. Lord Buddha TV is a GEC channel with stated purpose of developing understanding and acceptance of the philosophy and the teachings of Gautam Buddha and Babasaheb Ambedkar. The viewership is all across India and in other countries which follow the ...
Filming took place primarily in Ramoji Film City, Annapurna, Manchirevula, Bodh Gaya, and Lumbini, and was in post-production by July 2007. [1] The film's audio had its launch by Chief Minister Dr. Rajasekhar Reddy in November 2007, at which event he praised the film and director by saying that "the film and its message were the need of the hour as people were getting tired of all the violence ...
The Digha Nikaya consists of 34 [1] discourses, broken into three groups: . Silakkhandha-vagga—The Division Concerning Morality (suttas 1-13); [1] named after a tract on monks' morality that occurs in each of its suttas (in theory; in practice it is not written out in full in all of them); in most of them it leads on to the jhānas (the main attainments of samatha meditation), the ...
In Theravada Buddhism, according to post-canonical Pali commentaries, the background story for the Ratana Sutta is that the town of Vesali (or Visala) was being plagued by disease, non-human beings and famine; in despair, the townspeople called upon the Buddha for aid; he had the Ven. Ananda go through town reciting this discourse leading to the dispersal of the town's woes.
The buddha-dhātu (buddha-nature, buddha-element) is presented as a timeless, eternal (nitya) and pure "Self" . [33] [5] This notion of a buddhist theory of a true self (i.e. a Buddhist ātma-vada) is a radical one which caused much controversy and was interpreted in many different ways. [34] [35] [8]
In Buddhist discourses, the Great Renunciation and Departure are usually mentioned in the life of the Buddha, among several other motifs that cover the religious life of the Buddha-to-be, Prince Siddhārtha Gautama (Pali: Siddhattha Gotama): his first meditation, marriage, palace life, four encounters, life of ease in palace and renunciation, great departure, encounter with hunters, and ...