Symbolic Systems Inherent in Stupas

 

As Reminders of the Buddhas
Philosophical and Praxis Symbolisms
   
1) Reliquary of the Physical Remains 1) Stupa as Mount Meru

01. Bone Relics of Shakyamuni Buddha

01. Svayambhu Mahachaitya from a Distance

02. War of the Relics, Sanchi Stupa 1

02. The Stairs Ascending the hill

03. Mahastupa at Vaishali

03. Explanation of the Meru Iconography

04. The Identity of the Ramagama Stupa

2) The Stupa as Elements

05. Svayambhu Mahachaitya of Nepal

 

06. Piprawa Relics

 

07. Prapathom Chedi of Thailand

 
   
2a) Markers of the actions of the Buddha’s life  

01. Text on the Foundation of Pilgramage as a Buddhist Practice

3) Stupa as the Path to Enlightenment

02. Intoduction to the Eight Sites

4) Stupa as Mandala

a) Introduction Part 1

 

b) Introduction Part 2

 

03. The Sites of the Eight Great Events in the Life of Shakyamuni Buddha

 

1) Lumbini

 

a) The Birth of the Buddha

 

b) The Stupa of the Birth Place

 

c) The Stupa in a Tibetan Style

 

d) The Eight Stupas at Svayambhu

 
   

2) Bodhgaya

 

a) The Great Enlightenment

 

b) The Temple of Great Enlightenment (Mahabodhi Mandir)

 

c) The Interior Shrine

 

d) The Adamantine Throne

 
 
 

3) Mrigadava

 

a) The First Sermon

 

b) The Dhamek Stupa at Sarnath

 

c) The Mauryan Temple

 

d) The Lion Capital

 

 

 

4) Sravasti

 

a) The Six Transformations

 

b) The Illustration of the Narrative

 

c) The Yamanaka Pratiharya

 

d) The Maha Pratiharya

 

 

 

5) Sankashya

 

a) The Descent from Trayastrimsha

 

b) The Enlightenment of Utpali

 

c) The Stupa at Sankashya

 

d) The Elephant Pillar at Sankashya

 

 

 

6) Rajagriha

 

a) The Taming of Nalagiri

 

b) The Illustration of the Narrative

 

c) The Lion's Voice of the Dharma

 

d) The Buddhist Community

 

e) The Jivakamravana

 

f) Evidence of a Buddhist Community

 

 

 

7) Vaishali

 

a) The Gift of the Monkey

 

b) The Illustration of the Narrative

 

c) The Stupa

 

d) The Lion Capital

 

e) A Sairira Stupa

 

 

 

8) Kushinagara

 

a) The Parinirvana

 

b) The 20th Century Temple and Stupa

 

c) The Stupa in a Tibetan Style

 

d) The Eight Stupas at Svayambhu

 
2b) A Single Stupa as the Eight Events  
01. The Saccha
 
02. Circumambulation
 
03. The Eight Minature Stupas
 
04. The Path
 

05. The Ancillary Events

 
06. The Central Stupa
 
07. The Inscription