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Odilon Redon was born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, to a prosperous family.Redon's father made his fortune in the slave trade in Louisiana in the 1830s. [1] Redon was conceived in New Orleans and the couple made the transatlantic journey back to France while his mother Marie Guérin, a French Creole woman, was pregnant with his brother Gaston. [1]
[6] [7] Sariputta was considered the Buddha's right hand disciple, while Moggallana was considered his left hand disciple. [1] According to Buddhist texts, Sariputta and Moggallana both died a few months before the Buddha. Accounts of Sariputta's death state that he died peacefully in his hometown and was cremated in the city of Rājagaha.
Pippali later met the Buddha, under whom he was ordained as a monk, named Kāśyapa, [45] but later called Mahākāśyapa to distinguish him from other disciples. [46] Mahākāśyapa became an important disciple of the Buddha, to the extent that the Buddha exchanged his robe with him, which was a symbol of the transmittance of the Buddhist ...
Buddha Preaching his First Sermon, c. 475, with the wheel and disciples on the base. This is also known as the "Sermon in the Deer Park", and is recorded in the text called the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta ("The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dharma Sutta"). Among other key Buddhist doctrines it set out the Four Noble Truths and the ...
The first sermon that he delivered to his five disciples was Dhamma Chakka Pavattana Sutta meaning "the turning of the wheel of Dharma" which was further interpreted as bahujana hitAya-bahujana sukhaya. For Buddha, according to this dictum, excessive luxury and excessive work were both to be shunned in order to achieve welfare and prosperity ...
English: c. 1899 painting by Odilon Redon, Le Mort de Bouddha (The Death of Buddha). According to "Odilon Redon. Communiqué de presse. 2 février 18 mai 2014. Fondation Beyeler", the painting is found at Millicent Rogers private collection and has the dimensions of 49 x 39,5 cm
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Śāriputra was the first disciple of the Buddha who was asked to ordain monks in his place, with the Buddha giving him the ordination procedure. He was also entrusted to ordain the Buddha's son Rahula. [59] When Śāriputra trained pupils, he gave them material and spiritual help, and assigned them an object of meditation. [60]