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These blocks contain poems in man'yōgana that may be considered the oldest Buddhist waka (Japanese language poems) known to date. These poems are usually referred to as bussokusekika (lit. "poems on stone imprints of Buddha's feet": 仏足石歌). Consider the following example:
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 ...
The author has prepared an account of the Buddha's life and teachings which, unlike other treatments such as Mahavastu (“Great Story”) and Lalitavistara (“Full Description of the Play [of the Buddha]”), is not only artistically arranged but also restrained in the description of the miracles of Gautam Buddha. His work also reflects a ...
The Light of Asia, or The Great Renunciation (Mahâbhinishkramana), is a book by Sir Edwin Arnold.The first edition of the book was published in London in July 1879.. In the form of a narrative poem, the book endeavours to describe the life and time of Prince Gautama Buddha, who, after attaining enlightenment, became the Buddha, The Awakened One.
[8] It is a long poem describing the process of enlightenment from the first thought to full buddhahood and is still studied by Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhists today. An introduction to and commentary on the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra by the 14th Dalai Lama called A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night was printed in 1994.
It was again spoken by the Buddha before an assembly of monastic and lay adherents. [ 2 ] Like the popular six-syllable mantra " om mani padme hum " and the Nīlakaṇṭha Dhāraṇī , the Śūraṅgama mantra is synonymous with practices of Avalokiteśvara , an important bodhisattva in both East Asian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism .
Sigālovāda Sutta is the 31st Sutta described in the Digha Nikaya ("Long Discourses of Buddha"). [1] It is also known as the Sīgāla Sutta, [2] the Sīgālaka Sutta, [3] the Si ṅ gālovāda Sutta, the Si ṅ gāla Sutta, [4] and the Sigālovāda Suttanta ("The Sigāla Homily").
Sir Edwin Arnold KCIE CSI (10 June 1832 – 24 March 1904) was an English poet and journalist. He is best known for his 1879 work, The Light of Asia. [1]Born in Gravesend, Kent, Arnold's early education at King's School, Rochester, and later at King's College London and University College, Oxford, laid the groundwork for his career.