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Topic: Bodhimandala

	The Confessional Samadhi of the Lotus Sutra, continued...
		In a suitably quiet and secluded place, one prepares and adorns a special room to be the place for the Bodhimandala.
		Upon entering the Bodhimandala at the break of dawn, one should sweep the ground, sprinkle fragrant water, and cover the earth with fragrant paint.
		After leaving the Bodhimandala to go to unclean places, one should take off one's pure clothes and wear clothes that are for daily activities.
	www.tientai.net /lit/hksmsg/HKSMSGtextD1&2.htm (379 words)

	Bodhimandala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term bodhimandala or "bodhimanda" (Sanskrit for "buddha position" or "buddhahood"), in its original meaning, is the achievement of enlightenment, or the meditative posture adopted by a Buddhist to that end.
		The term "bodhimandala" is used in a looser sense to describe a Buddhist temple of any variety, whether or not it hosted a bodhisattva.
		Bodhimandalas are regularly visited by Buddhist pilgrims, and some, like Ningbo, have gone on to become popular secular tourist destinations as well.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bodhimandala (300 words)

	Bodhimandala: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary on Bodhimandala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bodhimandala Truth-plot, holy sits, place of Enlightenment, the place where the Buddha attained Enlightenment.
		Definition of Bodhimandala is extraceted from the website of " Buddhism Study and Practise Group at the State University of New York at Stony Brook".
		Bodhimandala is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
	www.experiencefestival.com /a/Bodhimandala/id/74547 (303 words)

	Bodhisattva
		The place of a bodhisattva's earthly deeds, such as the achievement of enlightenment or the acts of Dharma, is known as a Bodhimandala, and may be a site of Pilgrimage.
		Many temples and monasteries are famous as bodhimandalas; for instance, the island of Putuoshan, located off the coast of Ningbo, is venerated by Chinese Buddhists as the bodhimandala of Avalokitesvara.
		Perhaps the most famous bodhimandala of all is the Bodhi tree under which Shakyamuni achieved buddhahood.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/bo/Bodhisattva.htm (876 words)

	Master Hsu Yun (Xu Yun)
		From 36 to 43 he went on a pilgrimage to P'u T'o island off Ningpo, which was the bodhimandala of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, thence to the monastery of King Asoka at Ningpo and to many other holy places where he called on well-known masters and made good progress in his Ch'an practice.
		At 43, he took stock of his achievements which were not complete and remembering how he had sacrificed his love for his parents in order to join the Sangha, he was ashamed that he had attained so little.
		In order to repay his debt of gratitude to them, he decided on a long pilgrimage from P'u T'o to the Five-Peaked Mountain (the bodhimandala of Manjusri) in the North-west to pray for their rebirth in the Pure Land.
	hsuyun.budismo.net /en/biography.html (2001 words)

	index41
		There's yet another saying that this bodhimandala is in an island in the ocean south of India, but there's no evidence to support this view.
		Putuo Shan, and it became the Bodhimandala of Avalokitesvara.
		Alas the Bodhimandala of Chenrezig is now among the mud of civilization manifested as new office buildings, markets, stock exchanges, karaoke lounges, discos and cinemas etc. Yes, Lhasa is no longer the Lhasa of yesterday, nor is the Potala still the holy Potala.
	www.lotustemple.com /index41.html (2735 words)

	Hsu Yun - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		At age forty-three, Hsu Yun reflected on his achievements.
		He regretted his abandonment of his family, and went on a pilgrimage to the Five-Peaked Mountain of the northwest, the bodhimandala of Manjushri.
		Here, he prayed for the rebirth of his family members in the Pure Land.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hsu_Yun (1078 words)

	The Teachings of Xu Yun » Chapter 3 - Gaining Enlightenment
		Always remember that when meditating on sound it is essential to remove the ego from the listening process and to let the non-judgmental Buddha Self record the sounds that enter our ears.
		In whatever place we do this, we make that place a Bodhimandala, a sacred place in which enlightenment may be obtained.
		We do not need to be in a mediation hall to practice this technique.
	zbohy.zatma.org /Dharma/zbohy/Literature/xybook/xy_3-9.html (866 words)

	Buddhism in a Nutshell - The Beginning of Buddhism (II)
		The Bamboo Grove in Rajagaha, the capital of Magadha and the Jetavanna Grove in Savatthi, the capital of Kosala were the two important Bodhimandala, where Shakyamuni Buddha spoke of many sutras.
		Both places were large and located at the two new cultural centres along the Ganges in India.
		During his 45 years of preaching, except the 4-month raining season in each year, Shakyamuni used to travel from cities to cities, countries to countries to disseminate the Buddhist Dharma with his disciples.
	www.buddhistdoor.com /OldWeb/bdoor/archive/nutshell/teach32.htm (937 words)

	OPENING THE LIGHT IN VANCOUVER
		"Establishing a Bodhimandala is the most important activity in which you can engage yourselves, for it is in the Bodhimandala that the most important work in life is done.
		Confucius said, 'When the weather turns cold, the pines and cedars don't lose their leaves.' In difficult times the worthy man is firm in purpose and does not yield to adversity.
		The future of the Bodhimandala, of Buddhism in Canada, and of peace in the world rests with you.
	www.dharmasite.net /vbs26/26_8.htm (2065 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As a more or less Traditional Bodhimandala, Hui Chang maintains good relations with sister chantries in Asia.
		The most notable of these is their cordial relation with the Dreamspeakers, who up until the 80s were hostile to representatives of the other Traditions and tended to keep nearer their people on the reservations.
		The ease with which Jnanni and Dreamspeakers could see eye to eye may have been a contributing factor in the founders of the Bodhimandala finding the nodes that allowed it’s creation.
	epiphany.gamer-geek.com /mage/Frames/Traditions.htm (2102 words)

	The Aibudo Hoodoo for April 2000
		In early Japan, it was the name of a place, usually part of a Zen temple, devoted to religious exercise.
		It's original Sanskrit meaning, bodhimandala, is the "place of enlightenment".
		This name was adopted by the Japanese warrior to identify all the halls where he practiced the martial arts.
	www.aibudo.com /hoodoo/apr2000/apr2000.html (389 words)

	The Sixth Patriarchs Sutra
		No matter where you are, in a good place, a bad place, a wholesome place, an unwholesome place, a right place, a wrong place—walking, standing, sitting, or lying down—maintain a direct mind.
		No matter how poor you are, don't...If you borrow a little money and return it right away, you have not lost the virtue of a gentleman, but if you borrow and don't return it, your position is very low.
		Be an unmoving Bodhimandala with a straightforward mind, for just this is the realization of the Pure Land and is called the Single Conduct Samadhi.
	www.dharmasite.net /vbs31/six.htm (5650 words)

	Life of Buddha, Part IV
		Monks took their refuge in the Buddha, his teachings (the law or Dharma), and the Order (Sangha), the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
		The monastic movement began to take shape after Buddha's conversion of King Bimbisara when Kalanda donated a bamboo grove and the King built a monastery, known as the Bodhimandala, for the Buddha and his thousand followers.
		Two disciples of the ascetic Sanjaya, Sariputta noted for his wisdom and Moggallana noted for his psychic powers, converted to Buddhism and became among his most important disciples.
	www.as.miami.edu /phi/bio/Buddha/bud-life4.htm (1334 words)

	Countrybookshop.co.uk - Fragrance of the Lotus, The
		These daily teachings were explicitly intended to serve her immediate students as personal reminders of the meaning of unhindered clarity and compassion.
		As such, each individual teaching demonstrates the horizonless virtuosity of Buddhist awakening as manifested in skillfully reflecting and responding to contemporary experiences, concerns and events - a clear passage to the bodhimandala, or "place of enlightenment".
		As a whole, the teachings collected here provide succinct and compelling evidence that all places may, indeed, be the place of enightenment.
	www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/index.phtml?whatfor=0834805529 (315 words)

	Tao Speaks: Re: Sitting Forgetting
		The more you look into it the more it becomes your own experience that our unnamable being is free of the mind and the dualistic concepts of knowledge and ignorance.
		The Tibetans say you are always sitting in a bodhimandala wherever you go.
		It is that place within which is the unnamable essence of being in which the awareness of things and the comings and goings of thoughts things, people, places and events arise, without being bound by, limited by or disturbed by what comes and goes in the mind or the world.
	members.boardhost.com /Zentao00/msg/1172552913.html (2481 words)

	Ningbo Today
		It is said that Emperor Ren Zong in Song Dynasty once dreamed of visiting the mountain.
		In South Song Dynasty, the Xuedou Temple of Maitreya's bodhimandala was one of the ten ancient temples of Chan Buddhism in China.
		In 1984, Mr Zhao Puchu, Director of China Buddhism Association, named it one of the five Buddhist Mountains in China.
	www.calstatela.edu /centers/apbi/ningbo/english/tour-xds.htm (288 words)

	Jiuhua Buddhist Mountain_Wuyuan County_Sights Near Huangshan City_Huangshan Tour_HuangshanTour.com - Huangshan - ...
		It was said that this temple was first built as the residence for Kim Gio Gak.
		Later the temple was inaugurated as the bodhimandala of the Ksitigarbha Buddhisattva in 781, the second year of the Jianzhong reign of the Tang Dynasty.
		The entire temple, looking venerated in a solemn design, rises layer upon layer according to the contour of the mountain slope.
	www.huangshantour.com /english/ReadNews.asp?NewsID=717 (600 words)

	Dazu Grottos, Chongqing, Regent Tour China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Human beings and deities are ingeniously and skillfully merged in the sculptures.
		Baodingshan sculptures and inscriptions, located 15 kilometers northeast of Dazu town, were carved during the Southern Song Dynasty and are the only extant Boddhist Secret Sect Bodhimandala carved on stone in China.
		Baodingshan figures are centered around a magnificent 100-foot reclining Buddha.
	www.regenttour.com /chinaplanner/ckg/cq-sights-dazu.htm (279 words)

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		This sect held that the Buddha's discourse was transcendent, his enlightenment was already determined when he was born, that he could violate the natural laws, and could be reborn wherever he wished (in his previous lives as a Bodhisattva).
		A famous monastery Bodhimandala of Shakyamuni Buddha, where he spoke of many sutras.
		It was located in Savatthi, the capital of savatthi.
	www.purifymind.com /glossaryJ.htm (257 words)

	Training Information
		The Japanese word "Dojo," or Training Hall, literally means "Way (Tao) place." The word has its origins in a Sanskrit word, bodhimandala, meaning "place of enlightenment." A dojo is not a gym or a health club.
		It is a special place by virtue of the respect and goals that the students share.
		The use of karate for any purpose other than for which it is taught.
	www.uskyokushin.com /endicott/training.htm (1289 words)

	Bodhimandala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		bodhimandala, Bodhimandala, Bodhimandala - Partial List of Bodhimandalas with respective Bodhisattvas
		Read more here: » Bodhimandala: Encyclopedia - Bodhimandala
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	www.experiencefestival.com /bodhimandala (277 words)

	Buddhism in a Nutshell - The Beginning of Buddhism (I)
		After his Enlightenment, Shakyamuni stayed in deep meditation under the Bodhi tree.
		The elder Kalanda donated his bamboo grove, where King Bimblisara built houses for the Buddha and his followers.
		It was the first famous Bodhimandala in the Buddhist history, known as the Bamboo Grove Park.
	www.buddhistdoor.com /OldWeb/bdoor/archive/nutshell/teach31.htm (1015 words)

	Hsu Yun Information
		At age forty-three, Hsu Yun reflected on his achievements.
		He regretted his abandonment of his family, and went on a pilgrimage to the Mount Wutai of the northwest, the bodhimandala of Manjushri.
		Here, he prayed for the rebirth of his family members in the Pure Land.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Hsu_Yun (1017 words)

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		Today we live in the Dharma Ending Age, some Buddhists go to Bodhimandala (preaching site) to talk something nonsense or join in rambling speech.
		Without those leading monastic life, the laity will not have a Bodhimandala to take entering monkhood or nunhood and make offerings to them.
		Backbiting, double-tongue and rambling to adorned Bodhimandala, we attend the Dharma assembly to cultivate the Buddhadharma with other cultivators, we should behave properly.
	www.dorje.com /netstuff/dharma/buddha09 (21187 words)

	CTTB: The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bringing forth the Bodhi resolve in the Bodhimandala (Way-place)
		The state of Thus Come One is incomparable.
		This is the method to use at the initial stages of practice.
	www.stanford.edu /~jpnguyen/cs193c/practice.html (255 words)

	Origin of Martial Arts
		Dojo in Japanese means the place of enlightenment.
		Actually the word dojo came from Sanskrit “Bodhimandala”.
		It was believed that about two hundred years ago, Sakugawa of Akata, in Shuri, traveled to China and then returned to Okinawa after mastering Chinese BoxingKempo to become known as Karate Sakugawa.
	www.kungchido.com /om.htm (2041 words)

	Travel China - Putuo Mountain travel
		This is the so-called Bukenqu (Reluctant to Go) Guanyin Temple in Mount Putuo.
		Since then, Mount Putuo has become the spiritual bodhimandala of Guanyin.
		After more than a thousand years of development, Mount Putuo has emerged as a Buddhist Kingdom on the Sea, where, as the saying goes, "Every nook and corner of the mountain contains a temple, and a monk appears whenever someone has lost his way."
	www.shanghaifinance.com /attractions/zhejiang/putuo/putuo.php (372 words)

	sallow wood, of sal trees, a willowlike shrub growing about 8 feet high with narrow leaves that are silvery on the ...
		Prince Jeta had specially laid out the garden for the stay of the Buddha and built the houses for the Buddha and his followers.
		It became the famous monastery Bodhimandala of Sakyamuni, a "vihara" where Bhiksus (monks) and Bhiksunis (nuns) practice and teach the Buddhist Dharma (Skr."law").
		Savathi became a very lavish religious center where the famous Buddhist monastery Bodhimandala (Jetavana Grove) was located.
	www.gss.ucsb.edu /projects/hesse/works/sidd-notes.html (12087 words)

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