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- The lion, as king of all beasts, is a symbol of Shakyamuni Buddha - who is also known Shakyasimha (Tib. Sakyasenge), the ' Lion of the Sakya Clan '. The lion is therefore one of the prime symbols of Buddhism itself.
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Buddha Shakyamuni is referred to as Lion of the Shakya (his clan) and is therefore depicted seated on the lion throne. Long before that time (6th-century BCE) the lion had assumed its association with royalty in general, and especially the role of vehicle [Skt. vahana) "familiar" or animal associated with divinity.
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The lion, as king of all beasts, is a symbol of Shakyamuni Buddha - who is also known Shakyasimha (Tib. Sakyasenge), the 'Lion of the Sakya Clan'. The lion is therefore one of the prime symbols of Buddhism itself.
- The Birth of The Buddha
- Life as A Prince
- The Renunciation of His Kingdom
- The Enlightenment of The Buddha
- Teaching and Benefiting Beings
- The Death of The Buddha
In 563 or 566 B.C.E., a prince was born to a noble family of the Shakya clan, in a very beautiful park called Lumbini Grove, which lay in the foothills of the Himalayas (in present-day southern Nepal). This beautiful park was not far from the capital city of the Shakya kingdom, Kapilavastu. The prince’s father, King Shuddhodana, named his son Siddh...
Seven days after the birth, Queen Mahamaya died; her sister, Siddhartha’s aunt, Mahaprajapati Gautami, who was also married to King Suddhodana, thereafter raised and brought up Siddhartha like her own child, with great care and love, in the wealthy circumstances of a noble family. His father naturally wanted his son to be his successor and provided...
In his late twenties, Prince Siddhartha encountered the “four signs” during excursions from the palace. They made an extremely strong impression on him. These signs were: an old man, a sick person, a corpse, and a monk or a yogin. Through them he realized that the vanity of youth, as well as one’s health, and even life, may end at any time; further...
When Siddhartha realized that he was not reaching his goal, liberation, he gave up the ascetic way of life and turned to meditation, deciding to seek enlightenment on his own. After six years of hardship and practicing near Nairanjana River, he began to travel and gradually came to the region of Gaya. Siddhartha went to Bodhgaya, where he sat under...
Seeing that what he had achieved was not possible to communicate directly, he remained silent for seven weeks. Buddha gave his first discourse in Deer Park in Benares, which is known as “the first turning of the wheel of dharma.” In this discourse, he taught the four noble truths, the interdependent nature, and the law of karma, at the request of I...
At the age of eighty, Shakyamuni Buddha empowered his close disciple, Kashyapa, as his regent to continue the sangha’s activities. Lying on his right side and facing west, Buddha entered into parinirvana. (Other accounts and some sutras state that Buddha partook of spoiled food, which caused him to pass away.) His relics are distributed and enshrin...
Known for fearing nothing and acting without hesitation, they came to be known as "kings of the jungle." Buddhism, too, has incorporated lion symbolism to describe the noble qualities that people can develop through Buddhist practice. Buddha, called the “lion of the Shakyas”
It features four lions standing back to back, roaring as they spread the Buddha’s teachings. On the drum, four animals represent stages in the Buddha’s life: the elephant represents his birth; the bull, his privileged life as a prince; the horse, his renouncing the throne to seek the way; and the lion, his attainment of Buddhahood.
Shakyamuni Buddha was born in the year of 2537 as a Prince of Shakya kingdom which covered the area from what is now known as Southern part of Nepal to one section of Northern India. At the age of 29, he left the castle in search for the Truth and at the age of 35, he attained the Supreme Enlightenment and became a Buddha.
Buddhism originates in the teachings of Shakyamuni (Siddhārtha Gautama), who was born in what is now Nepal some 2,500 years ago. Shakyamuni was born a prince, but from a young age he became aware of and was profoundly troubled by the problem of human suffering.
