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The Shaolin Monastery | Shaolin Monastery | Zen

tating sai nt. Supposedl y, this stone was brought to lhe temple from Bodhi - dharma's cave, whe re his shade had been engra\'ed upon When Shaolin monks constl"Ucted Bodhidharma's shrine, Chan was ...

Sri Lanka: The National Question and the Tamil …

The Trincomalee district and the Batticaloa district (reduced in size because of the carving out of the Amparai district), formerly exclusively Tamil, were according to the 1971 census 28.8% and 17.7% Sinhalese, respectively ...

HSDS_Book_1 | Shaolin Monastery

She ate some rations for the journey and proceeded to ShaoLin. After riding for some time, she saw 3 horses riding towards her. And in short while they passed her and were headed towards ShaoLin. The riders were all men in 17 ...

Public Auction Sale: Asian Works of Art from a Memphis ...

A carved stone Buddha head. Head of Shakyamuni with long lobe ears and curled coils over entire head. Eyes closed. On a black stand. 19"h including stand. $4500 28*6557 Lot: 151 - A Chinese bronze monk statue. A Chinese ...

Alice Getty - The Gods of Northern Buddhism | …

d. height 8 in. Maitreya on a Lion Throne. Nara. c.. in. Clay plaque with Chinese characters at the back. height 3^ height 11 in. Presented to Henry H. c. gold lacquer.. MafijnsrT (or Avalokita Bronze gilt with turquoise ornaments . Gautama ...

The Starry Gnosis | Zodiac | Religion And Belief

The Starry Gnosis An American Revelation Paul Joseph Rovelli Invocation of Isis O Serpent Woman of the Stars; Clothed with the Sun And with the Moon at her feet; Thee I invoke! Dear Mother of Initiation; Thee I invoke! Scarlet ...

Hinduism & Buddhism | Ashoka | Gautama Buddha

Vijaya is made the grandson of an Indian princess who lived with a lion. for.[13] of whom we know little except that Sinhalese contains some un-Aryan words probably borrowed from them. who with 700 followers settled in the ...

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms / Fa-hsien

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of his Travels in India and Ceylon (A.d. 399-414) in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline Translated and annotated with a Corean recension ...

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 …

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 eBook Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 The following sections of this BookRags Literature Study Guide is offprint from Gale's For Students Series ...

Si-yu-ki, Buddhist records of the Western world - …

SI-YU-KI. BUDDHIST RECORDS OF THE WESTERN WORLD, TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE oF HiUEN TSIANG}(A.D. 629}. c H 5 oia vv -Usavtef a BY SAMUEL BEAL, B.A. (TRIX. COL. CAMB.), R.N. (RET