Mahamuni Buddha Temple
Combination of some video clips taken with Nikon D90 during December 2010 when I went back my hometown Mandalay. Made with Windows Movie Maker.
The Mahamuni Buddha image , Mrauk U
Mahamuni Buddha Temple｜Myanmar
The Mahamuni Buddha Temple (also called the Mahamuni Pagoda) is a Buddhist temple and major pilgrimage site, located southwest of Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). The Mahamuni Buddha image (literal meaning: The Great Sage) is deified in this temple, and originally came from Arakan. It is highly venerated in Burma and central to many people's lives, as it is seen as an expression of representing the Buddha's life.
Ancient tradition refers to only five likenesses of the Buddha, made during his lifetime; two were in India, two in paradise, and the fifth is the Mahamuni Buddha image in Myanmar. According to the legend, the Buddha visited the Dhanyawadi city of Arakan in 554 BC. King Sanda Thuriya requested that an image was cast of him. After casting the Great Image, the Buddha breathed upon it, and thereafter the image became the exact likeness of the Mahamuni.
Mahamuni Temple, Mandalay
Mandalay, Myanmar is the location of a temple and monastery complex called Mahamuni that is a major pilgrimage site for Buddhist in Myanmar.
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Mahamuni Buddha Temple (Mandalay, Myanmar)
The Mahamuni Buddha Temple / မဟာမုနိဘုရားကြီး (also called the Mahamuni Pagoda) is a Buddhist temple and major pilgrimage site, located southwest of Mandalay. The Mahamuni Buddha image (literal meaning: The Great Sage) is deified in this temple, and originally came from Arakan. It is highly venerated in Burma and central to many people's lives, as it is seen as an expression of representing the Buddha's life.
Ancient tradition refers to only five likenesses of the Buddha, made during his lifetime; two were in India, two in paradise, and the fifth is the Mahamuni Buddha image in Myanmar. According to the legend, the Buddha visited the Dhanyawadi city of Arakan in 554 BC. King Sanda Thuriya requested that an image was cast of him. After casting the Great Image, the Buddha breathed upon it and thereafter the image became the exact likeness of the Mahamuni.
The Mahamuni Buddha image itself is housed in a small chamber, seated on a throne in a divine posture known as the Bhumisparsa Mudra. This posture or mudra symbolises Buddha's vanquishing of Mara). The legs are crossed with feet turned inwards, and the right hand touches the ground ritualistically, as a witness of his past deeds. The image is cast in bronze and weighs 6.5 tonnes and is erected on a 1.84 metres (6.0 ft) high pedestal and reaches a height of 3.82 metres (12.5 ft). Its shoulders measure 1.84 metres (6.0 ft) and its waist measures 2.9 metres (9.5 ft). It is draped in royal costumes with Brahmanic cords (salwe) and regalia crossing his chest. The image is crowned, bejewelled with diamonds, rubies and sapphires. The left hand appears imprecise, unusually large, and is seen resting in the lap with an upturned palm.
Gold leaves are regularly applied to the face of the Mahamuni Buddha by male devotees. Consequent to the frequent application of gold leaves, the coating of gold (thickness 15 centimetres (5.9 in)) has given a shapeless contour to the Mahamuni image. However, it is also noted that the right hand, crown and other iconographic characteristics of royalty are free of gold leaf covering, which gives an impression that these were later additions to the original image of the Mahamuni. In 1884, when the pagoda was burnt down, 91 kilograms (201 lb) of gold was recovered from the site, which represents the continued historical veneration and perpetuation of the cult of Mahamuni.
MYANMAR - Mrauk U , Teil 3 Mahamuni Pagode
The Mahamuni Buddha image , Mandalay
MRAUK U KINGDOM TEMPLES, MYANMAR / BIRDS EYE VIEW / DRONE 4K
The Kingdom of Mrauk U in Myanmar, is one of the most beautiful destinations in all of South East Asia. Due to its remote location and undeveloped infrastructure, this amazing landscape of temples has mostly gone undiscovered by tourists. During my 4 days exploring the area, my cousin and I had most of the temples to ourselves. We spent many sunrises and sunsets on the hills watching the sun wash the temples in golden light. This video showcases most of the major temples in the area including:
Shite-thaung Temple
Htukkanthein Temple
Koe-thaung Temple
Andaw-thein Ordination Hall
Le-myet-hna Temple
Ratana-pon
The best way to explore this area is by bike. Most of the temples are clustered in 3 major areas that are easily accessed from the main town.
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Mahamuni Buddha is Arakan not Myanmar!!!
Mahamuni Buddha is Arakan heritage.
2011 Myanmar, 03 Myanmar Mrauk U Temples and Pagodas
Western Myanmar Mrauk-U: 700 Buddhist pagodas in the midst of a beautiful landscape
Western Myanmar Mrauk-U: 700 Buddhist pagodas in the midst of a beautiful landscape
Mrauk U is an ancient city, where according to the legend Lord Buddha has been. It has a very special atmosphere. The old temples are situated in the midst of a beautiful and peaceful landscape.
It feels like the Buddha energy is still there. People live a simple, relaxed and peaceful life.
Mrauk U is not easy to reach. First a flight from Yangon to Sittwe. You have grand views from the plane as you can see at my photos. Book it some weeks before during the tourist season.
Then a 3 or 7 hour boat ride (depending on the availability) to Mrauk U. Again great panoramas as you can see in rivers around Mrauk U. It is very worth the effort. I got the feeling how far we, in the so called developed countries, have gone from this simple, natural and peaceful way of living. Living in harmony with each other and with nature.
Dotted in the midst of this beautiful landscape are about 700 Buddhist pagodas (temples), dating from the 16th century. Some are recently excavated and restored. Others remain forgotten, covered with vines and vegetation. The larger pagodas certainly have historical importance, because their well preserved interiors, statuary and bas relief's. Mrauk U is scenically set against a backdrop of small hills with some lakes.
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Mahamuni Paya , Hsipaw
This is probably the largest religious building in Hsipaw, although it's nowhere on the scale of the great Payas in Yangon, Mandalay or even Prome (Pyay). It is the Mahamyatmuni Paya. The Lonely Planet guidebook assured me it was one of the busiest religious sites in Hsipaw, although on the afternoon I visited I had the place more or less to myself.
There are a few Buddha images here, including one supposedly inspired by the image in Mahamuni Paya in Mandalay . It's nothing spectacular but, in a town like Hsipaw, it's worth a visit.
Golden Buddha, Mahamuni Pagoda, Myanmar
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Myaut Oo Sayadaw Day Meditation Retreat @ Poh Ern Shih Temple Singapore
27 April 2012 9pm
Poh Ern Shih Temple Singapore
organized by
Mahamuni Buddhist Society
Myaut oo Sayadaw Day Meditation Retreat @ Poh Ern Shih Temple Singapore
Day Meditation Retreat
by
Myaut Oo Sayadaw
26 April 2012 9pm
Organized by
Mahamuni Buddhist Society Singapore
venue
Poh Ern Shih Temple
Singapore
Myanmar, Mahamuni Buddha Temple
Historic Caves in Mrauk-U
ရခိုင္ျပည္နယ္မွာ ေရွးရခိုင္ဘုရင္ေတြလက္ထက္က ပညာရိွရဟန္းႏွစ္ပါးကို ဂူပိတ္သတ္ခဲ့တယ္လို႔ ဆုိၾကတဲ့ ေျမာက္ဦးၿမိဳ႕က ဗားမဲ့ဗားကရာလိုဏ္ဂူဟာ အမ်ားစိတ္ဝင္စားတဲ့ေနရာတခု ျဖစ္လာေနပါတယ္။ RFA သတင္းေထာက္ ကိုမင္းသိန္းေအာင္က တင္ျပထားပါတယ္။
Morning ritual for Mahamuni Buddha in Mandalay, Myanmar
Morning ritual for Mahamuni Buddha in Mandalay, Myanmar
Mahamuni Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Originally built in 1784, the Mahamuni Pagoda houses a 3.8 meter high seated image of the Buddha. Legend has it that the statue was sculpted in about 500 BCE in the Kingdom of Rakhine. Over the years, small pieces of gold leaf stuck onto the statue have come to cover it entirely; the video shows men dressed in longyi (traditional Burmese sarongs) hard at work adding more gold leaf to the statue.