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Relief fragment of Mara in Gandhara style, found in Swat Valley The demons of mara. Palm leaf manuscript. Nalanda, Bihar, India Mara's assault on the Buddha (an aniconic representation: the Buddha is only symbolized by his throne), 2nd century, Amaravati Stupa, India Mara, his lustful daughters, and demonic army, attempting to tempt Buddha, on a 10th-century icon from Mogao Caves
Thoranee called tonnes of water and flooded away the maras. The episode results in the name Mara Vichai which means the "Victory (vichai) over the Mara". The Māravijaya seated Buddha is considered the common attitude for principal Buddha in ubosots of Khmer, Lao and Thai wats and Burmese kyaungs. [citation needed] A Dakkhiṇasākhā statue of ...
Birth of the Buddha, Lorian Tangai, Gandhara.The Buddha is shown twice: being received by Indra, and then standing up immediately after. The iconography of the events reflects the elaborated versions of the Buddha's life story that had become established from about 100 AD in Gandharan art and elsewhere, such as Sanchi and Barhut, and were given detailed depictions in cycles of scenes ...
Although the Buddha's language remains unknown, it is likely that he taught in one or more of a variety of closely related Middle Indo-Aryan dialects, of which Pali may be a standardisation. The sangha wandered throughout the year, except during the four months of the Vassa rainy season when ascetics of all religions rarely travelled.
Patrick Olivelle, trans. Life of the Buddha. Clay Sanskrit Library, 2008. 1 vols. (Cantos 1-14 in Sanskrit and English with summary of the Chinese cantos not available in the Sanskrit) Willemen, Charles, trans. (2009), Buddhacarita: In Praise of Buddha's Acts, Berkeley, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. ISBN 978-1886439-42-9
There is a similar class of literature known as Apadāna. Originally the term seems to have simply meant a tale of the past, as the Mahāpadāna Sutta of the Dīgha Nikāya tells the story of a Buddha in a past age. However it came to refer to a class of stories about the past lives of the Buddha's monk and nun disciples.
Aśvaghoṣa wrote an epic life of the Buddha called Buddhacharita [13] [14] (Acts of the Buddha) in classical Sanskrit. The monk I-tsing (Yijing) mentioned that in his time Buddhacarita was "...extensively read in all the five parts of India and in the countries of the South Sea (Sumātra, Jāva and the neighbouring islands). He clothed ...
MĀRA: A Chamber Opera on Good and Evil is an American chamber opera in two acts composed by Sherry Woods to a libretto by Stephen Batchelor. [1] The opera humanizes the story of Siddhattha Gotama (the Buddha) and his encounters with Māra, Taṇhā (Māra's daughter), and the demonic figures that appear to him as he seeks a way to live an awakened life in the world.