Mandala - Mandala The term mandala may be applied to various tangible objects, depending upon the particular religious practice that uses the term. The term has Hindu origins and but is also used in the context of Buddhism.Mandala is the generic name for any plan/ chart/ geometric pattern which represents the cosmos metaphysically/ symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the standpoint of man. Mandala in Hinduism In Hindu cosmology the surface of the earth is represented as a square, the most fundamental of all Hindu forms. The earth is represented as four cornered with reference to the horizon's relationship with sunrise and sunset, the North and South direction. The earth is thus called Caturbhrsti- four cornered- and is represented in the symbolic form of the Prithvi Mandala..
Hino Rei - Ruby Transformations: Mars Power, Make Up Mars Star Power, Make Up Mars Crystal Power, Make Up Attacks: Mars Fire Ignite (Fire Soul) Anti-evil Sign Mars Firestorm Flash Mars Firebird Strike (Fire Soul Bird) Mars Celestial Fire Surround (Burning Mandala) Mars Flame Sniper.
Gong mythology - Good Witch Yoni, who gives Zero a potion. This concludes the first album of the Radio Gnome Trilogy. The second album (Angel's Egg, 1973) begins with Zero falling to sleep under the influences of the potion, and finding himself floating through space. After accidentally scaring a space-pilot called Captain Capricorn, Zero locates the Planet Gong, and spends some time with a prostitute who introduces him to the moon-goddess Selene. Zero's (drug-induced) trip to the Planet Gong continues, and the Pot Head Pixies explain to him how their flying tea-pots fly (a system known as Glidding). He is then taken to the One Invisible Temple of Gong. Inside the temple, Zero is shown the Angel's Egg: the physical embodiment of the 32 Octave Doctors (descendants of the Great God Cell). The Angel's.
Early History of Laos - Xieng Khouang). Moreover, the population and army of Nan-chao were organized in units of 100, 1,000, and 10,000, a form later found in Indochina. Also, the title chao (prince), appears to have been of Nan-chao origin. Another branch of this same migration began at the headwaters of the Nam Ou and followed it downstream to Louangphrabang and continued on through Xaignabouri to Chiang Mai. As a result of the expansion and contraction of mandala, places of importance were known by more than one name. Muang Sua was the name of Louangphrabang following its conquest in 698 by a Thai prince, Khun Lo, who seized his opportunity when Nan-chao was engaged elsewhere. Khun Lo had been awarded the town by his father, Khun Borom, who is associated with the Lao legend of.
EightStar - known. This is one of the factors leading to their distinctive appearance and a price premium greater than that of generic H&As. Competitors continue to strive to emulate their cut. The American Gemological Society (AGS) is the US lab which has the most widely accepted in the US cut grading standard for round brilliant cut diamonds and it has entered into an agreement with EightStar to develop technology to show the cut quality of non-round diamonds. This may eventually lead to the AGS taking some non-round diamond grading business from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), as its current standard did for rounds. In Japan only, the marketing also reflects the religious symbolism of the mandala (eight starred) pattern. The US company covered by this article started out as an offshore.
Ennin - mountain range famous for its numerous Buddhist temples in Shanxi Province in China. Later he went to Chang-an (Japanese: Choan), the then-capital of China, where he was ordained into both mandala rituals. In 847 he returned to Japan and in 854, he became the chief priest of the Tendai sect at Enryakuji, where he built buildings to store the sutras and religious instruments he brought back from China. He authored more than 100 books. His diary of travels in China (入唐求法巡礼行記, Nitto Guho Junrei Koki) was translated into English by Professor Edwin Reischauer under the title Ennin's Diary: The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law (Ronald Press, New York: 1955). Sometimes ranked among the best travelogues in world literature, it is a key source of information.
Damien Broderick - November, 2003 he was awarded a grant for 2004 - 2005 by the Australia Council to write fiction exploring the technological singularity. His cyberpunk novel The Judas Mandala is credited with the first appearance of the term "virtual reality". His best-known works as a futurist and science writer are The Spike (1997; revised 2001), a non-fiction work about the technological singularity; and The Last Mortal Generation (1999) on the prospect of radically extended youthful longevity. His most recent novel, The Hunger of Time, has been published as an ebook and in Print on Demand format. His most recent traditionally-published novel was Transcension (2002). He has also written radio plays, both adaptations of his own stories and original works. His original play Schrödinger's Dog, first broadcast in 1995, was entered in the.
Tantra - of bhakti yoga amongst the masses. Legend ascribes the origin of Tantra to Dattatreya, a semi-mythological yogi and the assumed author of the Jivanmukta Gita ("Song of the liberated soul"). Others see Lord Adinath, or Shiva, as the first Guru of Tantra. Things become a little more clear with Matsyendranath ("Master of fish" - so-called either because he was a fisherman, or, less probably, because he discovered a tantra inside a fish). He is accredited with authorship of the Kaulajnana-nirnaya, a voluminous ninth-century tantra dealing with a host of mystical and magical subjects, and occupies an important position in the Hindu tantric lineage, as well as in Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism. His disciple, Gorakhnath, founded laya yoga. Hatha Yoga was penned by Swami Swatamarama as the secrets of Lord Adinath (another name.
1966 - 15 - Gemini program: Gemini 12 carrying astronauts James A. Lovell and Buzz Aldrin splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean 600 km to the east of the Bahamas. November 30 - Barbados achieves independence. December 1 - Kurt Georg Kiesinger becomes Chancellor of Germany. December 26 - The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University at Long Beach Cultural Revolution declared in mainland China. In Burundi, King Mwambutsa IV is deposed by his son Ntare V, who is in turn deposed by prime minister Michel Micombero. Rene Barrientos is elected president of Bolivia. Joaquin Balaguer becomes president of the Dominican Republic. US Supreme Court decides Miranda v. Arizona. Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton found Black Panther Party. Gwynfor Evans becomes.
1966 in literature - Adventurers - Harold Robbins Capable of Honor - Allen Drury The Circle Game - Margaret Atwood The Dartmoor Worker anthology of William Crossing Der Meteor - Friedrich Dürrenmatt The Devil's Brigade - Robert H. Adleman The Double Image - Helen McInnes The Embezzler - Louis Auchincloss Expeditions - Margaret Atwood Fantastic Voyage - Isaac Asimov The Fixer - Bernard Malamud In Cold Blood - Truman Capote Last Picture Show - Larry McMurtry The Master and Margarita - Mihail Bulgakov The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein The Soldier's Art - Anthony Powell The Solid Mandala - Patrick White Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein - Margaret Atwood The Sun King - Nancy Mitford Tai-Pan - James Clavell Tell No Man - Adela Rogers St. Johns A Thousand Days - Arthur.
Art and architecture of Japan - The central image is a Shaka Trinity (623), the historical Buddha flanked by two bodhisattvas (Buddhist saints), a sculpture cast in bronze by the sculptor Tori Busshi (flourished early 7th century) in homage to the recently deceased Prince Shotoku. At the four corners of the platform are the Guardian Kings of the Four Directions, carved in wood about 650. Also housed at Horyu-ji is the Tamamushi Shrine, a wooden replica of a Kondo, which is set on a high wooden base that is decorated with figural paintings executed in a medium of mineral pigments mixed with lacquer. Temple building in the 8th century was focused around the Todai-ji in Nara. Constructed as the headquarters for a network of temples in each of the provinces, the Todai-ji is the most ambitious religious.
The Garden of Cyrus - botanist, and the central chapter of The Garden of Cyrus contains many of his astute botanical observations; in total over 140 plants are mentioned. Botany was a much favoured pastime of alchemists, not only because plants possessed medicinal properties useful to the physician, but also because plant-life demonstrated nature's organic ways. It may also be noted that many flowers are indeed cinque-foiled, that is consisting of five petals. Page after page of detailed descriptions of plants, speculations upon germination and growth , considerations upon embryology, generation and heredity -- the alchemy of nature and transformation are placed at the heart of the Discourse. If ever there were a literary example of a physician 'seeking truth in the light of nature' as exhorted by Paracelsus this central chapter with its many sharp-eyed.
Trikaya - in time and space; the sambhoga-kaya or body of mutual enjoyment which is an archetypal manifestation; and the Dharma-kaya or 'Reality body' which 'embodies' the very principle of enlightenment. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Origins 2 Trikaya 3 Mandala of the five Buddhas 4 Neoplatonism? 5 External Links Origins Buddhism has always recognised more than one Buddha. In the Pali Canon twenty-eight previous Buddhas are mentioned, and Gautama Buddha, the historical Buddha, is simply the Buddha who has appeared in our world age. Even before the Buddha's parinirvana the term Dharmakaya was current. Dharmakaya literally means Truth body, or Reality body. However all of these Buddha are unified in two ways: firstly they share similar special characteristics. All Buddhas have the 32 major marks, and the 80 minor marks of a.
Sacred geometry - in various cultures during the course of human history. It is a catch-all term covering Pythagorean geometry and neo-Platonic gometry, as well as the perceived relationships between organic curves and logarithmic curves. Plato's "ideal forms" were one example of this conception. Other examples of sacred geometry include the Kabbalic Tree of Life, the Buddhist Mandala, Catholic Labyrinth - a feature of some cathedrals, the Chinese Feng Shui, the Golden Mean or Phi.
Sand art and play - by children, simply for the fun of making them. However, adults sometimes engage in contests making sand sculptures, in which the goal is to create structures which don't appear to be constructed just from sand; they can become large and complex. Other vulnerable media are ice and snow, leading to ice sculptures and snow sculptures. An example of extremely sophisticated sand art is the Buddhist mandala. Construction The sand must be fine, or the grains will not stick together. Dry sand is often loose, wet sand is more solid, except when it is very wet. Sand may dry or get wetter, changing the solidity of structures. "Landslides" are common. The main tools for construction are a shovel (although using the hands only is also common) and a bucket or other container.
Scripture for Humane Kings - of the most important figures in the Chinese Esoteric tradition. But this new version was actually just a rewrite, since there was no original Sanskrit version. This second version of the text (仁王護國般若波羅蜜經, T 246.8.834-845) while based mostly on the original version (仁王般若波羅蜜經, T 245.8.825-834), the translation of which was attributed to Kumārajīva, contains new sections that include teachings on mandala, mantra, and dhāraṇī. In the same way that such other apocryphal works, such as the Scripture of Brahma's Net, came to hold a special authoritative position in the subsequent development of Buddhism in Korea and Japan, as well as China, the Scripture for Humane Kings became the standard model text in these East Asian countries for Buddhist-based state protection and statecraft. External Links Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (log in with.
Soma - drink; there is no difference. The plant is the god and the drink is the god and the plant is the drink -- they are all three the same. Soma was an inspiration for poets. It was a lunar deity, and the underworld. Soma was is depicted as a bull or bird, and sometimes as an embryo, but rarely as an adult human. The Ninth Mandala Soma Mandala of the Rig Veda consists largely of hymns to Soma. Soma is similar to ambrosia; it is what the gods drink, and what made them deities. Indra and Agni are known for drinking massive amounts of Soma. Mortals also drink it; it gave them hallucinations. The plant may be Ephedra vulgaris. R Gordon Wasson and many other researchers believe that Soma may be.
Suharto - Indonesian Democratic Party, one of the three legal parties. In June, her supporters occupied the party headquarters. After security forces arrested them, riots broke out in Jakarta. In 1997, according to the World Bank, 20-30% of Indonesia's development budget had been embezzled over the years. The Asian financial crisis of the same year did not bode well for Suharto's rule when he was forced to apply for loans, which also meant increased IMF scrutiny. Despite his previous promise to step down, Suharto had himself reinstalled as a president for the seventh time in March 1998. After numerous demonstrations and political and army pressure against him he was forced to resign on May 21. His successor was his deputy Jusuf Habibie. In May, 1999, TIME Asia reported that the Suharto family fortune.
Patrick White - the Middle East and Greece. After the war, White returned to Australia and began to write seriously. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1974. Patrick White died in September 1990. Novels The Living and the Dead (1941) The Aunt's Story (1948) The Tree of Man (1955) Voss (1957) Riders in the Chariot (1961) The Solid Mandala, 1966) The Vivisector (1970) The Eye of the Storm (1973) A Fringe of Leaves (1976) The Twyborn Affair (1979) Memoirs of Many in One (1986) - despite the title, a novel Other writings The Burnt Ones (1964) - a collection of short stories Flaws in the Glass (1981) - a memoir.
Ouroboros - of the Preacher in Ecclesiastes). In Norse mythology, the serpent Jormungand grew so large that it could encircle the world and grasp its tail in its teeth. The organic chemist August Kekulé claimed that a ring in the shape of Ouroboros inspired him in his discovery of the structure of benzene. The uroboros symbolises the circular nature of the alchemical opus which unites the opposites, the conscious and unconscious mind and the coincidence of the uniting of the opposites. The symbol of the Uroborous the serpent or snake which circularly eats its own tail, devouring, slaying, begetting and self- fertilising itself occurs frequently in alchemical literature was defined by the Swiss psychologist C.G.Jung as the basic mandala of alchemy whose antiquity can be traced back to Egyptian mythology. As a symbol.
