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| | Stupa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The stupa is the earliest Buddhist religious monument and was originally only a simple mound made up of mud or clay, or a cairn in barren areas, to cover supposed relics of the Buddha. | | | A stupa (from the Sanskrit) is a type of Buddhist structure found across the Indian subcontinent, Asia and increasingly in the Western World. | | | Nevertheless, the stupas at the eight places associated with the life of the Buddha continued to be of particular importance. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa
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| | The Great Stupa of Sanchi |
| | Originally stupas were mounds covering the relics of the Buddha or his followers. | | | The stupa also became a symbol of the Buddha. | | | It is due to Ashoka that Buddhism became, and long remained, the predominant religion of India. |
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| | Stupa or Chorten |
| | Stupas range in size from miniatures meant to be put on a shrine as reliquary and/or a remembrance of the mind of the Buddha, to enormous buildings that serve as temples as well as monuments. | | | In regions that are or were Buddhist, the word stupa (or in Tibetan, chorten) is sometimes used for a chaitya [Skt. | | | Migyur Stupa, Poolesville, MD. (extract, A Buddha From Brooklyn. |
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http://www.khandro.net/ritual_stupa_1.htm
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| | KTD--Karma Thegsum Tashi Gomang-- |
| | In its shape, a stupa is an architectural rendering of enlightenment, depicting the Buddha crowned and seated in meditation posture upon a lion's throne. | | | Stupas are held to promote peace, prosperity, longevity, good health and harmony, subduing negativities of all kinds, dispelling ignorance and delusion and holding the power to arouse the awakened mind of all the Buddhas. | | | In the Tibetan tradition there are eight kinds of stupas, symbolic of eight significant events in the life of the Buddha. |
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http://www.kagyu.org/monastery/stupa.html
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| | Benalmadena - Stupa |
| | Stupas are normally closed monoliths, which believers circumbulate and express their wishes as being in front of Buddha himself. | | | The Enlightenment Stupa (or Chian Chiub Chorten in Tibetan) symbolizes the achievement of Buddha's enlightenment, the nature of a fully awakened mind. | | | In the basement of the Stupa there is place for exhibitions related to Tibetan Buddhism and the Himalayan culture. |
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http://www.stupabenalmadena.org/en/stupa_en.html
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| | The Stupa Fund |
| | forms of sacred architecture, the stupa is the quintessential symbol of enlightenment, the primordial sacred structure for all Buddhists traditions. | | | Stupas are filled with sacred images, mantras and the relics of holy beings. | | | Stupas are crucial to all Buddhist practitioners; they are offered to us by the Awakened Ones, so that we may open the door to understanding our inherent sacred nature. |
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http://www.fpmt.org/projects/stupa
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| | Introduction to stupas |
| | The shape of the stupa represents the Buddha, crowned and sitting in meditation posture on a lion throne. | | | In Tibet, the construction of stupas (mchod-rten, pronounced chor-ten) came to be an intregal part of the spiritual life. | | | "The stupa that enshrines the teacher's physical remains is at once a reminder of the teacher and the embodiment of the pure and all-pervasive aspect of the awakened state. |
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http://www.stupa.org.nz/stupa/intro.htm
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| | stupa on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Consecration of Images and Stupas in Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism. | | | Many of the most significant monuments of the Buddhist world are stupas, and they can be found in every country in which Buddhism has been practiced. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s1/stupa.asp
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| | Stupas are an ancient form of sacred architecture that represent the heart of enlightenment - not just as a form of tribute, but as a radiating presence that trasmits blessings to all those who come in contact with them. | | | Stupas exist in every Buddhist country in the world from India to Indonesia and in every Buddhist tradition. | | | Stupa is a Sanskrit word that literally means "to heap" or "to pile up". |
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http://www.kpc-md-tara.org/stupas.aspx
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| | BBC News SOUTH ASIA India uncovers ancient Buddhist marvel |
| | The stupa is associated with a Buddhist legend which identifies it as the place where the Buddha stayed and handed over his begging bowl to the people of Vaishali, an ancient city near Patna, during his journey to Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh. | | | The Buddha is believed to have died at Kushinagar in 483 BC. | | | However, archeologists in Sri Lanka say that the tallest stupa in the world is in fact to be found on their island. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1420000/1420733.stm
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| | The Legend of the Great Stupa Jarungkhasor |
| | This is the history of Jarungkhasor, the Great Stupa, which is the receptacle of the Body of Infinite Simplicity, which is identical to the Mind of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three times and the ten directions. | | | I crave your permission to build a Great Stupa which will be my projected divinity, which will be a plane of adoration for innumerable beings, which will be a receptacle of the Mind of all the Buddhas and which will be a reliquary for the indestructible remains of the Tathagatas. | | | This miraculous Stupa is called Montam Tamched Drupa - the Fulfiller of All Prayers." After the Lotus Born Guru had spoken, King Trisondetsen and his attendants were struck with wonder and, inspired to a pinnacle of faith, wept in joy. |
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http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/tib/stupa.htm
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| | History of the Stupa of Enlightenment at Gampo Abbey |
| | According to Rinpoche, a stupa traditionally represents the mind of the Buddha and has the power to convey the mind transmission to those who gaze at it. | | | The stupa also symbolizes the fact that the Buddhist community and teachings have genuinely taken root in Nova Scotia. | | | Thrangu Rinpoche has stated that Gampo Abbey fulfills a critical role in the Shambhala vision of creating enlightened society in Nova Scotia, by preserving the Buddhist teachings in their pure and unadulterated form. |
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http://www.gampoabbey.org/stupa/history.htm
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| | Buddhist Art and Architecture: The Hill of Sanchi |
| | View of Stupa 3 with carved gateway 1st Century A.D. The relics of Sariputra and Maha Moggalana, the two foremost disciples of the Buddha, were found by Colonel Cunningham in 1851 in this stupa, enshrined at the centre of at the centre of the dome on the level of the terrace. | | | But even in the best days of the Guptas the figures of Buddha from the ateliers of Sanchi fell short, in standard and number of their counterparts at such Buddhist centres as Sarnath. | | | By its quietude and seclusion ensuring a proper atmosphere for meditation, combined with its proximity to the rich and populous city of Vidisa, Sanchi fulfilled all the conditions required for an ideal Buddhist monastic life. |
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http://www.buddhanet.net/sanchi.htm
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| | Borobudur Stupa, Java, Indonesia |
| | The first six terraces are filled with richly decorated relief panels in which the sculptors have carved a textbook of Buddhist doctrines and a fascinating panorama of 9th century Javanese life. | | | Although the Sanjaya were themselves Hindu, they ruled over a Buddhist majority and thus, while some Hindu modifications and ornamentations were done on Borobudur, the stupa remained a place of Buddhist use. | | | The monument represents a Buddhist cosmological model of the universe organized around the axis of mythical Mt. Meru. |
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http://www.sacredsites.com/asia/indonesia/borobudur_stupa.html
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| | Stupa at Orgyen Chö Dzong |
| | The Swayambhupurana describes the arising of the primeval cosmic stupa and its appearance throughout the aeons in Buddhafield after Buddhafield, from the time of the Buddha Vipashyin to the time of the Buddha Shakyamuni. | | | The verses that follow are a translation of the Caitya-pradaksina-gatha, preserved in the Kagyur, the section of the Tibetan Canon devoted to the direct teachings of the Buddha. | | | This completes the verse on circumambulating a stupa, known in Sandkrit as the Caitya-pradaksina-gatha and in Tibetan as mChod-rten bskor-ba’i tshigs-su bcad-pa. |
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http://www.tersar.org/stupa.html
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| | The Jangchub Chorten and Kalachakra Stupa |
| | This is thought to indicate that when Ashoka decreed Buddhism the state religion, the royal umbrella became strongly associated with the stupa to indicate that it was under state protection. | | | The stupa contains thousands of copies of sacred scriptures, mantras, and holy relics. | | | The shape of the monument explicitly resembles the body of the Buddha and evokes his physical presence. |
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http://www.tibetancc.com/1_mainpages/stupas.html
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| | BookSense.com |
| | Like a stupa, a tulku is also a living Buddha and supposed to be perfect. | | | A stupa is a holy thing, a monument to peace and harmony. | | | Early in the summer of 1995, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche had visited Poolesville from India and had given Jetsunma a rare collection of ancient relics, perhaps the rarest and most potent combination of Tibetan Buddhist relics in the West. |
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http://booksense.com/readup/excerpts/buddhabrooklyn.jsp;jsessionid=27D5266...
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| | Swayambhunath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| | Swayambhunath stupa is also called the `Monkey Temple' because of the many hundreds of monkeys who scamper about the temple at night after the pilgrims and priests have departed. | | | A golden spire crowning a conical wooded hill, Swayambhunath Stupa is the most ancient and enigmatic of all the holy shrines in Kathmandu valley. | | | Historical records found on a stone inscription give evidence that the stupa was already an important Buddhist pilgrimage destination by the 5th century AD. |
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http://www.sacredsites.com/asia/nepal/swayambhunath_stupa.html
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| | CHORTEN STUPA EDITION No 18 |
| | He also explained that the Great Stupa was an important symbol of three things: the establishment of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, the unification of Buddhism by creating a Stupa for all Buddhists and above all of World Peace. | | | The Jade Buddha will be located in a temple near the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion and it will be a wonder of the Buddhist world. | | | The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion will further serve those seeking to transform their lives by coming into contact with the Stupa, including Buddhist pilgrims from around the world. |
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http://stupa.org.au/newsletter
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| | Symbolism of The Great Stupa |
| | The shape of the Stupa represents the Buddha, crowned and seated in the meditation posture on a throne. | | | A most unusual aspect of The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya is that the Hall of the Buddha on the first level is open to the public. | | | The finest and most enduring materials have been used throughout the structure. |
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http://www.shambhalamountain.org/stupa_symbolism.html
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| | Stupa |
| | This stupa one of the eight kinds of stupas and marks the time when the Buddha healed division in the Sangha by proclaiming the Dharma. | | | To be a reliquary, containing relics and embodying enlightened mind, and the focal point for the continuation of the Buddha activities of the teachers | | | “In the Buddhist world the stupa represents the Dharmakaya. |
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http://www.sunray.org/Stupa/stupa.html
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| | Rediff On The NeT: Buddha's last resting place discovered |
| | Dr Prasad said the Stupa built around six or seven B C was likely to be where the last rites of the Buddha were performed and the relics distributed to eight other places. | | | The eight other Stupas identified were at Vaishali, Kapilvastu, Lumbini, Sranath, Rajgir, Nandangarh (Rampurwa), Patiliputra and Piprawha where the relics of the Buddha were said to be stored. | | | The ninth Drona Stupa, which is said to be the site where the last rites of Lord Buddha were performed, has been located at Bhagwanganj village under Masaurih sub-division in Patna district. |
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http://www.rediff.com/news/jan/09budda.htm
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| | Enlightenment Stupa Project |
| | For many visitors, it will be their first connection with the Buddha and the Dharma. | | | It will be open to all as a place to experience purity and peace, casual visitor and Buddhist pilgrim alike. | | | Built in the Tibetan style - an "Enlightenment Stupa" - it will be over 13 (thirteen) metres high, and completed to a high degree of perfection. |
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http://www.detongling.org/stupa
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| | Amitabha Stupa project at Kunzang Palyul Choling - Sedona - Tibetan Buddhist Center |
| | Tulku Sang-ngag is a Nyingma Lama who was born in Tibet in 1952 and at an early age was recognized as the reincarnation of one of the nine heart students of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), the founder of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | Amitabha Stupa project at Kunzang Palyul Choling - Sedona - Tibetan Buddhist Center | | | After his release he spent 14 years with His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, studying all aspects of creating stupas with the world's foremost expert at that time. |
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http://www.stupas.org/The_36__Amitabha_Stupa_Project/the_36__amitabha_stupa_project.html
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| | Thrangu Dharma Society, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. |
| | This is said to be a scared and holy place of pilgrimage, and this stupa said to be self arisen. | | | Standing Buddha greets all who came to Swayambhunath Stupa, at the backdrop of the pond writes "For World Peace". | | | Hundreds of Monkeys thronged this stupas in search of compassionate Buddhist that offered them free food. |
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http://www.geocities.com/tdspj/pics/syambhunath/syamb.html
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| | rediff.com: Ashoka stupa found in Orissa |
| | The inscription, deciphered by Prof B N Mukharjee of Calcutta University, says the stupa may have been built by a lay Buddhist worshipper called Ashoka and the accumulated height of Ashoka may be the height of the stupa or any other religious object dedicated to the stupa. | | | He had detailed 10 Ashoka stupas in Odra where Buddha had preached. | | | An Ashoka stupa has been discovered atop the Langudi hill, an ancient Buddhist site in coastal Orissa, along with an inscription referring to the great Mauryan emperor Ashoka. |
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http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/may/27ashok.htm
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| | Keith Dowman / Boudhanath: The Great Stupa |
| | The Great Stupa of Boudhanath in the Kathmandu valley, a vast dome-shaped monument representing the Mind of the Buddha, is the primary pilgrimage destination for Tantric Buddhists of the Himalayas and a major draw for Tibetan Buddhists from all over the planet. | | | Since the death of the Third Chini Lama, in a temporal and spiritual power vacuum, the Stupa has been governed by a guthi committee consisting of lineal descendants of the Third Chini Lama and the families of his Tamang disciples who live in the vicinity. | | | The core text translation relates the Tibetan legend of the massive monument’s origins and describes how it is to be worshiped, the benefits of worship and the apocalyptic results of failure to maintain it. |
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http://www.keithdowman.net/books/bgs.htm
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| | Jaulian |
| | The Healing Buddha, a stone Buddha with a hole in his navel, is set in the north wall of the main stupa to the left of the steps. | | | Some colossal Buddhas sit in a row across the south face of the main stupa. | | | The faithful would put their fingers in the hole and pray for a cure for their ailments. |
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http://web.ukonline.co.uk/tim.haq/pakistan/jaulian.html
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| | A Stupa Success |
| | The Stupa and temple are here to benefit all, regardless of your faith or preferences. | | | This is the real time story of the Stupa Renovation at KPC Maryland, a Buddhist Temple. | | | This is a view of the Enlightenment Stupa with prayer flags now streaming from the spire. |
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http://astupasuccess.blogspot.com
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| | Buddhist Art in India - by Radha Banerjee |
| | Inside this stupa the relics of two very important disciples of Buddha, Sariputta and Maha-Moggalana, were discovered by General Cunnigham. | | | Mihirakula, a cruel king of the Huna had destroyed, as Xuanzang was told during his travel to this country, the Buddhist monasteries of the region. | | | There are also representations of the sacred trees, stupas and other motifs to indicate the presence of Gautam Buddha symbolically. |
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http://ignca.nic.in/budh0002.htm
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| | Letters Home: Naj Wikoff in Ulan Ude, Russia |
| | The new stupa will serve as a place of worship and pilgrimage to honor the 12th reincarnation of the Khambo Lama. | | | This week, Naj describes a village's effort to rebuild a sacred Buddhist shrine, called a stupa, in a small village on the edge of Siberia. | | | Building A Buddhist Stupa on the Russian Steppe |
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http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/naj/naj.html
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| | Home Page |
| | A Stupa is an ancient form of sacred Buddhist architecture that represents the mind of Enlightenment. | | | Our first Stupa was a 36-foot Subjugation Stupa, consecrated (empowered) by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche and Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo (shown here on the right). | | | Under the direction of Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo, KPC has constructed over twenty seven Stupas at the KPC Temple complex in Maryland and at the Temple site in Sedona, Arizona. |
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http://www.stupas.org
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| | Benalmadena - Stupa |
| | The willingness and blessing of a true meditator of the Himalayas and the warm hospitality of a thriving nation. | | | The Buddhist master, Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche paid his first visit to Spain in 1990, where he gave teachings and empowerments to a large following at Karma Guen, a buddhist meditation center nearby Velez-Malaga. | | | By 1994, in that same place, he built his first Stupa as a landmark of peace and prosperity for the country. |
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http://www.stupabenalmadena.org
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| | Indian Architecture: Dharmekh Stupa, Sarnath |
| | The stupa at Sarnath marks the spot where the Buddha gave his first sermon after attaining enlightenment. | | | First constructed during the reign of Emperor Ashoka (2nd century B.C.) it was later rebuilt by the Maryan and Gupta dynasties, attaining its present form in the early 6th century. | | | The present stupa is 31.3 meters tall and 28.3 meters wide. |
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http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/sarnath/DHARMEKH.htm
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| | The Great Stupa for all Buddhists |
| | Massive 3.8 metre Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) statue arrives at the Great Stupa Exhibition Centre. |
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| | Boudhanath Stupa Boudha |
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| | Asokan Stupa Found |
| | Many padas, or seated statues of Buddha, have also been unearthed. | | | Excavations directed by K.P. Poonacha have revealed a stupa (temple) complex, constructed of richly decorated limestone slabs and brick, that was built between the second century B.C. and the second or third century A.D. The stupa is divided into two tiers and adorned with beautifully carved slabs depicting various events in the Buddha's life. | | | Patronized by the Satavahana rulers who held sway over south-central India between third century B.C. and the A.D. second century, the stupa's first phase of construction took place when the Hinayana school of Buddhism held sway, while later phases were built under the influence of the Mahayana sect. |
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http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/stupa.html
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| | Stupa Peace Park |
| | The stupa peace park was an idea conceived of by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche ten years ago- it is a stupa mandala, with a large central stupa surrounded by seven stupas 11ft high. | | | Benefits of Building a Stupa, by Chatral Rinpoche | | | For a detailed explanation on these stupas, please read Lama Tharchin Rinpoche’s A Bright Crystal Mirror: An Account of the Stupa that Subdues Negative Forces and Brings Liberation on Sight. |
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http://stupapeacepark.net
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| | Shambhala Mountain Center - The Great Stupa Project |
| | Dramatically transforming the landscape of Shambhala Mountain Center, The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya is an expression of the aspiration for peace, harmony and equanimity for all beings. | | | Rising 108 feet from its foundation, construction of The Great Stupa was initiated in 1988 and the monument was consecrated in August 2001. | | | Shambhala Mountain Center - The Great Stupa Project |
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