Buddhist Art
... Third was the chaitya, an assemly hall that contained a stupa (though one empty of relics). This became an important feature for the monasteries that were cut into cliffs in central India. The central hall of the chaitya was arranged to allow for circumambulation of the stupa. ...
... Third was the chaitya, an assemly hall that contained a stupa (though one empty of relics). This became an important feature for the monasteries that were cut into cliffs in central India. The central hall of the chaitya was arranged to allow for circumambulation of the stupa. ...
The Five Pillars of Islam
... Vesak - The Buddhist Festival of Light is the Sri Lankan word for the month of May. Vesak is the holiest day in Buddhism. Buddhists believe that it was in that month the most significant events of the Buddha’s existence took place. On this day are celebrated the birth, the Enlightenment, and the d ...
... Vesak - The Buddhist Festival of Light is the Sri Lankan word for the month of May. Vesak is the holiest day in Buddhism. Buddhists believe that it was in that month the most significant events of the Buddha’s existence took place. On this day are celebrated the birth, the Enlightenment, and the d ...
April 8:
... Although the exact date of Buddha’s birthday is unknown, this date is most commonly noted around the world as his birthday. On this day, Buddhists celebrate in various ways depending on ethnicity and region. There are many Buddhas. Buddha can mean the historical Buddha, who was born Prince Siddharth ...
... Although the exact date of Buddha’s birthday is unknown, this date is most commonly noted around the world as his birthday. On this day, Buddhists celebrate in various ways depending on ethnicity and region. There are many Buddhas. Buddha can mean the historical Buddha, who was born Prince Siddharth ...
Age of Terrorism - Golden State Baptist College
... Taliban Afghanistan • Women were required to wear the all-covering burqa, they were banned from public life and denied access to health care and education, windows needed to be covered so that women could not be seen from the outside, and they were not allowed to laugh in a manner they could be hea ...
... Taliban Afghanistan • Women were required to wear the all-covering burqa, they were banned from public life and denied access to health care and education, windows needed to be covered so that women could not be seen from the outside, and they were not allowed to laugh in a manner they could be hea ...
Wesak - eRiding
... different festivals celebrated in different countries at different times and in different ways. The most important of these for many Buddhists takes place at the time of the full moon in May or June and is called Wesak, Vaisakha or Buddha Day. At Wesak Buddhists remember three important events in th ...
... different festivals celebrated in different countries at different times and in different ways. The most important of these for many Buddhists takes place at the time of the full moon in May or June and is called Wesak, Vaisakha or Buddha Day. At Wesak Buddhists remember three important events in th ...
Buddhas of Bamiyan
The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Persian: بت های باميان – but hay-e bamiyan) were two 6th-century monumental statues of standing buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, 230 km (140 mi) northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2,500 meters (8,200 feet). Built in 507 AD (smaller) and 554 AD (larger), the statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art.The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco. This coating, practically all of which wore away long ago, was painted to enhance the expressions of the faces, hands, and folds of the robes; the larger one was painted carmine red and the smaller one was painted multiple colors.The lower parts of the statues' arms were constructed from the same mud-straw mix while supported on wooden armatures. It is believed that the upper parts of their faces were made from great wooden masks or casts. Rows of holes that can be seen in photographs were spaces that held wooden pegs that stabilized the outer stucco.They were dynamited and destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban, on orders from leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, after the Taliban government declared that they were idols. An envoy visiting the United States in the following weeks explained that they were destroyed to protest international aid exclusively reserved for statue maintenance while Afghanistan was experiencing famine, while the Afghan Foreign Minister claimed that the destruction was merely about carrying out Islamic religious iconoclasm. International opinion strongly condemned the destruction of the Buddhas, which in the following years was primarily viewed as an example of the extreme religious intolerance of the Taliban. Japan and Switzerland, among others, have pledged support for the rebuilding of the statues.