Popular Deities of Chinese Buddhism (Illustrated)

  C I  ypical hinese onastery e Chinese Buddhist monastery or temple is fashioned after the palaces and bears ver ...

  kasyapa and Ananda, or other Buddhas of the past eras. e arrangement and choice of personages in this altar varies from t ...

  the Ta-Hung-Pau-Tien that devout Buddhists offer their prayers and offerings of flowers, fruits and other gifts which are ...

  C II hinese uddhist mages Much abuse or unkind remarks have been heaped upon Chinese Buddhists accusing them as b ...

  Upon entering the front hall of the temple, one is met with the idea of ‘protection’ from the celestial beings and as one ...

 T C B P ...

 C III e hinese uddhist antheon e Buddhist Pantheon has a vast number of Deities in the seemingly endless variation ...

  e two most adored Buddhas of the distant past, whose exist- ence were revealed to us by Sakyamuni Buddha himself, are sho ...

  elephant. She also represents active love, virtue, diligent training and patience. T-T W P’ or Ksitigarbha, the ...

  e E A (Lo-Hans), not depicted in this illus- tration but often appearing in other versions of the Chinese Bud ...

  C IV hinese uddhists estive ays ese are the holy days that Chinese Buddhists celebrate by vis- iting temples to ...

  23.3 — Birthday of Marichi Devata 4.4 — Birthday of Wen-shu P’usa 8.4 — Birthday of Buddha Sakyamuni 15.4 — Wesak Day 28.4 ...

  C V e uddha Buddhism is a way of life, a religion which is based on the practice of discipline according to the te ...

 week after his birth, his mother died and he was brought up by his aunt, Mahaprajapati. At a name giving ceremony he was give ...

 T B ...

  It was after this decision was made that he heard of the birth of his son, and regarding the new born child as an impedime ...

  During meditative trances in that night’s three watches he gained the knowledge of all his past lives, acquired the “super ...

 T B ...

 Initially the Buddha was hesistant to reach out to teach the Truth because he felt that the world being caught up in the pas- ...

  e reat ecease During the early part of his ministry, the Buddha lived as a trav- elling monk and did not have any fixed ...