(n.) The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Siddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of Buddhism.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Kalachakra Puja takes place in the eastern state of Bihar at the holy Bodhgaya site, where the Buddha gained enlightenment.
(2) By rebuilding a Buddha we could regain possession of our history and send a message to the whole world in favour of reconciliation between religions,” says Shukrya Neda, who campaigns for a local NGO.
(3) The void left by the two destroyed Buddha figures is appalling, it rouses an emotion almost more powerful than their once tranquil presence did for centuries.
(4) • Doubles from $120 B&B, special rates for writers and artists , helgasfolly.com Elfmeterkina Temple of rock Facebook Twitter Pinterest Buddha statues in Mulkirigala.
(5) One of the most exquisite finds at Mes Aynak is a gilt Buddha head, with eyes half closed, poised on the threshold of enlightenment; it feels more Burmese than Central Asian.
(6) Will the reconstruction lobby finally succeed in resurrecting Shamana (the small Buddha)?
(7) Last week it emerged that a team led by Coningham, a professor of archaeology and pro-vice-chancellor at Durham University, had made a startling discovery about the date of the Buddha's birth, one that could rewrite the history of Buddhism.
(8) As a result, different oral traditions had different dates for the Buddha's birth.
(9) What the Buddha taught is that hatred is not good, because Buddha sees everyone as an equal being.
(10) Thankfully, the secular antidote that the NHS has rolled out is far easier than the one the Buddha taught.
(11) The Dalai Lama is regarded as the 14th reincarnation of a famous Buddha who achieved enlightenment and as such can't resign.
(12) The local representative of Icomos Germany, Bert Praxenthaler, sees the controversy about the small Buddha’s feet as salutary in that it “stirred debate about what should be done with the Buddhas”.
(13) The decision to destroy the two monumental Buddha figures at Bamiyan was just part of the drive to destroy all the country’s pre-Islamic “icons”, an act of defiance to the outside world.
(14) Over the course of his life, Cyrus meets many influential philosophical figures of his time, including his grandfather (and founder of Zoroastrianism), Socrates, the Buddha, Mahavira, Lao Tsu and Confucius.
(15) 500 BC about Buddha who in his former life as King Sivi wished to give a part of his body to the first one who asked for it, lies at the root of the success story of the indefatigable Dr Silva of Colombo, who succeeded through the oldest known story about donation of organs to make Sri Lanka the 'world champion' in eye donation.
(16) The Chinese government says it has to approve all reincarnations of living Buddhas, or senior religious figures in Tibetan Buddhism, including the choice of the next Dalai Lama.
(17) The hollows once housed statues of Buddha, until the Taliban infamously set dynamite to them in 2001 .
(18) A new, even bigger reclining Buddha is being built nearby, but the monk who was the driving force behind the whole project died a few days before we visited the area and its future is now uncertain.
(19) In the 1970s Indian archaeologists rebuilt the feet of the smaller Buddha using new material.
(20) The Buddhas are a powerful symbol – of confessional tolerance, Buddhism in a Muslim country and the remains of the Silk Road – with scope for considerable political kudos, so academic quarrels have been diverted to serve strategic aims.
Stupa
Definition:
(n.) A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
(n.) See 1st Stupe.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the area between Kabul and Peshawar, one fifth-century Chinese traveller counted no fewer than 2,400 such shrines – as well as a scattering of well-planned classical cities, acropoli, amphitheatres and stupas .
(2) The stupa of the pagoda burned golden until the sun fell rapidly into the jungle.
(3) A Buddhist stupa – commemorative monument – inside a monastery at Mes Aynak.
(4) These ranged from four fortified monasteries, a Zoroastrian fire temple and several Buddhist stupas (commemorative monuments), through ancient copper working, smelting workshops, miners habitations and a mint, as well as two small forts and a citadel.
(5) At the top we dived into a succession of monastic complexes where lines of sitting Buddha statues faced onto small slate stupas with classical columns covered with plastic sheeting.