Tag: Buddha's life story

Triratna News

Competition: Help Animate Mara's Army!

By Aryajit on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 19:34

Competition: Help Animate Mara's Army!

By Aryajit on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 19:34

Dear Families,

I’m creating a video about the life of the Buddha.

Support Aryajit’s new animated work: ‘A Brief History of Buddhism in Six Minutes’

One of the most enjoyable parts of creating the video is drawing Mara (the “Lord of Death”) and his army, who try to stop the Buddha gaining Enlightenment by attacking him. I have been drawing beings from indian mythology, like Raksanas and Yaksas, but also skeleton armies, dinosaurs, dragons (as you can see from the attached sketches)...

Western Buddhist Review

The Tree Shrine at Lumbini

By Dhivan on Tue, 3 Dec, 2013 - 10:34

The Tree Shrine at Lumbini

By Dhivan on Tue, 3 Dec, 2013 - 10:34This is more of an ‘editor’s blog’ than an article or review - I’m using the resources available here on The Buddhist Centre Online a bit more. Dhivan (editor, Western Buddhist Review).

There was some fascinating news last Tuesday 26 November – that archaelogists have uncovered a shrine from the 6th c. bce at Lumbini, the site of the Buddha’s birth. (Here’s a link to the BBC version). It’s not often that archaeology, let...