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The antarvāsa is the inner robe covering the lower body. It is the undergarment that flows underneath the other layers of clothing. It has a large top, and almost entirely covers the torso. In representations of the Buddha, the bottom of the antarvāsa usually protrudes, and appears in the rough shape of a triangle.
Bhaiṣajyarāja (Skt: भैषज्यराज; Traditional Chinese: 藥王; Simplified Chinese: 药王; pinyin: yào wáng; Japanese: 薬王 Yakuō; Vietnamese: Dược Vương Bồ Tát), or Medicine King, is a bodhisattva mentioned within the Lotus Sutra and the Bhaiṣajyarāja-bhaiṣajyasamudgata-sūtra (Chinese ...
Upasakas praying in Yangon, Myanmar.. Upāsaka or Upāsikā are from the Sanskrit and Pāli words for "attendant". [1] This is the title of followers of Buddhism (or, historically, of Gautama Buddha) who are not monks, nuns, or novice monastics in a Buddhist order, and who undertake certain vows. [2]
The Indian Kasaya was composed of the sanyi (Chinese: 三衣; pinyin: sānyī; lit. 'three robes'). [14] [18] However, the Indian Kasaya was not well-received in China as the Chinese deeply believed in the Confucian concept of propriety; and as a result, any forms of body exposure was perceived as being improper and was associated with ...
Kasaya may refer to: Kasaya (attachment), in Indian philosophy; Kashaya (Jainism), a word and concept in Jainism that translates to "passion" or "negative emotions" Kasaya (clothing), a term for the traditional robes of Buddhist monks; Kasaya (surname) Kushinagar, site of the death of Gautama Buddha in India, also known as Kasaya
Gayasisa or Brahmayoni hill, where Buddha taught the Fire Sermon. The Ādittapariyāya Sutta (Pali, "Fire Sermon Discourse"), is a discourse from the Pali Canon, popularly known as the Fire Sermon. [1] In this discourse, the Buddha preaches about achieving liberation from suffering through detachment from the five senses and mind.
Sayings of Buddha, tr J. H. Moore, Columbia University Press, 1908 "As it was said", in Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon , volume II, tr F. L. Woodward, 1935, Pali Text Society [1] , Bristol Tr John D. Ireland, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1991; later reprinted in 1 volume with his translation of the Udana .
Ākāśagarbha (Chinese: 虛空藏菩薩; pinyin: Xūkōngzàng Púsà; Japanese pronunciation: Kokūzō Bosatsu; Korean: 허공장보살; romaja: Heogongjang Bosal; Vietnamese: Hư Không Tạng Bồ Tát, Standard Tibetan: Namkha'i Nyingpo) is a bodhisattva in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Buddhism who is associated with the great element (mahābhūta) of space ().