Today on the 22nd day of the ninth month of the Lunar calendar is Lha-bab Duchen, one of the most important days in the Buddhist calendar, the grand celebration of Buddha's Lha (divine) bab (descent), marking the descent of the Buddha from the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven (the Heaven belonging to the thirty-three deities). According to sources… Continue reading REMEMBERING THE DAY BUDDHA DESCENDED FROM THE HEAVENLY REALMS (LHA-BAB DUCHEN): Buddha’s mother, Queen Māya and his devoted student, Utpalavarṇā
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‘ALL BUDDHAS ARE BORN FROM WOMEN’: Remembering Abhidhamma teachings and Buddha’s mother at a contemporary Buddhist Nālanda in the sacred heart of India
"I tell you, monks, there are two people who are not easy to repay. Which two? Your mother and father. Even if you were to carry your mother on one shoulder and your father on the other shoulder for 100 years, and were to look after them by anointing, massaging, bathing, and rubbing their limbs,… Continue reading ‘ALL BUDDHAS ARE BORN FROM WOMEN’: Remembering Abhidhamma teachings and Buddha’s mother at a contemporary Buddhist Nālanda in the sacred heart of India
Happy Buddha Purnima/Birthday: Remembering Buddha’s Mother Queen Māyā
“From women…buddhas come into this world….” “But when Queen Māyā saw the immense mightOf her son, like that of a seer divine,She could not bear the delight it caused her;So she departed to dwell in the divine realms.” —excerpt from Buddhacarita on Queen Māyā’s death “I tell you, monks, there are two people who are not easy to repay. Which… Continue reading Happy Buddha Purnima/Birthday: Remembering Buddha’s Mother Queen Māyā