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Buddha himself had a marvellous birth. At the age of thirty he retired from the world and finally attained illumination. Then he went about preaching until his death at the age of eighty. The Bo-tree temple and the stufas are great memorials with sculptures commemorating his life and teachings...
3. The Buddha Legend.- Buddha as a sun-myth.- No "Life of Gotama." - "The Light of Asia."- Historical basis of the tradition.- The Bodhisat. Gotama's birth and youth.- His names.- Retirement from the world.- Attainment of illumination.- Life-work.- Death.
The foot races and gymnastic contests will take place in the Stadion, and here will be finished the twenty-six mile race from Marathon in memory of the runner who died in his effort to bring to Athens the news of the Persian defeat. The bicycle races will be contested...
Tintoretto was the most rapid worker of the four, and it is not to be expected that all his work should be up to his highest standard, which was scarcely inferior to Titian. He combined the early line work of Florence with the vivid coloring of Venice and produced an...
When Buddha was twenty-nine years old he resolved to devote his life to religious reflection. For six years, according to the Indian legend, he studied the existing systems without getting any satisfaction from them. At last an "illumination" came to him which was the basis of future Buddhistic theory...