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Victorious 16 Armed Ganesha .

Zambala with wish granting jewels

Giuseppe Tucci wrote a very scholarly piece on stupas.

There are two reasons stupas were built after the historical Buddha Shakyamuni died:

- To commemorate eight great deeds accomplished during his life
- To enshrine relics after he passed away

The Eight Great Deeds

1 Birth: Built at Lumbini

2 Enlightenment: Built in the kingdom of Magadha, on the banks of the river Nairanjana

3 Turning of the Wheel, the first teaching: Built at Sarnath (Varanasi)

4 Miracles: Built at Sravasti

5 Descent from Tush*ta: Built at Samkashya after Buddha returned from Tush*ta heaven, where he'd gone to give teachings to his mother

6 Reconciliation: Built at Rajagriha, after Buddha reconciled the disagreements of the monks

7 Complete Victory: Built at Vaishali, where Buddha meditated extensively

8 Parinirvana: Built at Kushinagara where Buddha entered mahaparinirvana

The lion is a sacred and regal symbol in many ancient cultures from Egypt to the Greek and Roman Empires and further east to Persia and ultimately to India in the second century. In Buddhism the Snow Lion is the protector of Buddha and in paintings and sculpture is usually seen as holding up the Buddha's throne (one on the left and one on the right of the throne.)

I want to read your eyes. Beautiful eyes like a blue pearl. Surreal, celestial, divine, majestic eyes. I want to kiss you on your eyes. I want to know the dreams these mesmerising, amazing, spellbinding, gorgeous, dark, deep eyes possess. Incomplete dreams which could not find their way to reality. I want to complete them.

Photo: Yogini

Kubera/Zambala

Wish granting jewels.

Budhalinkantha