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	Buddharupa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buddharupa (बुद्धरूप, literally, 'Form of the Awakened One') is the Sanskrit term used in Buddhism for statues or models of the Buddha.
		Buddharupas are considered appropriate for use as symbols of the teachings and wisdom of the Buddha Shakyamuni, for use as objects of meditation, and for use as objects of veneration.
		The Buddharupas of India, Tibet, and the other Buddhist cultures usually depict a well proportioned figure, but sometimes he is shown emaciated, in recollection of his years of denial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddharupa (371 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Buddharupa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Buddharupa (literally, 'Image of the Awakened One/The Buddha') is the Sanskrit term used in Buddhism for images of the Buddha.
		Buddharupa are considered appropriate for use as symbols of the teachings and wisdom of the Buddha Shakyamuni, for use as objects of meditational focus, and for use as objects of veneration, regardless of the religion of the observer of the buddharupa.
		It is not considered appropriate to use a buddharupa as a decorational element, as a commercial entity, or as an attempt to evoke a "New Age" environment.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Buddharupa (554 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Rupa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rupa is the Buddhist concept of form, or body, the first of the five Skandhas or aggregates.
		It is also used to describe a statue, in which it is sometimes called Buddharupa.
		Earth (often referred to as The Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth in order of size.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rupa (836 words)

	BUDDHARUPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Buddharupa è adatto per uso come simboli degli insegnamenti e della saggezza del Buddha Shakyamuni, per uso poichè oggetti del fuoco di meditational e per uso come oggetti del veneration, senza riguardo alla religione dell'osservatore del buddharupa.
		Il buddharupa dovrebbe essere in una posizione più superiore ad altri oggetti devotional una volta organizzato su uno shrine o su un'esposizione, da rispetto per il Buddha.
		Il buddharupa è a volte adagiarsi rappresentato, descrivente la partenza finale del Buddha lo Shakyamuni nel nirvana allineare ed il resto, a volte è descritto tenente i vari oggetti simbolici, o facente i mudras, posizioni di importanza simbolica.
	www.facteri.com /wiki/it/bu/Buddharupa.htm (407 words)

	BUDDHARUPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		인도, 티벳의buddharupa은 이것훨씬, 다른 불교도는 경작하고, 이지 않는다.
		buddharupa은 때때로 진실한 열반으로BuddhaShakyamuni's마지막 출발을 묘사하는 묘사한reclining이고 각종 상징적인 목표를 붙들,mudras, 상징적인 의미의 위치를 만드는나머지는, 때때로 묘사된다.
		이 작은 다름은 정당하다 불교 믿음통하여buddharupa의 무수한 다양성의 약간.
	www.faktoko.com /wiki/ko/bu/Buddharupa.htm (217 words)

	Brainypedia.com - Information On Buddharupa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The "head protuberance" symbolises the loose connexion between the mind and the body of an enlightened buddha or boddhisattva.
		Buddharupa are appropriate for use as symbols of the teachings and wisdom of the Buddha Shakyamuni, for use as objects of meditational focus, and for use as objects of veneration, regardless of the religion of the observer of the buddharupa.
		The buddharupa with which most Westerners are familiar is the Ho-tei Buddha, or "Happy" or "Laughing" Buddha.
	www.brainypedia.com /b/bu/buddharupa.html (454 words)

	BUDDHARUPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Buddharupa sont approprié pour l'usage comme symboles des enseignements et de la sagesse du Bouddha Shakyamuni, pour l'usage car des objets de foyer de meditational, et pour l'usage comme objets de veneration, indépendamment de la religion de l'observateur du buddharupa.
		Le buddharupa devrait être en position plus haut que d'autres objets de dévotion une fois disposé sur un shrine ou un affichage, hors du respect pour le Bouddha.
		Le buddharupa est parfois reposer représenté, dépeignant le départ final de Bouddha le Shakyamuni dans le Nirvâna vrai et le repos, parfois est dépeint tenant de divers objets symboliques, ou faisant les mudras, positions d'importance symbolique.
	www.faktis.com /wiki/fr/bu/Buddharupa.htm (422 words)

	Buddhism / cultural elements of buddhism / buddharupa
		Buddhism / cultural elements of buddhism / buddharupa
		Buddharupa (literally, 'Form of the Awakened One') is the Sanskrit term used in Buddhism for statues or models of the Buddha.
		A list of the wikipedia authors can be found here.
	www.buddhism-guide.com /buddhism/buddharupa.htm (370 words)

	cyberkaya - Breath of Awakening - Namgyal Rinpoche (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A supermundane object can plough the fields of the depth -- for example, a crystal, a bindu or a marble, a flower or a Buddharupa -- because it speaks of geometric form and the architecture of natural growth.
		A symbol of the calm, clear, concentrated mind.
		Buddharupa - a three-dimensional form of harmonic geometric proportions usually of the Buddha or one of his manifestations.
	www.serve.com /cyberkaya/namconcen1.htm (543 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Buddhist culture and art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The cultural elements of Buddhism vary by region and include: Buddhist cuisine Buddhist art Buddharupa Art and architecture of Japan Greco-Buddhism Tibetan Buddhist sacred art Buddhist music Buddhist chant Shomyo Categories: Buddhism-related stubs...
		Buddhist art originated in the Indian subcontinent in the centuries following the life of the historical Gautama Buddha in the 6th to 5th century BCE, before evolving through its contact with other cultures and its diffusion through the rest of Asia and the world.
		Bronze statue of Amida Buddha at Kotokuin in Kamakura (1252 CE) Japanese art and architecture, works of art produced in Japan from the beginnings of human habitation there, sometime in the 10th millennium BC, to the present.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Buddhist-culture-and-art (670 words)

	BUDDHARUPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Buddharupa 是适当的至于使用作为菩萨Shakyamuni 的教学和智慧的标志, 至于使用因为meditational 关注对象, 和至于使用作为尊敬对象, 不管buddharupa 的观察员的宗教。Buddharupa 应该是在一个主张更加高级比其它献身对象当安排在寺庙或显示, 出于对菩萨的尊敬。它不是
		Ho-tei 菩萨, 或"愉快" 或"笑的" 菩萨。这个菩萨被描述作为一个油脂和非常愉快的人, 旅行或经常负担财富。这是中国图象, 根据那么完全地和完全实现所有sentient 生存的菩萨本质的中国和尚他被考虑了对他自己是菩萨。印度, 西藏buddharupa, 并且另一佛教徒开化, 不是很象这。Buddharupa 有时是被描述的斜倚, 描述菩萨Shakyamuni 的最后的离开入真实的涅磐并且休息, 有时被描述举行各种各样的象征性对象, 或做 mudras, 主张象征性意义。菩萨的健身被描述大大地变化, 还; 日本buddharupa 经常非常方形和stolid, 然而印地安人和南东部亚洲buddharupa 经常是稀薄的。菩萨的衣物并且被描述变化; 在中国和日本, 它被认为社会上不正当使修士和尼姑暴露膀臂, buddharupa 有一个长袍和长的袖子, 很象他们的修士和尼姑传统衣物, 然而印第安buddharupa 经常是shirtless 。这些较小区别是正义的一些buddharupa 无数的品种在佛教信念过程中。
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	www.faktochin.com /wiki/zh/bu/Buddharupa.htm (60 words)

	Buddha statues
		Sanskrit describes a Buddha statue or pictorial representation as ‘Buddharupa’.
		A Buddharupa is an emblem of extreme tranquility and meditation.
		Buddhists believe that respecting the statues or Buddharupas by bowing to it and offering flowers, incense etc. is an expression of their aspirations to adapt the same spiritual and sacred thoughts as the Lord himself.
	www.indianchild.com /art/buddha-statues.htm (457 words)

	Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple - meaning of word
		The Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple is one of the most prominent and widely visited Buddhism temples in Singapore, often referred to as the ''Temple of 1,000 Lights''.
		It features a 15-meter high statue of a seated Buddha, which weighs nearly 300 tons, as well as many smaller Buddharupas and murals depicting the life of Shakyamuni Buddha.
		The large central statue is surrounded by a stylized aura made of numerous light bulbs--often lit during evening hours--from which the temple derives its nickname.
	www.wordsonline.org /Sakya_Muni_Buddha_Gaya_Temple (165 words)

	Carency . Commune in France . Deûle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is located on the shores of Barker Reservoir in the mountains of Nederland just 17 miles west of 3,000 ft above Boulder.
		Despite cultural and furthermore regional differences in the interpretations of texts on the life of the Gautama Buddha, there are some general guidelines to buddharupa: Fingers and toes are of the same extended lengths, respectively Long, aquiline nose Elongated earlobes Head protuberance Broad shoulders The earlobes...
		In 1547 the elector John Frederick the Magnanimous of Saxony, while a captive in the hands of the emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, conceived the plan of founding a university at Jena, which was accordingly established by his three sons.
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Carency (557 words)

	Learning Module Page: [www.lgfl.net] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For Buddhists, the use of incense is symbolic of both devotion and the Buddha's teaching spreading throughout the world.
		They go up to the Buddharupa and bow to it, seeking comfort and inspiration from thoughts of the Buddha.
		When they bow they are mindful of the purity, radiance and peace of the Buddha - it is an act of humility, putting the ego-self low and the ideal of Buddhahood high.
	www.lgfl.net /lgfl/leas/hackney/accounts/staff/religionslt/web/places/buddh/index (509 words)

	Shakyamuni Buddha Statue - Meditation Shakyamuni Buddha Statues for Peace
		Shakyamuni Buddha He had attained "Bodhi" or knowledge after 6 years in fasting and meditation and then he was called " Buddha" as he was " the enlightened one" he died at age of 80 at Kusinagara.
		A statue or painting of a Buddha is called in Sanskrit a "Buddharupa," meaning "the form of an Enlightened One." Buddhists have used such images for thousands of years to show how the Truth can be found within oneself through the practice of meditation and spiritual training.
		Thus, a statue of Shakyamuni does more than commemorate an historical figure; it is a reminder of the spiritual potential inherent within all of us to awaken to the Truth as He, a fellow human being, did.
	www.buddhastatues.org /shakyamuni_buddha_statue.htm (1114 words)

	The Milk Ocean - Apasamradayas
		Buddhists are naturally antagonistic to varnashrama, so when Acutyananda consulted a Buddhist guru named Mahananda, he was advised to leave the company of the devotees.
		Acutyananda established his own group, preaching, bolanti prabhu bhagavan buddharupa mo sri caitanya tanka carana seva kara: "I serve the lotus feet of Lord Buddha in the form of Sri Caitanya."
		Though Acyutananda's cult has long faded into irrelavence, this vignette shows the type of sycretism that, on the fringe of Lord Caitanya's sankirtan movement, produced new, unauthorized movements like the neda-nedi.
	www.iskcon.net /milkocean/texts/apasampr/apa10.htm (606 words)

	Buddharupa . Buddhism . Buddha . Gautama Buddha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The clothing of the Buddha depicted also vary; in China and Japan, where it is considered
		Despite cultural and furthermore regional differences in the interpretations of texts on the life of the Gautama Buddha, there are some general guidelines to buddharupa: Fingers and toes are of the same extended lengths, respectively Long, aquiline nose Elongated earlobes Head protuberance Broad shoulders
		Buddha is a word in the ancient India Indian languages Pali Pāli and Sanskrit which means "one who has become awake".
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Buddharupa (649 words)

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		Prayer of Manasseh is a book included in the certain editions of the Greek Septuagint and in an appendix to the Latin Vulgate, but considered Apocrypha apocryphal by Judaism Jews, Roman Catholic Church Catholics and Protestantism Protestants alike.
		Despite cultural and furthermore regional differences in the interpretations of texts on the life of the Gautama Buddha, there are some general guidelines to buddharupa: Fingers and toes are of the same extended lengths, respectively Long, aquiline nose Elongated earlobes Head protuberance Broad...
		Portions of this article based on public domain text from the [http:www.archives.
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /1_E9_m%B2 (296 words)

	Getting Off: A Portrait -- Chapter Nine, Part 3
		Each Buddhist country had its own variant belief on the precisely proper proportions and characteristics of Buddharupas.
		Will they refuse to worship a Buddharupa if it has the design of another country?"
		The length of the earlobe can be important when someone wants to worship his own Buddharupa."
	www.buddhanet.net /cmdsg/go9-3.htm (2548 words)

	The Hindu Jewish Dialogue [Part 2/4] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		His eyes widened and nostrils flared as he stared at a large Thai Buddharupa (image of the Buddha).
		Inquiring as to his obvious distress, he stammered: "That rupa was stolen from my monastery.
		I knew more deeply what my Buddhist friend had experienced when confronted with the 'stolen' Buddharupa, just as he understood the anguish this display of a Torah scroll prompted.
	www.hindunet.org /alt_hindu/1994/msg00109.html (1849 words)

	Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery \| Journals \| How did they know? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Between the Meditation Hall and the main buildings is a narrow hallway.
		This hallway has several large windows that look over a beautiful landscaped pond with a brass Buddharupa on an island.
		Right next to one of the smaller windows is a pine tree with a robin’s nest, just a foot or two from the window.
	www.abhayagiri.org /index.php/journals/entry/572 (492 words)

	Gold Buddha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I recently noticed that we have an article, Buddharupa, about Buddha images, which is more or less orphaned.
		We also have a long article on Buddhist art, which is mostly historical, and some text about Buddha images on this page, Buddha.
		If the article Buddharupa is relevant to that I will incorporate it.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/87/gold-buddha.html (841 words)

	Stagecoach Group . Cleethorpes . Forest of Dean . Auckland
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		the teachings and wisdom of the Buddha Shakyamuni, for use as objects of meditational focus, and for use as objects of veneration, regardless of the religion of the observer of the buddharupa.
		It is not considered appropriate to use a buddharupa as a decorational element, as a commercial entity, or as an attempt to evoke a...
	www.uk.kunsimuna.net /Stagecoach_Group_UK_973799_nv (588 words)

	buddha statue meaning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		His prayer mala is carved with a symbol meaning "good fortune".
		Buddha statue atop Borobudur, with Mount Semeru in background, Java.
		A statue or painting of a Buddha is called in Sanskrit a "Buddharupa," meaning "the form...
	www.dolphinstatues.com /directory/buddha-statue-meaning.html (228 words)

	Metta Sangha -- Prostrations & Bowing
		A common misconception is that when Buddhists bow to an image or statue of the Buddha (Buddharupa), they are bowing to a god or idol.
		This is not true: when we bow to a Buddharupa, we are bowing to acknowledge our potential to awaken; we are bowing to acknowledge the value of this potential.
		You could say we are bowing to our own Buddha Nature.
	www.geocities.com /metta_sangha/prostrations_bowing.html (408 words)

	Buddha & Bodhisattva Statues :Online Buddha & Bodhisattva Statues Shop In Nepal like Copper, Brass..
		Patan being power house of Budddha and Boddhisattva statues so all the Budddha and Buddhisattva statues we offer are of extremely unbelievable price with high quality.
		Buddha statue is called in Sanskrit a "Buddharupa".
		Buddha Statues represent “the form of an Enlightened One the idol of the Buddhist religions.
	www.himalayanmart.com /statues.php (627 words)

	Chapter Eight: Cinacara (Vashishtha and Buddha) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The great Rishi having heard this from the Mahavidya Sarasvati went to the land of China where Buddha is established (Buddhapratishthita).
		Being filled with exceeding joy he prayed to Vishnu in the form of Buddha (Buddharupa).
		Buddha, who had taken wine, seeing him was greatly pleased and said, "Why have you come here?" Vashishtha bowing to Buddha told him of his worship of Tarini.
	allstarz.hollywood.com /religioustext/tantra/sas/sas08.htm (3251 words)

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		This is in an elevated position and surrounded by candles (representing enlightenment), flowers (impermanence) and incense (purity).
		The symbolic features of the Buddharupa include the hand positions and their meanings (mudras), facial and body characteristics, all designed to demonstrate his enlightenment through the portrayal of wisdom and serenity.
		He sits of a lotus leaf throne, another symbol of enlightenment.
	www.ngfl.ac.uk /docs/DraftTeachingMaterial/3LKS2-PlacesofWorship.doc (3399 words)

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