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The Bodhi Tree Bookstore, originally Bodhi Tree Book and Tea Shop, was an independent bookstore specializing in world religions, wisdom traditions, metaphysics, psychology, philosophy, and health. It was founded in 1970 in Los Angeles, California (now West Hollywood, California ).
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Bodhi Puja, meaning "the veneration of Bodhi-tree" is the ritual to worship the Bodhi tree and the deity residing on it (Pali: rukkhadevata; Sanskrit; vrikshadevata). It is done by giving various offerings such as food, water, milk, lamps, incense, etc. and chanting the verses of glory of Bodhi tree in Pali. The most common verse is:
For bookstores with at least 4 locations, see list of bookstore chains. Bart's Books in Ojai Booksmith, San Francisco The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles Kramers (bookstore) Harvard Book Store, Cambridge Bluestockings in Manhattan The Mysterious Bookshop, Manhattan
Mythological objects encompass a variety of items (e.g. weapons, armor, clothing) found in mythology, legend, folklore, tall tale, fable, religion, spirituality, superstition, paranormal, and pseudoscience from across the world. This list is organized according to the category of object.
A new unreleased tree, the Bodhi Tree, is suspected to be part of the FarmVille "Far East" collection. This sacred fig tree is best known for its importance in Buddhism. Buddhist founder ...
Bodhi Linux, a Linux distribution; Bodhi Magazine, a Buddhist periodical; Ficus religiosa, a species of fig tree Bodhi Tree, a sacred fig tree in Bodh Gaya, India under which Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment; Bodhi Rook, a character in the Star Wars franchise; Bodhi (character), a fictional character in the 1991 film Point Break and its ...
The Bodhi tree myth says that it was a sapling taken from the tree under which the Buddha sat, brought to Sri Lanka by King Ashoka's daughter, the enlightened bhikkhunī Saṅghamittā. Worship of the tooth relic is ultimately derived from the closing passages of the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta , which tell of the distribution of the Buddha's ...