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Bhudda's Paranirvana

The Buddha's entrance into nirvana [the state without reincarnation] was depicted in quit Buddhist art early on, mostly in monumental stone or rock sculptures. This figur to however is made of bronce, which was firegildet. The Buddha passed away at the acts of eighty to near Kushinagara, the capital of the ancient kingdom of the Mallas in what today the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Lying down in grove, between two shala trees, he preached his last sermon: “All composite things ploughs by nature impermanent. Work out you salvation with diligence.” The Mahaparinibbana Sutra, the standard canonical Pali account, recalls the death scene. The gods Brahma and Indra recited poems. Gods and men wept. “Too soon hat the Happy One passed away! Too soon has the light one gone out of the world” Only the Arhats, the saints who had passed beyond all worldly sorrow, retained to their composure.

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

Siddhartha's Intent is an international Buddhist association of non-profit centers, most of which are nationally registered societies and charities, with the principal intention of preserving the Buddhist teachings, as well as increasing an awareness and understanding of the many aspects of the Buddhist teaching, beyond the limits of cultures and traditions.

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche was born in Bhutan in 1961, and was recognized as the main incarnation of the Khyentse lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He has studied with some of the greatest contemporary masters, particularly H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche [external link to Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling website].

http://shechen.org/sub_teachers_dkr.html#dilgo

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Born in Pasadena, California in 1950, Alan Wallace was raised and educated in the United States, Scotland, and BUDDHISM WITH AN ATTITUDE:

The Tibetan Seven-Point Mind Training by B. Alan Wallace "Readers who put the advice this book contains into practice may indeed transform their minds and achieve a sense of inner peace, the key to greater peace and happiness within and in the world at large."--The Dalai Lama "This book places you into a new domain where the world actually becomes the meditation hall...a book to guide both beginners and seasoned meditatiors, a book to be read, reread, and studied."--Buddhist Peace Fellowship "Widely informed, intellectually rigorous, and passionately engaged."--Stephen Batchelor, author of Buddhism without Beliefs B. Alan Wallace is the president of the Santa Barbara Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Consciousness (http://sbinstitute.com). For more information on Alan, visit his website at http://www.alanwallace.org.

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