Solo Exhibition by artist Samundra Man Singh Shrestha organized
by Bodhisattva Gallery is happening at Nepal Art Council, Babermahal from 29th may -9 th June 2016.
Solo Exhibition by artist Samundra Man Singh Shrestha organized
by Bodhisattva Gallery is happening at Nepal Art Council, Babermahal...
In Buddhism, it is held
by the Bodhisattvas of Avalokiteshvara and Ksitigarbha.
Not exact matches
The word God is a Christian word, and often when Christians use it, we refer, not to a relational
Bodhisattva who adapts to each situation, but rather to a changeless and independent Consciousness who saves only Christians and who is cut off from the world
by the boundaries of divine transcendence.
They heap merit upon merit for the sake of all — they do not even spare their own bodies, as we are shown
by the magnificent example of the
Bodhisattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana in the Lotus.14
By means of such dispositions and activities — and this concept is important for characterizing Mahayana — the «field» of the
Bodhisattva is «purified.»
The
Bodhisattva attains the ninth stage, the stage of the «Good Ones,»
by appropriating the knowledge called pratisamvid; he perfects his knowledge of the proclamation of the Teaching (pratibhana).
This is the breath and the substance of those beings who have been specifically created
by the Mahayana belief — the
Bodhisattvas.
During the six years that the
Bodhisattva practiced austerities, the demon followed behind him step
by step, seeking an opportunity to harm him.
I think that an ancient Buddhist text from the Mahayana tradition, in portraying the ideal of the
bodhisattva, expresses accurately the divine sensitivity to suffering suggested
by the Whiteheadian view:
On the walls are Japanese shikihi (fine paper squares) with Zen sayings in the Sino - Japanese ideographs, two Taoist paintings and a picture of the Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya
Bodhisattva) from Koryuji, Kyoto, These are well received
by people and set a good tone to the room.
If we take our cue from the Vimalakirti - nirdesa Sutra, the
bodhisattva is a fully awakened being for whom it is an implication of his perfect enlightenment (rather than a postponement of it) that he remain in solidarity with all who are afflicted
by illness and ignorance, birth and death.
Ahhh, keeping with the ecumenical skepticism, maybe adding to the silly religious imagery
by adding a a few Buddhist
Bodhisattvas and a couple Islamic Jinn rolling in the clouds laughing would have been fun!
The Thousand Buddha motif — created
by stenciling the silhouette of Buddha multiple times — covers most of the walls and ceilings of many caves, but there are also exquisite murals of scenes from the life of Buddha and more than 2,000 statues of
Bodhisattvas surrounding their leader, wearing decorative flowing robes and delicate jewelry.