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Buddhism - Buddhist Festivals: Parinirvana Day: This is a Mahayana Buddhist festival that marks the death of the Buddha. It is also known as Nirvana Day. Buddhists celebrate the death of the Buddha, because they believe that having attained Enlightenment he achieved freedom from physical existence and its sufferings
Buddhism Holydays: Holy days and Festivals in Buddhism: Festivals play a big part in the lives of many Buddhists. Most Buddhists, with the exception of the Japanese, use the Lunar calendar. The dates of Buddhist festivals and the way they are celebrated vary from country to country, and between Buddhist traditions
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| | | | * Spiritual - TheosophyDictionary on Paranirvana, Parinirvana
Paranirvana, Parinirvana (Sanskrit) [from pari + nirvana blown out from nir out + the verbal root va to blow]
That which is beyond nirvana; the period of kosmic rest (mahapralaya or Great Night of Brahma), lasting 311,040,000,000,000 terrestrial years. Likewise called the great Day Be-With-Us; the Egyptian Day of Come-To-Us; and the Christian Day of the Last Judgment which, however, has been materialized by modern dogmatism.
"The day when ''the spark will re-become the Flame (man will merge into his Dhyan Chohan) myself and others, thyself and me,'' as the Stanza has it -- means this: In Paranirvana -- when Pralaya will have reduced not only material and psychical bodies, but even the spiritual Ego(s) to their original principle -- the Past, Present, and even Future Humanities, like all things, will be one and the same. Everything will have re-entered the Great Breath. In other words, everything will be ''merged in Brahma'' or the divine unity" (SD 1:265-6).
The kosmic pralaya is analogous to the death of the human being. The spiritual monads are drawn into higher ranges of being, to live and evolve, while the lower elements or bodies of the universe disperse as does our physical and lower psychological vehicles after death.
See also PARANISHPANNA
(See also: Paranirvana, Parinirvana, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary )
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| | | | * Encyclopedia II - List of holy cities - Buddhism
List of holy cities - Tibetan Buddhism.
More important then anything inherent to the places is the presence of the holiest leaders, the highest lamas, who are considered reincarnations of their predecessors.
Lhasa, seat of the Dalai Lama (now in exile in Dharmsala, India) in the Potala palace, also national (and under Chinese rule regional) capital of Tibet
Shigatse, seat of the Panchen Lama, also the country's second city
Tsurphu, (later in exile Rumtek in Sikkim, India), seat of t ...
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Related ArticlesThe Buddhist Account of Nirvana or Liberation from UnhappinessNirvana is liberation from the psychological 'rebirth' of unhappy moods and states of consciousness in this present life. This is said to also lead to parinirvana, liberation from being physically reborn after death. Early Buddhist texts provide a detailed account of the nature of nirvana. The occurrence of spontaneous temporary states of nirvana in the lives of many people over the centuries indicate that this state is a practical possibility, and may have been the origin of nirvana. Buddhism In The Modern World Part 2Dharmapala returned to Ceylon in May 2434/1891 and founded the Maha Bodhi Society in Colombo. In the same year, a mission was sent to Bodh Gaya and, then, an international conference of Buddhists was held there. In the following year a journal was launched and headquarters of the new society... Types of BuddhismLearn about the two types of Buddhism. And why buddhist are trying to reach Nirvana.
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