Mudras are a non-verbal mode of communication and self-expression, consisting of hand gestures and finger-postures. They are symbolic sign based finger patterns taking the place, but retaining the efficacy of the spoken word, and are used to evoke in the mind ideas symbolizing divine powers or the deities themselves. The composition [...]
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Buddha Mudras
Posted in Buddha on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Buddha Gotama
Posted in Buddha on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
About 623 years before the Christian era, there was born in Lumbini Park in the neighbourhood of Kapilavatthu, now known asPadaria in the district of modern Nepal. an Indian Sakyan prince, Siddattha Gotama by name. To mark the spot as the birthplace of the greatest teacher of mankind, and as a token of his [...]
The Buddha
Posted in Buddha on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Buddha is one who has attained an ideal state of intellectual and ethical perfection which can be attained by man by purely human means.
The truth dawned upon him, and he realized that all without exception were subject to birth, decay and death and that all worldly pleasures were only a prelude to pain. Comprehending [...]
