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journeytothewestresearch · 2 months ago
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Academic Buddha Biography PDF
I found scans of Gotama Buddha: A Biography Based on the Most Reliable Texts (2000) on Internet Archive. I've combined both volumes into a single PDF.
Note: Vol. 1 is missing the bibliography (for some reason), but vol. 2 has it.
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jareckiworld · 2 years ago
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Tim Johnson—Shakyamuni  (synthetic polymer paint on linen, 2003)
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majestativa · 5 months ago
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If he is able to gain this freedom, he will not be perplexed by anyone on earth.
— Takuan Sōhō, The Unfettered Mind: Writings from a Zen Master to a Master Swordsman, transl by William Scott Wilson, (2012)
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blue-lotus333 · 3 months ago
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The Buddha in different religions/beliefs. 
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Firstly, who is the Buddha?: 
The historical Buddha was a prince named Siddhartha Gautama who lived 2500 years ago in what is today northern India/Nepal. He was born into a warrior clan known as the Shakya, which is why he is often called Shakyamuni, “Sage of the Shakyas.” He is the one to later abandon worldly attachments, become enlightened, and found Buddhism.
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The Buddha in Hinduism.
Some Hindus consider the Buddha as the 9th avatar of Vishnu/Dashavatara, The Buddha was integrated into Vaishnavism, it was also believed the Buddha’s wife, Yasodhara, was the avatar of the wealth Goddess Lakshmi, though Buddhists deny this, so as other Hindus who identify the 9th avatar of Vishnu to another being who was also called “buddha”.
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The Buddha in Christianity.
Called St. Josaphat (Budhasaf) of India, The story of St. Josaphat tells of a prince in India who is converted to Christianity by a monk, despite his father's attempts to prevent it. The monk and prince are later honored as saints in Christendom. The Buddha was honored as a Christian saint for about a thousand years, but this wasn't recognized until the mid 19th century.
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The Buddha in Hellenism.
Buddhism had a big influence on ancient Greeks, in which they would identify Buddhist beings with Greek beings, the Greeks were also the first ones to make Buddhist statues. Heracules (or Zeus) was identified with The bodhisattva Vajrapani, whom was seen as Buddha’s protector. There also was a Syncretism between The Buddhist Goddess Hariti & Greek goddess tykhe.
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The Buddha in Taoism.
Some Taoist believe that the Buddha was a reincarnation of Laozi, the founder of Taoism. Some also believe he was either on the same power-level as the Jade emperor, the Taoist king of heaven, or stronger than him. 'Buddha' is absorbed wholly into the Taoist cosmology, becoming another term used to describe the generative tissue at the source of all things in both the mental and physical realms.
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The Buddha in Shinto.
Buddhism & Shinto are mostly seen highly entwined in Japan. The buddha is called Shaka in Japanese & was transformed into a powerful Japanese deity, whom coexisted with the Shinto gods. Buddhist temples were often attached to Shinto shrines. A Shinto temple would sometimes have a priest of that shrine read a Buddhist sutra in which Shinto events took place.
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crazyfox-archives · 1 year ago
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A painted image of seven deities dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333) at Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto: on the left, Fugen Bodhisattva (普賢菩薩) & Jizō Bodhisattva (地蔵菩薩); in the middle, Amida Buddha (阿弥陀如来) & Shakyamuni Buddha (釈迦如来) & Yakushi Buddha (薬師如来); on the right, Kannon Bodhisattva (観音菩薩) & Fudō Myōō (不動明王)
Image from "東寺の菩薩像" [Images of Bodhisattvas at Tōji] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1993, page 55
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ellisdee161 · 6 months ago
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Sakyamuni (GS)
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gleaningsinbuddhafields · 4 months ago
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What is the Lotus Sutra?
One of the most influential sacred texts in Buddhism is the Lotus Sutra. The Lotus Sutra has had a tremendous influence on Buddhism as we know it today. Much of Buddhist culture as we know it either came from the Lotus Sutra, or was influenced by its ideas and teachings. Not everything, of course. But the influence is hard to ignore. If you know the Lotus Sutra, a lot of things about Buddhist…
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kongque-jiaan · 6 months ago
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(Much thanks for @spotty-is-slumberous for lovely art for this holiday card! :D)
This is a very special time of the month for many Buddhist traditions. Just a few days ago, on May 8th, the Japanese traditions were celebrating Hanamatsuri. Today, May 15th, the Chinese traditions like the one I took refuge and precepts under are celebrating Fódàn. On May 23rd the Theravada traditions are celebrating Vesak. And on May 26th the Tibetan traditions are celebrating Saga Dawa.
All these various holidays and festivals celebrate the birth, enlightenment, and/or passing into parinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha, the buddha of our current age and founder of all of our traditions. I hope all buddhists, whatever date they celebrate, can take this timeto reflect on Shakyamuni's story and draw from it inspiration to continue their practice.
Like all buddhas and bodhisattvas Shakyamuni was an ordinary being once, that through continous effort across countless lifetimes achieved the greatest accomplishment. The ultimate promise of his message is that if we follow the path prescribed by him we too can achieve it.
南无本师释迦牟尼佛
Homage to our original teacher, Shakyamuni Buddha!
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dharmasculpture · 5 months ago
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These standing Buddha statues are depicted holding alms bowls. In Buddhism, the begging bowl, or alms bowl, is one of the simplest but most important objects in the daily lives of Buddhist monks. It is primarily a practical object, used as a bowl in which to collect alms from lay supporters. The simple begging bowl, has, over time become a symbol of the Buddha's teachings of non-attachment.
http://www.dharmasculpture.com/category/new-arrivals.html
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classic-asian-art · 1 year ago
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Shakyamuni Buddha
Farbe auf Seide
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panicinthestudio · 2 years ago
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Shaka Bosatsu (Sakyamuni Bodhisattva), 2nd-3rd century
Gandhara
Crystalline schist
Total height: 138.0 cm; height of the statue: 114.0 cm
This standing statue of Sakyamuni Bodhisattva whose eyes somewhat lowered wears a crown over the turban. He raises his right hand in front of his chest in the abhaya mudra (a hand position to bestow fearlessness and bring about a sense of calm), while placing his left hand on his waist. 
The kneeling figure engraved on the crown front holds a floral garland. The Bodhisattva wears various accessories such as earrings, necklaces, breast ornament, armlets and wristlets. His lower body is covered by a skirt-like garment and his feet are in sandals. His body weight is mostly supported by the engaged left leg while the right side is the free leg. This standing statue has features unique to Gandhara such as the crown over the turban, the right hand in the abhaya mudra and the left hand on the waist. 
This is one of the few known Sakyamuni Bodhisattva statues. Even among them, this statue has an exceptionally high artistic value. After the death of Gautama Siddhartha, prince of the Shakya clan, who lived during the 5th or 4th century B.C.E., his followers symbolized him in various forms such as the podium, awning, dharmachakra, and pipal tree under which he attained enlightenment. Early Buddhists did not create a statue of the Buddha until the 1st century C.E., when the statues of Buddha began to appear concurrently in Gandhara (northwestern Pakistan) and Mathura (northern India). This statue shows that Gandhara works feature Western-style realistic expressions, which attest to the strong influence of the Greek and Roman arts. In Gandhara, stone statues of Buddha reached their highpoint between the 1st and 3rd century C.E. 
The material crystalline schist is a metamorphic rock which tends to break into layers and is difficult to cut out a thick layer. Accordingly, the right hand and toes of this work are made of other piece of the same material and fixed to the body with iron clamps.
Collection of the Kyushu National Museum
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raffaellopalandri · 1 year ago
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Wishing you an auspicious Saka Dawa!!
Happy Saka Dawa! Saka Dawa is the most important festival in the Tibetan Buddhist world and commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana (passing) of Lord Buddha Shakyamuni. Image taken from Internet During this month, the merits of good deeds are said to be multiplied one hundred million times. So, if we just commit to avoiding negative thoughts for this month and decide to engage…
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mi-libro-grafico · 1 year ago
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wisdom-and-such · 2 years ago
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“Due to his innate intelligence and his birth in a royal palace, Shakyamuni had thoroughly mastered much worldly learned knowledge and had naturally developed a level of wisdom surpassing that of ordinary people. Precisely because of this wisdom surpassing that of ordinary people, all his life he had delved into the universe and life, and he had doubts about worldly affairs and human life. Hence, in the end, there was no way he could rest content with the apparent reality. Added to this, in contemporary India there was constant fighting among rival lords and their domains and the vast inequality between the classes… All these things struck his eye and agitated his mind. Because of this, with his great compassion for the uncontrollable pain of impermanence which the multitudes of the world’s sentient beings always have with them, he used his compassionate heart to seek for the total release of all people from the suffering and afflictions of the world. He wanted to enable human nature to rise to a higher level… For this reason, Shakyamuni was continually sunk in deep contemplation and silent concentration.
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crazyfox-archives · 1 year ago
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A painted image of the Buddha Shakyamuni (釈迦如来 Shaka Nyorai) surrounded by the Sixteen Divine Protectors of the Great Wisdom Sutra
Color on silk dating to the 15th century from the collection of Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto
Image from "東寺の如来・祖師像" [Images of Buddhas and Patriarchs at Tōji] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1994, page 53
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