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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Lotuschef on Authentic Buddha Dharma or Sentient Greed At Work?

Mockery of SZ's Teachings & Marketing Buddhas?





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Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_footprint

Buddha footprint
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Footprint of Buddha with Dharmacakra and Triratna, 1st century,Gandhāra.

The footprint of the Buddha (Buddhapada in Sanskrit, bussokuseki (仏足石?) in Japanese) is an imprint of Gautama Buddha's one or both feet.

There are two forms: natural, as found in stone or rock, and those made artificially.[1] 

Many of the "natural" ones, of course, are acknowledged not to be actual footprints of the Buddha, but replicas or representations of them, which can be considered cetiya (Buddhistrelics) and also an early aniconic and symbolic representation of the Buddha.[2]


The footprints of the Buddha abound throughout Asia, dating from various periods.[3] 

Japanese author Motoji Niwa (丹羽基二 Niwa Motoji), who spent years tracking down the footprints in many Asian countries, estimates that he found more than 3,000 such footprints, among them about 300 in Japan and more than 1,000 in Sri Lanka.[4] 

They often bear distinguishing marks, such as a Dharmachakra at the centre of the sole, or the 32, 108 or 132 auspicious signs of the Buddha, engraved or painted on the sole.[5]


Buddhist legend holds that during his lifetime the Buddha flew to Sri Lanka and left his footprint on Adam's Peak to indicate the importance of Sri Lanka as the perpetuator of his teachings, and also left footprints in all lands where his teachings would be acknowledged.[1] 

InThailand, the most important of these "natural" footprints imbedded in rock is at Phra Phutthabat in Central Thailand.[1] 

In China, during Tang Dynasty, the discovery of a large footprint of the Buddha in Chengzhou caused Empress Wu Zetian to inaugurate a new reign name in that year, 701 CE, starting the Dazu (Big Foot) era.[3]

The footprint as a sculptural object has a long history stemming from the first examples made in India.[6] These were made during the pre-Greco-Buddhist phase of Buddhist art at Sanchi, Bharhut, and other places in India,[7] along with the Bo-Tree and the Dharmachakra.[8]

Later, the footprint-making tradition became prominent in Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand.[6]

The veneration of the feet of gurus or deities were commonplace in ancient India
placing one's head at or under their feet being a ritual gesture declaring a hierarchy.[7] 

As cetiya, the Buddha's footprint was classified in a variety of ways. 

Some were uddesika, representational relics, 
and others were paribhogika, relics of use or of contact, 
and occasionally saririka, as though they were not just footprints but the Buddha's actual feet. 


Some of the depictions of the footprints may signify events in the life of the Buddha, but others may have been depictions of people worshipping at footprint shrines.[3] 

According to French scholar Paul Mus, the footprints were the type of magical objects which "enables one to act at a distance on people related to it."[9]










The Three Jewels, also called the Three Treasures, Three Refuges, Precious Triad, or most commonly the Triple Gem Pali:त्रिरत्न (triratna), are the three things that Buddhists take refuge in, and look toward for guidance, in the process known as taking refuge.

The Three Jewels are:

Buddha Sanskrit, Pali: The Enlightened or Awakened One; Chinese: 佛陀, Fótuó, Japanese: 仏, Butsu, Standard Tibetan: sangs-rgyas, Mongolian: burqan Depending on one's interpretation, it can mean the historical Buddha (Siddharta) or the Buddha nature — the ideal or highest spiritual potential that exists within all beings;
Dharma Sanskrit: The Teaching; Pali: Dhamma, Chinese: 法, Fǎ, Japanese: 法, Hō, Standard Tibetan: chos, Mongolian: nomThe teachings of the Buddha, the path to Enlightenment.
Sangha Sanskrit, Pali: The Community; Chinese: 僧, Sēng, Japanese: 僧, Sō, Standard Tibetan: dge-'dun, Mongolian: quvara
The community of those who have attained enlightenment, who may help a practicing Buddhist to do the same. Also used more broadly to refer to the community of practicing Buddhists, or the community of Buddhist monks and nuns.[1]



Dear all, how much of the Sales Gimmicks generated by Sentient Greed will you be susceptible to? 
Hahaha! 

Dear Fellow Buddha's Disciples, Remember that [Forms] are something the you should not be Attached or Fixated about! 

My Root Guru, Living Buddha Lian Sheng, is sharing Maha Perfection Dharma and True disciples of his or any other Budda's students should not fall for any Sales Gimmicks like the above anymore.

WHY? Because YOU can cultivate to Buddhahood and do not need FORMS, genuine or not to Enhance or Improve your lot at all! 

Remember when THERE IS NO DEMAND, THE SUPPLY WILL ALSO NOT BE CREATED!

YOU help others to be free from Greedy Sentient Sales Gimmicks too! :)
These people really Crying Wolf Once Too Many Times, Agree?


Cheers all


Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom

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