This bust of the five-faced Siva is from Cambodia’s Angkor period, mid-10th century § It will likely give everyone else a headache. It will give theologians grist for their philosophical and cosmological mills. It will give the advanced meditator new ways to explore the subtle dimensions, the superconscious mind of God within. It will give the Hindu priest enhanced insight into the deeper meanings of the temple puja. Still, this central and profound part of ancient India’s understanding of our cosmos and our innermost being is well worth the effort. We were taxed to do this, and we have no doubt the reader will be similarly challenged to comprehend it all, though we hope our several charts will provide an overview of some textual complexities. With more than a little trepidation, we undertake to bring forth a summary of what they teach of God and His powers. But understanding God’s acts of creation, preservation, dissolution, concealment and revelation is exactly what the ancient Hindu seers undertook, aided, they would say, by the Agamas, sacred texts composed by God Himself. Imagine, then, comprehending the evolution of the entire universe, from God and of God, filled with 100 trillion galaxies. The growth of two cells into a human being of 100 trillion cells is a process capable of bringing tens of thousands of scientists to their knees. But looking deeper, both processes are exquisitely magical and complex beyond belief. It would be like saying a child grows from two microscopic cells. HE VEDAS DECREE THAT GOD CREATED THE world, and it is true, he did but that is a simplistic rendering of a mind-bogglingly complex event. The Shree Mangal Dvip Branch School for young monks is also part of the monastery complex.A Rarely Explored Form of Siva Reveals the Saivite Hindu Understanding of Divinity and Cosmology § The Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Temple (photo at left) was officially opened on December 5, 2008. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche in 1978 the monastery has grown such that today it is home to more than 250 monks. It was the moment that Gautam Buddha renamed this village which is henceforth the name of Namo Buddha which means Hommage to Buddha. Some about 3500 years later, the Gautam Buddha came in the village of Sange da Fyafulsa, He conducts 3 tour around the Stupa before he declared that he was the reincarnation of prince Mahasatwo. The bones of prince were brought back in the village and buried in the tomb which is actual stupa of Namo Buddha. As the tigress accepts the sacrifice from prince she leaves only the bones. So Prince Mahasatwo cuts his body to present his warm blood in the mouth of the mother tiger, and the taste of blood gives the appetite to the starving family. Mahasatwo, decides to give his life to the tigress in a bust of love and compassion. Very quickly, he realizes that the tigress was about to die due to hunger with her five little babies still sucking milk from her, survivals of the babies depend on their mother. The main festivals and mela celebrated here are Kartik Purnima and Buddha Jayanti.Īccording to the old legend, 6000 years ago, prince (Mahasatwo/Ngingdui Tshenpo), at the top of the hill, looking the jungle, discovers a tigress lying near the rock. It is one of the most beautiful and a center for tourism. It lies at the top of the hill in Namobuddha Municipality. The Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery or Namo Buddha Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery about 40 km (by road) southeast of Nepal's capital city Kathmandu and 2.3km from Manegaun, a Tamang village. The Very Venerable 9th Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
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