Vaidehi

The Queen of King Bimbisara of Magadha, India. It was in response to her entreaties that Buddha Shakyamuni preached the Meditation Sutra, which teaches a series of sixteen visualizations (of Amitabha Buddha, the Pure Land ...) leading to rebirth. in the Land of Ultimate Bliss.

 (See also: Vaidehi, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Meditation Sutra

One of the three core sutras of the Pure Land school.

It teaches sixteen methods of visualizing Amitabha Buddha, the Bodhisattvas and the Pure Land. This sutra stresses the element of meditation in Pure Land.

See also "Three Pure Land Sutras," "Vaidehi," "Visualization."

 (See also: Meditation Sutra, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

In common with other major figures of Hindu legend, Sita is known by many names. As the daughter of king Janaka, she is as Janaki; as the princess of Mithila, Mythili or Maithili; as the wife of Raama, she is called Ramaa. Her father Janaka had earned the sobriquet "Videha" due to his ability to transcend body consciousness; Sita is therefore also known as Vaidehi. However, she is of course best known by the name "Sita", which literally means "furrow". The word "furrow" was a poetic term in ancient I ...

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Sita Devi, Sita Devi - Legend, Sita Devi - Exile and abduction, Sita Devi - Later life, Sita Devi - Significance, Sita Devi - Etymology of the name Sita, Sita Devi - Prophecies of Birth, Sita Devi - Vedavati, Sita Devi - Mandodari's daughter

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Sita (Sanskrit सीता Sītā) is the wife of Rama, the Seventh Avatara of Vishnu, and is esteemed an examplar of womanly and wifely virtue. According to Hindu belief, Sita was an Avatara of Lakshmi, Vishnu's female form and His Eternal Consort, who chose to reincarnate herself on Earth as Sita, and endure an arduous life, in order to provide humankind an example of such virtues. Just as Rama, the Mariyada Purshottama, examplifies the perfect man, Sita exemplifies the perfect woman. Sita Devi - ...

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• Sita Devi - Legend
• Sita Devi - Exile and abduction
• Sita Devi - Later life
• Sita Devi - Significance
• Sita Devi - Etymology of the name Sita
• Sita Devi - Prophecies of Birth
• Sita Devi - Vedavati
• Sita Devi - Mandodari's daughter

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