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25 Buddha quotes to lead you down the path of enlightenment
Born in Nepal in the 6 th century B.C., Siddhartha Gautama, who would later become known as Buddha, was a spiritual leader and undoubtedly one of the most influential figures of all times. …
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Cake offered as prasad in Janaki Temple
JANAKPURDHAM: Friday is Janaki Nawami, the birthday of Janaki or the Hindu divine Goddess deity Sita. Janaki Temple which used to be crowded with Hindu devotees is sans crowd this time, yet the ce…
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EIGHT TYPES OF STUPAS
1. The Lotus Blossom Stupa of the Buddha’s Birth (Wyl. sku bltams mchod rten) The Lotus Blossom Stupa symbolizes the birth of Siddhartha, the man who would later be known as the Buddha. He was bor…
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20 thousand houses remain to be rebuilt in Dhading
DHANDING: Five years have passed since the devastating earthquake that rattled the country on April 25, 2015 and the beginning of the post-quake reconstruction campaign. Dhading district is amon…
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Buddhist Flags : History and Meaning
Buddhist flags flutter around temples and monuments throughout the world today. And banners and flags have always waved above important Buddhist monuments. Early texts describe pilgrims donating c…
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Manjushri mantra meaning on syllables, by Khenchen Prachhimba Dorjee Rinpoche
(Om Ah Ra Pa Tsa Na Dhi) Explaining by HH Khenchen Lama Rinpoche. OM (ཨོཾ) – also written Aum, is a sacred and mystical syllable that originates from Hinduism but is now common in Buddhism, Hi…
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Kisa gotami and Buddha
Kisa gotami was the daughter-in-law of a well to do family. She had only one child. She could sacrifice even her life for the sake of her child. That child suddenly died one day. Kisa gotami went …
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I was a deer in my previous birth
Siddhartha Gautam was doing painful penance in the Gaya village called Urubela when he fell unconscious. Nude children of Sujata, Nanda Bala, Bala Gupta etc. fed him rice pudding with milk. Gaut…
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Sociology of Happiness in the Sherpa Buddhism Discussion of Research Literature
Birman Sharpa (ST) 1. Introduction of Research Himalayan indigenous people, the Sherpa of Nepal are practice the Buddhism in daily life system and cultures like birth initiations, marriages a…
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