TOP 8 articles about earthquake
Long
time ago,
King Sarvananda of Dipavati invited sages around the country for distributing alms.
Dipankara Buddha, a Buddha who reached
enlightenment prior to
Gautama Buddha, was also invited. However, instead of visiting the palace, Dipankara Buddha visited a nearby hut belonging to an old lady.
In late 2021, a 1400-year-old stone inscription was discovered in front of the Bhimsen
Temple at
Patan Durbar. It was kept there by Lichhavi ruler Anshu Verma. The inscription .
King Narendra Deva along with the
tantric priest, Bandudatta and a local farmer, Lalit travelled all the way to Assam, to bring
Padmapani Lokeshwar to
Kathmandu but since they faced a lot of "sankat" (dangers) along the way, the priest Bandudatta summoned Sankata, the "deity who removes dangers".
In
ancient Nepal, stories about
gods and
goddesses have existed from the beginning of
time and they were an important part of everyday life.
They elaborated everything from .
Shri
Devi is not one entity or personality. Depending on the form of Shri Devi she could be a wrathful emanation of a number of different deities such as Shri Devi Magzor Gyalmo is the wrathful form of Sarasvati. Some
forms of Shri Devi with four arms such as Dudusolma are the wrathful form of Shri
Lakshmi. There are dozens of different variations and forms of Shri Devi.
Shri Devi wrathful with one face and .
Lion-faced
Dakini is a secret form of
Vajrayogini also has a relationship to Troma and the practice of
chöd. She is appropriate for clearing obstacles of the most pervasive and malignant kind and cutting through the “
three poisons” of
mind.
This
ancient practice has been important in
Tibetan Buddhism since the
time of
Guru Rinpoche. PeGyal Lingpa received this revelation directly from
Padmasambhava, appearing in a red-black form, instead of the more common dark blue .
Avalokitesvara, the Lord of
Compassion, gazes out across the world, his white radiance soothing the
sufferings of living beings. With one pair of hands, he clasps to his heart the wish-fulfilling gem of his
vow to eradicate the world's pain. In his upper left hand, he holds
the lotus of spiritual receptivity, the
desire to leave the mud of
samsara and reach up toward the
sun of true
happiness. Above his head, we sense .
The
earthquake of April 25, 2015, did not only harm the lives of Nepalese people but also did a serious damage to the historical and the
religious monuments. It has already been more than two years but many
temples are not still renovated. There is a number of donations coming from national and international level still
temples are not repaired. Let's have a glimpse of temples destructed during the devastating earthquake and their condition .
Bajrayogini is an eldest
tantric goddess. The
goddesses have three
forms. In one form her head is absent and carries it in her hand. In another form, her head is intact. The former form is similar in appearance to the
Hindu goddesses
Chhinamasta. She is always attended by two
yoginis on either side of her. Appearing in yellow color, she carries her own head in her left hand and Katari in her right hand.
Stretching the .
Changu Narayan is the oldest
temple in Nepali
history and stands on the top of a hill called Changu or Dolagiri. It is located in
Changunarayan VDC of
Bhaktapur district and is 8 miles east of
Kathmandu and a few miles north of Bhaktapur. The temple is dedicated to the deity Lord
Vishnu. The temple was originally constructed during the Lichhavi Dynasty that dates back to 4th century and was rebuilt in 1702 after a major .
