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[Image above: Head of the Buddha, 4th CE-5th CE, V&A]
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Bodhi (disambiguation) - Enlightenment and the perfection of the Buddha's Way
The 8th of December is the day, the Buddha attained enlightenment, and is celebrated every year in Buddhist communities as 'Bodhi Day'. Bodhi means enlightenment and the perfection of the Buddha's Way.
At the age of 35, Gautama Buddha (Ref) attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree (Ref2) in Bodh Gaya and became a Buddha (the awakened one).
The nature of that realisation is “the truth of the universe”. When we speak of truth, most of the time it tends to be only the truth of a certain time and a certain region. We must not forget that, in addition to such truths, there are truths that transcend time and space, that is, the truth of the universe.
This concludes the 'Buddha to his disciples, a mini-series' for now. Thank you very much. From the next issue, we will focus on 'Legendary creatures and humanoids on anthropomorphism'.
ブッダから弟子たちへ、ミニシリーズ (22)
成道 〜 悟りを開き、仏道を完成すること
12月8日は釈迦が悟りを開いた日として仏教徒の地域では、毎年「成道会」が行われている。「成道」とは悟りを開き、仏道を完成することである。釈迦釈迦（参照）は35歳のとき、ブッダガヤーの菩提樹（参照2）の下で悟りを開いてブッダ（目覚めた人）となった。
その悟りの内容は「宇宙の真理」だ。真理というと、たいていの場合、ある時間、ある地域の真理にすぎない。そのような真理に加えて、時間と空間を超越した真理、すなわち宇宙の真理があることを忘れてはならない。
「ブッダから弟子たちへ、ミニシリーズ」は今回で終了致します。ありがとうございました。次回からは擬人化された伝説の生物とヒューマノイド」を特集する予定ですので、お楽しみに。
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Siddhartha at the Bodhi Tree (AD 100s–200s) at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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“Enlightenment is not found in the reverence of symbols, but in the courageous act of releasing them, revealing a state of being that exists beyond the confines of conventional spiritual understanding.”
#consciousness#enlightenment#spirituality#spiritualawakening#philosophy#spiritualenlightenment#nonduality#bodhi#bodhi tree
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To all my Buddhist peeps out there, wishing you a happy and inspiring Bodhi Day (成道会) this December 8th! 🙏☸️
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Under This Tree
I’ve been worried I have been lacking empathy, especially in my romantic relationship. Gosh, am I in love. I would rather sit next to a tree then a human, omit the one that my heart beats for.
Lilith once lived in this tree. Buddha got enlightened under this tree. Eve ate an apple from this tree. Newton discovered gravity under this tree. I discovered nothing under this tree.
Then my partner sat next to me. And now we sit under this tree together.
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Neeraj Gupta is an award winning sculpture artist of International repute. He is the first Indian artist to win Florence Biennale Award. Gupta is the founder and president of Delhi Art Society and president of Buddha Garden Delhi (Buddha Jayanti Park). He is the winner of Sahitya Kala Parishad award and member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, United Kingdom.
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Buddha Jayanti Garden, which is located on Delhi's Central Ridge, and over a thousand Amaltas trees were planted in the park. Under the direction of Buddha Jayanti Park president, environmentalist, and sculpture artist Neeraj Gupta.
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Buddha's Head In Tree Roots
One of the most prominent and well-known sites of Ayutthaya is the Buddha head stuck in a tree. The head was once part of a sandstone Buddha image. The head fell off the main body onto the ground. Gradually it was trapped into the roots of the constantly growing Bodhi tree. The Buddha head is presumably from around 1600s. It's located at Wat Mahathat ruins.
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Legends and myths about trees
Trees in Buddhism (4)
Bodhi Tree (Ficus religiosa) – the "tree of awakening"
The Bodhi Tree ("tree of awakening"), also called the Mahabodhi Tree, Bo Tree, is a large sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa) located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher of Buddhism, is said to have attained enlightenment under this tree around 500 BCE.
The original tree under which Siddhartha Gautama sat is no longer living, but the term "bodhi tree" is also applied to existing sacred fig trees.
It had been located in Bodh Gaya in present-day Bihar, India, but the tree was cut down due to the suppression of Buddhism in the India around the 5th CE. The decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent coincides with the rise of Islam in that part of the world, especially the Islamic invasions that occurred in the late 12th CE.
However, as the lime tree grows strongly from cuttings, descendants growing from branches of the same tree were transplanted in various places. In recent years, a third generation Gautama Buddha Bodhi tree, grown from the original Bodhi tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, has been planted in the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya.
This tree, planted around 250 BCE, is a frequent destination for pilgrims, being the most important of the four main Buddhist pilgrimage sites.
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仏教の樹木 (4)
ゴータマ・ブッダの菩提樹 (聖なるイチジクの木) 〜「覚醒の木」
ゴータマ・ブッダの菩提樹は、仏教の開祖であるゴータマ・ブッダがその木の根元に座って悟りを得た菩提樹 (印度菩提樹）とその挿し木による子孫である。
菩提樹は、インドのビハール州ブッダガヤにある大きな聖なるイチジクの木で、「覚醒の木」とも呼ばれている。仏教の精神的な教師であるシッダールタ・ゴータマは、紀元前500年頃にこの木の下で悟りを開いたと言われている。
シッダールタ・ゴータマが座った元の木はもう生きていないが、「菩提樹」という言葉は、既存の神聖なイチジクの木にも適用される。
元の木は、現在のインドのビハール州のブッダガヤにあったが、5世紀頃のインドにおける仏教の弾圧により木は切られた。インド亜大陸における仏教の衰退は、同地域におけるイスラム教の台頭、特に12世紀後半に起こったイスラム侵攻と重なる。しかし、菩提樹は挿し木により強く育つので各地に同じ木の枝から育った子孫が移植された。近年になって、スリランカのアヌラーダプラにあった初代の菩提樹から育てられた、三代目のゴータマ・ブッダの菩提樹が、ブッダガヤの大菩提寺に植えられている。紀元前250年頃に植えられたこの木は、仏教の4大巡礼地の中でも最も重要な場所として、巡礼者が頻繁に訪れる場所である。
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Merry Bodhi day.
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Burn Bodhi Tree Burn
Dispelling Illusions in the Quest for EnlightenmentIn a provocative turn of thought, the recent symbolic burning of the Bodhi tree, a revered figure in Buddhist lore as the tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment, stirs a profound metaphysical debate. This act, far from being a mere iconoclastic gesture, serves as a powerful metaphor for a deeper philosophical introspection into the nature…
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Neeraj Gupta is an award winning sculpture artist of International repute. He is the first Indian artist to win Florence Biennale Award. Gupta is the founder and president of Delhi Art Society and president of Buddha Garden Delhi (Buddha Jayanti Park). He is the winner of Sahitya Kala Parishad award and member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, United Kingdom.
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Buddha Jayanti Garden, which is located on Delhi's Central Ridge, and over a thousand Amaltas trees were planted in the park. Under the direction of Buddha Jayanti Park president, environmentalist, and sculpture artist Neeraj Gupta.
#Buddha Jayanti Park#Buddha Park#Buddha Jayanti Park Neeraj Gupta#Buddha Park Neeraj Gupta#Buddha Garden#Neeraj Gupta#Bodhi tree
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