Therigatha are the earliest recorded stories of Buddhist Vikkuni, Koan is a story in Zen Buddhism of Japan. The Buddhist nun Ryonen was born in the 17th century in Japan. She was a poet and a ravishing beauty. Things changed and she became acutely aware of the impermanence of life. It was then that sheContinue reading “A Zen Koan and a Therigatha”
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Raandi Pua Ananta.
Dantapuram, 1070 CE The boy was on the run. His father had just been slain. His enemy was none other than his uncle the Powerful Chola king of Tanjore. They had killed his father Rajaraja, the king of Kalinganagar. Only a decade ago Rajaraja the king of Kalinga had attacked the Chola empire, looted theContinue reading “Raandi Pua Ananta.”
The Market Drayton Effect
Charles was a worried man as he alighted at the Market Drayton. Market Drayton was a small market town in the north Shropshire, England, close to Cheshire. In 1245, King Henry III granted a charter for a weekly Wednesday market. This gave the town its current name. A visibly worried Charles had no reason toContinue reading “The Market Drayton Effect”
The Laughing Buddha
Religion is like human beings. it takes birth in its purest form, naked without any rituals.
Sun n’ Stones of Lumbini
By the side of the Lumbini Vihar, on the fringes of the Chandaka reserve forest a new 200 feet road was constructed. As the sun would set behind the boulders I had taken some clicks in my mobile…. The face of a huge Buddha ( Rock-cut )
