Word: buddhahood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...concerns the life of Siddhartha from the time of his departure from home to his ascent to Buddhahood. He tries to attain satisfaction in ascetic life, in erotic love, and in business. He is accused by the "League" of "dividing his life ...of failing to perceive unity." He does, however, attain this unity and with it the satisfaction he has been seeking...
...turn, man may aspire to personal Buddhahood through ridding himself of such worldly attachments as family and his ego. Between god and man are the bodhisattvas (or saints), who have nobly rejected nirvana (or the utter annihilation of self) to minister to the needs of mankind. Also in between are the yidams, bristling with many pairs of arms brandishing weapons, who are often sensuously pictured in copulation with their female consorts to symbolize the final union in Buddhahood where the sexes blend together. Nepalese art not only revolves around this Oriental theology but also helps the individual attain...
...first time: a sick man, an old man, a dead man and a holy man. He fled to the forest to seek enlightenment, tried and abandoned the ways of the hermit and the ascetic, and, after meditating under a sacred Bodhi tree for 49 days, at last achieved Buddhahood-enlightenment, or nirvana. He spent the rest of his life walking through India with his disciples, teaching until he died at 80, leaving a final admonition: "Work out your salvation with diligence...
...religion; yet they also found much to love in the gods and goddesses of Greece and Rome. They were fascinated by centaurs and Tritons, and they could produce a handsome Athena or Roma, helmet and all. They dutifully gave Buddha's head the magic bump that marked his Buddhahood-though they were likely to disguise it under a mop of hair inspired by Apollo. Buddha himself often appeared draped in a Roman toga, and some of the men could have come straight out of the Roman Senate. But while the artists borrowed, they did not copy; the spiritual serenity...