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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REMEMBERING THE DAY BUDDHA DESCENDED FROM THE HEAVENLY REALMS (LHA-BAB DUCHEN): Buddha’s mother, Queen Māya and his devoted student, Utpalavarṇā
“From women…buddhas come into this world…." “You who have been born from my womb so many times, have now rendered me a recompense. In one birth, from being a slave I became the wife of the king of Benares, but that exaltation was not equal to the privilege I now receive. From the time of… Continue reading REMEMBERING THE DAY BUDDHA DESCENDED FROM THE HEAVENLY REALMS (LHA-BAB DUCHEN): Buddha’s mother, Queen Māya and his devoted student, Utpalavarṇā
The power of a woman’s devotion: Utpalavarṇā, the first to greet Buddha’s Descent from the Heavens (Lhabab Duchen)
"With chariot and horses, four I came,Made visible by supranormal power,And worshipped, wonder working, at his feet,The wondrous Buddha, Sovereign of the World."-Utpalavarṇā , the first person to greet the Buddha on his Descent from the Heavens Today is known as Descent from the Divine Realm (Lha-Bab Duchen) and is celebrated on the 22nd day… Continue reading The power of a woman’s devotion: Utpalavarṇā, the first to greet Buddha’s Descent from the Heavens (Lhabab Duchen)