Read here about thelist of Mudras of Gautam Buddha. What Are Paramitas? Paramitas are a set of noble qualities that Buddha-like enlightened individuals exhibit. It is the duty of every Bodhisattva to inculcate Paramitas in their behaviour on their journey to become a Buddha. In simple words...
Before the Kalinga war, the Mauryan administration under Ashoka was not different from that of his predecessors. Ashoka, like previous Mauryan kings, was at the head of the centralized administrative system. He was helped by a council of ministers that was in charge of different ministries like ...
Around the time of Mahavir and Gautam Buddha, a powerful ancient monarch named Bimbisar reigned on western side of Ganga. On the east lay the ancient Vrjji Gana-Sanghas – Sakya Malla Licchavi Videha – The lands to the east of Ganga had no Kings but were ruled by leaders of various...
The translator mentions a statue of Gautam Buddha’s mother wearing a Dejhoor. A Dejhoor is an ornament that Kashmiri Hindu brides wear starting the day before their wedding. (Dejhoor on Wikipedia). In Tarang 1, from the footnotes for 1.301 It is interesting to note that ...
battle. In the years around 500 B.C, Nepal had many small kingdoms and the most powerful among them were Shakyas of Kapilvastu. It was in the house of one of the Shakya kings that Gautam Siddhartha was born. He got the name of Buddha when he was enlightened. In the later era Nepal...
“Gautam Buddha’s emphasis on compassion was a very new phenomenon as far as the mystics of old were concerned. Gautam Buddha makes a historical dividing line from the past; before him meditation was enough, nobody had emphasized compassion together with meditation. And the reason was that med...
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Nepal also needs increased air connectivity between the major cities of the two countries, including direct and regular flights to and from the Pokhara International Airport and Gautam Buddha International Airport in Siddharthanagar to boost its tourism sector and enhance connectivity. ...
There are a few ancient caves in Chiplun, Kol and Pabol villages. They show and the Buddhist legend in the Papanch, Sudan and Srath Appakasini record the conversion of Konkan to Buddhism and early as the lifetime of Gautam Buddha (BC 560-481). ...