buddhism - cycloneloopfilmprod
... Buddhists worship and meditate in a temple known as a Vihara. It originally meant "a secluded place in which to walk", and referred to "dwellings" or "refuges" used by wandering monks during the rainy season. ...
... Buddhists worship and meditate in a temple known as a Vihara. It originally meant "a secluded place in which to walk", and referred to "dwellings" or "refuges" used by wandering monks during the rainy season. ...
Word File - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... along with the largest concentration of wild elephants in the island. Aside from elephants, who can be observed feeding on mainly water tolerant grass species and aquatic plants growing in the plains, leopards, water buffalo, sumbhur, the fishing cat and the rusty spotted cat may also be seen, while ...
... along with the largest concentration of wild elephants in the island. Aside from elephants, who can be observed feeding on mainly water tolerant grass species and aquatic plants growing in the plains, leopards, water buffalo, sumbhur, the fishing cat and the rusty spotted cat may also be seen, while ...
Document
... doctrines to co-exist and cross-fertilize. The wealth of Sri Lanka’s Mahayana Buddhist art, including the Prajnaparamita engraved on gold plates, is an indication of its popularity. That the two traditions existed side by side for centuries without one superseding the other is testimony to the incom ...
... doctrines to co-exist and cross-fertilize. The wealth of Sri Lanka’s Mahayana Buddhist art, including the Prajnaparamita engraved on gold plates, is an indication of its popularity. That the two traditions existed side by side for centuries without one superseding the other is testimony to the incom ...
d: Religious Perception of Foreign Tourists at Ancient Kelaniya Temple
... civilizations and their Uddésaka visuals. This paper tries to uncover the lessons and the messages that lie beyond those visuals for the greater good of humanity in this day and age of violence across the globe. ...
... civilizations and their Uddésaka visuals. This paper tries to uncover the lessons and the messages that lie beyond those visuals for the greater good of humanity in this day and age of violence across the globe. ...
Page | 1 Mock Revision notes – B601 – Buddhism Religious and
... permanent decision to eat low on the food chain which they believe creates merit, serves the planet and all living things and shows compassion to the starving. Buddhists also use food as symbols on their shrines and there is a long standing tradition of offering food to monks in many Buddhist countr ...
... permanent decision to eat low on the food chain which they believe creates merit, serves the planet and all living things and shows compassion to the starving. Buddhists also use food as symbols on their shrines and there is a long standing tradition of offering food to monks in many Buddhist countr ...
Who is the founder of Buddhism? The Buddhist tradition is founded
... flowers, candles, incense and pure water at a shrine. People thank Buddha for his teachings. When Buddhist worship alone they usually meditate and read from the Buddhist holy books. Every month most Buddhists have special religious days. These are often days when there is a full moon. Many Buddhists ...
... flowers, candles, incense and pure water at a shrine. People thank Buddha for his teachings. When Buddhist worship alone they usually meditate and read from the Buddhist holy books. Every month most Buddhists have special religious days. These are often days when there is a full moon. Many Buddhists ...
The Buddhist tradition is founded on and inspired by the teachi
... flowers, candles, incense and pure water at a shrine. People thank Buddha for his teachings. When Buddhist worship alone they usually meditate and read from the Buddhist holy books. Every month most Buddhists have special religious days. These are often days when there is a full moon. Many Buddhists ...
... flowers, candles, incense and pure water at a shrine. People thank Buddha for his teachings. When Buddhist worship alone they usually meditate and read from the Buddhist holy books. Every month most Buddhists have special religious days. These are often days when there is a full moon. Many Buddhists ...
Buddhism, Sri Lanka and Dermatology
... Rohini4, the sister of Buddha’s chief attendant Ananda was suffering from a skin disease and was ashamed to walk in public due to the stigma. Buddha linked her condition to anger and treated her by teaching her on how to control her emotions through controlling mind. This can be considered as the fi ...
... Rohini4, the sister of Buddha’s chief attendant Ananda was suffering from a skin disease and was ashamed to walk in public due to the stigma. Buddha linked her condition to anger and treated her by teaching her on how to control her emotions through controlling mind. This can be considered as the fi ...
Learning Objectives Buddhism Key Stage 2 Learning Objectives
... What are the key features of the life of Guru Nanak? How did Guru Nanak spread his teachings? How would pupils like to be treated and how should they treat others? Where do Sikhs go to worship? How do the practices in the Gurdwara symbolise equality? What is the inspirational writing that Sikhs foll ...
... What are the key features of the life of Guru Nanak? How did Guru Nanak spread his teachings? How would pupils like to be treated and how should they treat others? Where do Sikhs go to worship? How do the practices in the Gurdwara symbolise equality? What is the inspirational writing that Sikhs foll ...
Farewell, brother - The Dharmafarers
... our own early scripture. Many of the Buddhist leaders, especially the Sinhalese Buddhist missionaries in Malaysia, saw this as a threat to their local influence and source of income. The local Buddhists, furthermore, feared the foreign robes enough not to work with a lay Dharma teacher who had come ...
... our own early scripture. Many of the Buddhist leaders, especially the Sinhalese Buddhist missionaries in Malaysia, saw this as a threat to their local influence and source of income. The local Buddhists, furthermore, feared the foreign robes enough not to work with a lay Dharma teacher who had come ...
CARING FOR THE BUDDHIST PATIENT
... wish to achieve calm, buoyancy, and joy. Most Buddhist patients will wish their condition and progress to be explained to them with open-ness and honesty as this will enable them to make their own preparation for death. It is important that the patient/family is enabled to contact a Buddhist monk (p ...
... wish to achieve calm, buoyancy, and joy. Most Buddhist patients will wish their condition and progress to be explained to them with open-ness and honesty as this will enable them to make their own preparation for death. It is important that the patient/family is enabled to contact a Buddhist monk (p ...
Caring for the Buddhist Patient
... rebirth. Therefore they will wish to achieve calm, buoyancy, and joy. Most Buddhist patients will wish their condition and progress to be explained to them with openness and honesty as this will enable them to make their own preparation for death. It is important that the patient/family is enabled t ...
... rebirth. Therefore they will wish to achieve calm, buoyancy, and joy. Most Buddhist patients will wish their condition and progress to be explained to them with openness and honesty as this will enable them to make their own preparation for death. It is important that the patient/family is enabled t ...
A Timeline of Early Buddhism
... A Timeline of Early Buddhism and the Pāli Canon Most events relevant to early Buddhism are extremely difficult to date with precision. For example, during most of the 20th century, scholars used the dates 566-486 BCE for the life span of the Buddha. Some Theravāda traditions place the life of the Bu ...
... A Timeline of Early Buddhism and the Pāli Canon Most events relevant to early Buddhism are extremely difficult to date with precision. For example, during most of the 20th century, scholars used the dates 566-486 BCE for the life span of the Buddha. Some Theravāda traditions place the life of the Bu ...
A Timeline of Early Buddhism
... A Timeline of Early Buddhism and the Pli Canon Most events relevant to early Buddhism are extremely difficult to date with precision. For example, during most of the 20th century, scholars used the dates 566-486 BCE for the life span of the Buddha. Some Theravda traditions place the life of the Bu ...
... A Timeline of Early Buddhism and the Pli Canon Most events relevant to early Buddhism are extremely difficult to date with precision. For example, during most of the 20th century, scholars used the dates 566-486 BCE for the life span of the Buddha. Some Theravda traditions place the life of the Bu ...
Why are Buddhist monks attac..
... Christian crusaders, Islamist militants, or the leaders of "freedom-loving nations", all justify what they see as necessary violence in the name of a higher good. Buddhist rulers and monks have been no exception. ...
... Christian crusaders, Islamist militants, or the leaders of "freedom-loving nations", all justify what they see as necessary violence in the name of a higher good. Buddhist rulers and monks have been no exception. ...
Wesak - eRiding
... his life and his teachings. In the temples and monasteries, shrines and statues are decorated. Perfumed water may be poured on statues of The Buddha as a sign of respect. When night falls a statue of The Buddha may be taken outside and Buddhists will walk around it with small lamps in celebration. A ...
... his life and his teachings. In the temples and monasteries, shrines and statues are decorated. Perfumed water may be poured on statues of The Buddha as a sign of respect. When night falls a statue of The Buddha may be taken outside and Buddhists will walk around it with small lamps in celebration. A ...
- Shap Working Party
... These two points are made by F. Wint in the Oxford Book of World Prayers. (Ed. G. Appleton). ‘The examples we give of Buddhist devotion are not prayers addressed to the deity, but aids in strengthening and purifying the heart and fixing it on a noble purpose’. Interestingly L. Blue (To Heaven With T ...
... These two points are made by F. Wint in the Oxford Book of World Prayers. (Ed. G. Appleton). ‘The examples we give of Buddhist devotion are not prayers addressed to the deity, but aids in strengthening and purifying the heart and fixing it on a noble purpose’. Interestingly L. Blue (To Heaven With T ...
Learning and Living the Dhamma in a New Spirit of
... worthy causes, have been utterly distorted, both by those who merely record them the way they feel as well as by much cleverer descendants of theirs who subsequently research on them, quite often inadequately guided. Polarised visions of heterogeneous groups, disagreeing to a greater or lesser degre ...
... worthy causes, have been utterly distorted, both by those who merely record them the way they feel as well as by much cleverer descendants of theirs who subsequently research on them, quite often inadequately guided. Polarised visions of heterogeneous groups, disagreeing to a greater or lesser degre ...
Sri Lanka - Aid to the Church in Need
... threats made to Christians at a prayer meeting there the previous day. But before police arrived some 150 villagers surrounded the house, and 40 forced their way in, beating and assaulting the Christians.xviii June 2014: A female Christian worker in Kandy district was hospitalised for two days after ...
... threats made to Christians at a prayer meeting there the previous day. But before police arrived some 150 villagers surrounded the house, and 40 forced their way in, beating and assaulting the Christians.xviii June 2014: A female Christian worker in Kandy district was hospitalised for two days after ...
Pittsburgh Buddhist center
... world un-assured of its past, present, future, and the beyond. The first Theravada Buddhist Center in Pittsburgh opened on 26th September 2006, as a result of major donations from Drs. K. Siripala and Ranjani Siripala, Mr. Damitha and Dr. Padma Karunararatne. Sri Lanka’s majority belong to the Thera ...
... world un-assured of its past, present, future, and the beyond. The first Theravada Buddhist Center in Pittsburgh opened on 26th September 2006, as a result of major donations from Drs. K. Siripala and Ranjani Siripala, Mr. Damitha and Dr. Padma Karunararatne. Sri Lanka’s majority belong to the Thera ...
Indian tree goddess
... tops of pillars that held up the high central hall of the Hindu temple, where devotees gathered before entering the shrine and greeting the presiding deity of the temple. Although not intended as an object of worship, the power of the tree goddess was frequently invoked due to her association with f ...
... tops of pillars that held up the high central hall of the Hindu temple, where devotees gathered before entering the shrine and greeting the presiding deity of the temple. Although not intended as an object of worship, the power of the tree goddess was frequently invoked due to her association with f ...
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 ...
Kataragama temple
Kataragamam temple (Sinhalese Katharagama; Tamil Katirkāmam) in Kataragama, Sri Lanka, is a temple complex dedicated to Kataragama deviyo. It is one of the few religious sites in Sri Lanka that is venerated by the Sinhala Buddhists, Hindu Sri Lankan Tamils, Sri Lankan Moors and the Vedda people. It is a collection of modest shrines, of which the one dedicated to Kataragama deviyo, is the most important. For most of the past millennia, it was a jungle shrine very difficult to access; today it is accessible by an all-weather road. Almost all the shrines— and the nearby Kiri Vehera— are managed by Buddhists, apart from shrines dedicated to Teyvāṉai and Shiva and mosques.Up until the 1940s a majority of the pilgrims were Tamil Hindus from Sri Lanka and South India who undertook an arduous padayatra or ""pilgrimage on foot"". Since then most pilgrims tend to be Sinhala Buddhists and the cult of Kataragama deviyo has become the most popular amongst the Sinhalese people.A number of legends and myths are associated with the deity and the location, differing by religion, ethnic affiliation and time. These legends are changing with the deity's burgeoning popularity with Buddhists, as the Buddhist ritual specialists and clergy try to accommodate the deity within Buddhist ideals of nontheism. With the change in devotees, the mode of worship and festivals has changed from that of Hindu orientation to one that accommodates Buddhist rituals and theology. It is difficult to reconstruct the factual history of the place and the reason for its popularity amongst Sri Lankans and Indians based on legends and available archeological and literary evidence alone, although the place seems to have a venerable history. The lack of clear historic records and resultant legends and myths fuel the conflict between Buddhists and Hindus as to the ownership and the mode of worship at Kataragama.The priests of the temple are known as Kapuralas and are believed to be descended from Vedda people. Veddas, too, have a claim on the temple, a nearby mountain peak and locality through a number of legends. There is a mosque and a few tombs of Muslim pious men buried nearby. The temple complex is also connected to other similar temples in Eastern Province dedicated to Murugan which are along the path of pilgrimage from Jaffna in the north to Kataragama in the south of the island; Arunagirinathar traversed this pilgrimage route in the 15th century. The vicinity of the temple complex is used for secretive practices of sorcery and cursing peculiar to Sri Lanka. The entire temple complex was declared a holy place by the government of Sri Lanka in the 1950s; since then political leaders have contributed for its maintenance and upkeep.