4. Avukana Buddha Statue (Ancient Buddhist Sites in Sri Lanka)
The Avukana Buddha Statue is located in a village near Kekirawa in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. It is a popular pilgrim destination for people from all over the country. Some scholars believe the carvings were influenced by Ghandara school of art and possibly the Amaravarti school of art from India.
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In Sri Lanka, one can find many places with sacred Buddha statues. Throughout history, these represented people's piety towards their religion. One of the most famous is in Avukana.
The statue is more than 12 meters tall and was carved from a large granite rock face in the 5th century. It is considered to be one of the finest ancient standing Buddha statues in Sri Lanka.
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Somawathiya Chaitya Sanctuary - Buddhist Stupa Tourist Destination in Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka
The Somawathiya Chaitya is a Buddhist Stupa situated in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Chaitya premises is called the Somawathiya Rajamaha Viharaya.
The Somawathiya Chaitya is located within the Somawathiya National Park on the left bank of the Mahaweli River, and is believed to have been built long before the time of Dutugamunu enshrining the right canine Relic of the tooth of the Buddha. It is attributed to the reign of King Kavan Tissa - Dutugemunu’s father - who ruled Magama. Somawathiya is therefore much older than Ruwanwelisaya, Mirisawetiya Vihara or Jetavanaramaya.
The stupa is named after Princess Somawathi, the sister of King Kavantissa, and the wife of regional ruler Prince Abhaya. The prince built the stupa to enshrine the right tooth relic of the Buddha, obtained from Arahat Mahinda, and named the stupa after the princess. Upon completion of the stupa and other constructions, the prince and princess handed over the temple to Arahat Mahinda and other monks.
Sri Lanka,ශ්රී ලංකා,Ceylon, Artist Atelier Canaweralla area
While outside on the street a brand new Buddha statue is lifted with a crane on a lorry truck, and the artist producing these statues is giving a hand to make sure nothing will be damaged, I have a look into his work shop and artist atelier situated in a little house at Canaweralla beside the A5 road leading from Passara to Ella (B113).. The statue maker is also is a painter and exposes his canvases inside his home.
Sri Lanka. Part 2. Stupas and bricks
Second part of observing Sri Lanka. At last) Nothing new here - the same mud flood evidence, star forts, palaces, stupas with super antennas and a lot of bricks from nowhere)
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Sri Lanka - Sigiriya Rock
Sigiriya Rock Sri Lanka
Sigiriya History
The Sigiriya Rock Fortress of Sri Lanka is situated in Matale district near to Dambulla. It can be reached along Colombo- Habarana highway and turning towards East from Inamaluwa. Then proceeding about 10 km from Inamaluwa and passing Kimbissa township one arrives at Sigiriya.
Before Sigiriya became a Kingdom, the Sigiriya Rock base and the places such as Pidurangala which were endowed with many Caves and a temple had been dwelled by Buddhist monks from around 3rd Century BC. It is also found that these areas had been inhabitant by people prior to King Kassapa's rein. Many Caves also have Brahmi Inscriptions dating back from 3rd Century BC to 1st century AD.
After King Mahanama who ruled Anuradhapura from 410- 432 AD, a Prince named Dhatusena became the King of Anuradhapura in 459 AD, defeating the Indian invader 'Pandu'. The King Dhatusena was the ruler who constructed Kala Wewa or the Kala Wewa Tank, by building a dam across Kala Oya , which is a small river type. The man made 54 mile long Yoda Ela, which takes water from Kala Wewa to Tissa wewa is considered as an Irrigation engineering wonder even at the present day. It has a gradient of just 6 inches per mile along the first 17 miles , which means the level different is just over 8 feet even after the 17 th mile along the canal. During his rein the famous full relief Aukana Buddha statue also was constructed out of a rock which stands 42 feet high.
He had two sons from two queens. Mugalan [ also called as Moggallana ] from the head queen and Kassapa's [ also called as Kashyapa ] from a companion queen. Prince Kashyapa, with the help of the general of the army of King Dhatusena, named Migara, got his father killed and became the King. Prince Mugalan, fearing for his life, escaped to India. The Buddhist Bhikkus and the people were against his conduct and favoured Price Mugalan for the rulership. Fearing that Mugalan will come with an army from India to avenge him at a later day, King Kassapa decided to make Sigiriya as his kingdom. During his rule of eighteen years from 477 AD to 495 AD Sigiriya Kingdom was created. It is believed that he sought the refuge of Sigiriya rock for his safety fearing for his life.
After 18 years, Prince Mugalan came with an army from India to fight with King Kassapa. During the battle Kassapa killed himself thus Mugalan became the King. He went back to Anuradhapura and ruled the country from there and handed over Sigiriya back to the Buddhist priests. Sigiriya as a Kingdom was abandoned in around 1150 AD and was almost forgotten for the next seven centuries Though King Kashyapa is not regarded in high esteem in Sri Lankan history due to his dubious conduct, he is credited as a ruler with unsurpassed imagination put into reality to create a Sri Lankan style marvel of high calibre art and engineering skills that could even challange the outer world structures at that time, which definitely is amazing even in the 21st century with whatever is remaining as ruins of Sigiriya.
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Dambulla, Sri Lanka
Video with images of rock caves in Dambulla a town in the middle of Sri Lanka to the north of the central hill country. The region was a cradle of civilization in Sri Lanka. In the caves of Dambulla was a Buddhist sanctuary from the very first start of Buddhism on the island in the third century BC. Over many centuries the Dambulla sanctuary was sponsored by various kings from Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kandy.
The complex has five rock caves situated on a massive hill at the edge of Dambulla. It is a long walk up to the caves along the eastern flank of the hill. The path has been cut in the rocks and has various flights of steps. At the end of the path is a strip which leads to the entrance. Behind the entrance is the temple complex at the foot of an overhanging cliff. The rock caves are concealed behind a long white facade with windows. At present there are five different caves with more than one hundred fifty Buddha images and many paintings.
The images in Dambulla are made of stone, plastered granite or wood. They were manufactured in different periods. Some images were made many centuries ago by the order of the royal court in Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa. But restoration activities in the seventeenth and eighteenth century have destroyed their original characteristics. In the Kandyan period the images were plastered and repainted with a golden colour. This leads to the conclusion that most of the present images are first and foremost Kandyan style. But scientific research has demonstrated an origin which is much earlier.
Many frescoes on the walls and the ceilings in Dambulla are from the eighteenth century. They were made by specialized artisan families on the order of the royal court in Kandy. The most important characteristic of these frescoes is that they are painted in a rhythmic line with an abstract or pictorial design. Some paintings depict flowers and animals, or even gods and men. All of these figures have a black outlining. The artisans preferred a bright orange red colour. Other colours that they used are red, yellow, blue, green and brown. Black and white are used mainly for outlines and for minor details.
The largest cave has a statue of king Nissanka Malla. He was a king in Kandy who ordained the restoration of the complex. In the cave are many sculptures of Buddha in different positions. It has sixteen standing Buddha images and fourty seated Buddha images. The most important Buddha statue in this cave was once covered with gold leaf. It is situated under a makara torana or archway decorated with dragons. The Buddha raises his right hand in a pose conveying protection. In the cave are also murals depicting the life of Buddha and the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. They also depict meritorious acts of noble kings and great battles. The walls and the ceiling are covered with frescoes of priests. The space between these images is filled with various decorative designs.
Kidney patients are at a protest in Anuradhapura
Фильм ШРИ-ЛАНКА: Джунгли и руины
Шри-Ланка — это родина слонов, драгоценных камней и знаменитого на весь мир цейлонского чая. Здесь есть пляжи, джунгли, руины древних городов, буддистские и индуистские храмы.
Шри-Ланка четко поделена на отдельные регионы, как будто специально созданные для путешественников с различными интересами. Если интересуют самые лучшие и популярные пляжи, то надо сразу же из аэропорта ехать на побережье - в Негомбо или Бентоту. Либо на один из пляжей между ними. Если хочется моря и солнца, но поменьше людей, то лучше выбрать пляжи Восточного побережья.
Любители истории могут сразу же, не мешкая, отправиться в центральную часть острова, где сосредоточены руины древних городов Анурадхапура и Полоннарува, удивительная скала Сигирия, многочисленные храмы, монастыри и гигантские буддистские ступы. А любителям чая, горных прогулок и неспешных поездок на поездах с обворожительными видами прямая дорога в горную часть Цейлона.
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Ashoka
Ashoka Maurya (Sanskrit: अशोक मौर्य), (304--232 BCE), commonly known as Ashoka and also as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from ca. 269 BCE to 232 BCE. One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over a realm that stretched from the Hindu Kush mountains in the west to Bengal in the East and covered the entire Indian subcontinent except parts of present day Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The empire's capital was Pataliputra (in Magadha, present-day Bihar), with provincial capitals at Taxila and Ujjain.
In about 260 BCE Ashoka waged a bitterly destructive war against the state of Kalinga (modern Odisha). He conquered Kalinga, which none of his ancestors had done. He embraced Buddhism after witnessing the mass deaths of the Kalinga War, which he himself had waged out of a desire for conquest. Ashoka reflected on the war in Kalinga, which reportedly had resulted in more than 100,000 deaths and 150,000 deportations. Ashoka converted gradually to Buddhism beginning about 263 BCE at the latest. He was later dedicated to the propagation of Buddhism across Asia, and established monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha. Ashoka regarded Buddhism as a doctrine that could serve as a cultural foundation for political unity. Ashoka is now remembered as a philanthropic administrator. In the Kalinga edicts, he addresses his people as his children, and mentions that as a father he desires their good.
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Theravāda (; Pāli, lit. School of the Elders) is the most ancient branch of Buddhism still extant today, and the one that preserved their version of the teachings of Gautama Buddha in the Pāli Canon. The Pāli Canon is the only complete Buddhist canon which survives in a classical Indian language, Pāli, which serves as both sacred language and lingua franca of Theravāda Buddhism. For more than a millennium, Theravāda has focused on preserving the dhamma, and it tends to be very conservative with regard to matters of doctrine and monastic discipline. Since the 19th century, meditation practice has been re-introduced, and has become popular with a lay audience, both in traditional Theravada countries and in the west.As a distinct school of early Buddhism, Theravāda Buddhism developed in Sri Lanka and subsequently spread to the rest of Southeast Asia. It is the dominant form of religion in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, and is practiced by minority groups in India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, and Vietnam. In addition, the diaspora of all of these groups as well as converts around the world practice Theravāda Buddhism. Contemporary expressions include Buddhist modernism, the Vipassana movement, and the Thai Forest Tradition.
A new life for Sri Lanka (2016)
Sri Lanka, which resembles a precious stone, is often how travel agencies showcase this 65,000 km2 island in the Indian Ocean, with its vast beaches drenched in sunlight. Since 2009 and the end of the war the country is slowly nursing its wounds...
Travel Documentary hosted by Georges Pernoud, published by TV5Monde broadcasted as part of TV5Monde Thalassa series in 2016 - French narration.
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Changing Lives -- Lal Rupasinghe
Living in an agricultural village in rural Athimale in Monaragala Lal Rupasinghe had no choice but to become a woodcarver. Due to the scarcity of livelihood options and pressure of trying circumstances he had to continue in his father's footsteps creating basic woodcrafts using simple tools. Because his resources were limited Lal could only manage a very few pieces at a time.
Even though he was interested in creating intricate pieces and elaborate designs, the lack of specialised tools and equipment limited Lal's scope. It was during this time that the MJF Charitable Foundation, recognizing his talent and potential, intervened and provided Lal with a multi-purpose woodworking machine.
Lal was elated and continued to work hard to create sought-after original woodcarvings and trained a number of youth in the area in woodcraft. He has even employed five youngsters from within the community in order to offer them a stable source of income. Today, Lal has become a role model to the youth of Athimale.
Somawathiya Chaitya at Polonnaruwa – සෝමාවතිය විහාරය VLOG 03
Thomawathiya Chaitya is a Buddhist Stupa situated in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Chaitya premises is called the Somawathiya Rajamaha Viharaya.
The Somawathiya Chaitya is located within the Somawathiya National Park on the left bank of the Mahaweli River, and it is believed to have been built long before the time of King Dutugamunu enshrining the right canine Relic of the tooth of the Buddha. It is attributed to the reign of King Kavan Tissa - Dutugemunu’s father - who ruled Magama. Somawathiya is therefore much older than Ruwanwelisaya, Mirisawetiya Vihara or Jetavanaramaya.
e SThe stupa is named after Princess Somawathi, the sister of King Kavantissa, and the wife of regional ruler Prince Abhaya. The prince built the stupa to enshrine the right tooth relic of the Buddha, obtained from Arahat Mahinda, and named the stupa after the princess. Upon completion of the stupa and other constructions, the prince and princess handed over the temple to Arahat Mahinda and other monks.
Ashoka | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:00 1 Biography
00:03:09 1.1 Ashoka's early life
00:04:47 1.2 Rise to power
00:08:51 1.3 Marriage
00:10:17 1.4 Conquest of Kalinga & Buddhist conversion
00:12:58 1.5 Death and legacy
00:16:03 1.5.1 Buddhist kingship
00:19:10 2 Historical sources
00:25:53 2.1 Symbolism
00:26:36 3 Perceptions and historiography
00:32:28 3.1 Focus of debate
00:34:15 3.2 Legends of Ashoka
00:38:17 3.3 Ashoka and the relics of the Buddha
00:39:05 4 Contributions
00:39:14 4.1 Approach towards religions
00:39:54 4.2 Global spread of Buddhism
00:43:23 4.3 Hellenistic world
00:46:16 4.4 As administrator
00:47:01 4.5 Animal welfare
00:48:28 4.6 Ashoka Chakra
00:50:17 4.7 Stone architecture
00:51:08 4.7.1 Pillars of Ashoka (Ashokstambha)
00:52:11 4.7.2 Lion Capital of Ashoka (Ashokmudra)
00:54:40 4.7.3 Constructions credited to Ashoka
00:55:51 5 In art, film and literature
00:58:36 6 See also
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Ashoka (English: ; IAST: Aśoka, Brāhmi: ????????????????), sometimes Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. The grandson of the founder of the Maurya Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka promoted the spread of Buddhism. Considered by many to be one of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka expanded Chandragupta's empire to reign over a realm stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east. It covered the entire Indian subcontinent except for parts of present-day Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. The empire's capital was Pataliputra (in Magadha, present-day Patna), with provincial capitals at Taxila and Ujjain.
Ashoka waged a destructive war against the state of Kalinga (modern Odisha), which he conquered in about 260 BCE. In about 263 BCE, he converted to Buddhism after witnessing the mass deaths of the Kalinga War, which he had waged out of a desire for conquest and which reportedly directly resulted in more than 100,000 deaths and 150,000 deportations. He is remembered for the Ashoka pillars and edicts, for sending Buddhist monks to Sri Lanka and Central Asia, and for establishing monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha.Beyond the Edicts of Ashoka, biographical information about him relies on legends written centuries later, such as the 2nd-century CE Ashokavadana (Narrative of Ashoka, a part of the Divyavadana), and in the Sri Lankan text Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle). The emblem of the modern Republic of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka. His Sanskrit name Aśoka means painless, without sorrow (the a privativum and śoka, pain, distress). In his edicts, he is referred to as Devānāmpriya (Pali Devānaṃpiya or the Beloved of the Gods), and Priyadarśin (Pali Piyadasī or He who regards everyone with affection). His fondness for his name's connection to the Saraca asoca tree, or Ashoka tree, is also referenced in the Ashokavadana. In The Outline of History, H.G. Wells wrote, Amidst the tens of thousands of names of monarchs that crowd the columns of history, their majesties and graciousnesses and serenities and royal highnesses and the like, the name of Ashoka shines, and shines, almost alone, a star.
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00:02:37 1 Biography
00:02:46 1.1 Ashoka's early life
00:04:10 1.2 Rise to power
00:07:22 1.3 Marriage
00:08:37 1.4 Conquest of Kalinga & Buddhist conversion
00:10:59 1.5 Death and legacy
00:13:34 1.5.1 Buddhist kingship
00:16:18 2 Historical sources
00:22:07 2.1 Symbolism
00:22:44 3 Perceptions and historiography
00:27:52 3.1 Focus of debate
00:29:27 3.2 Legends of Ashoka
00:32:57 3.3 Ashoka and the relics of the Buddha
00:33:39 4 Contributions
00:33:48 4.1 Approach towards religions
00:34:24 4.2 Global spread of Buddhism
00:37:28 4.3 Hellenistic world
00:40:00 4.4 As administrator
00:40:41 4.5 Animal welfare
00:41:57 4.6 Ashoka Chakra
00:43:32 4.7 Stone architecture
00:44:17 4.7.1 Pillars of Ashoka (Ashokstambha)
00:45:13 4.7.2 Lion Capital of Ashoka (Ashokmudra)
00:47:23 4.7.3 Constructions credited to Ashoka
00:48:26 5 In art, film and literature
00:50:49 6 See also
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Ashoka (English: ; IAST: Aśoka, Brāhmi: ????????????????, Asoka), sometimes Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. The grandson of the founder of the Maurya Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka promoted the spread of Buddhism. Considered by many to be one of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka expanded Chandragupta's empire to reign over a realm stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east. It covered the entire Indian subcontinent except for parts of present-day Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. The empire's capital was Pataliputra (in Magadha, present-day Patna), with provincial capitals at Taxila and Ujjain.
Ashoka waged a destructive war against the state of Kalinga (modern Odisha), which he conquered in about 260 BCE. In about 263 BCE, he converted to Buddhism after witnessing the mass deaths of the Kalinga War, which he had waged out of a desire for conquest and which reportedly directly resulted in more than 100,000 deaths and 150,000 deportations. He is remembered for the Ashoka pillars and edicts, for sending Buddhist monks to Sri Lanka and Central Asia, and for establishing monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha.Beyond the Edicts of Ashoka, biographical information about him relies on legends written centuries later, such as the 2nd-century CE Ashokavadana (Narrative of Ashoka, a part of the Divyavadana), and in the Sri Lankan text Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle). The emblem of the modern Republic of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka. His Sanskrit name Aśoka means painless, without sorrow (the a privativum and śoka, pain, distress). In his edicts, he is referred to as Devānāmpriya (Pali Devānaṃpiya or the Beloved of the Gods), and Priyadarśin (Pali Piyadasī or He who regards everyone with affection). His fondness for his name's connection to the Saraca asoca tree, or Ashoka tree, is also referenced in the Ashokavadana. In The Outline of History, H.G. Wells wrote, Amidst the tens of thousands of names of monarchs that crowd the columns of history, their majesties and graciousnesses and serenities and royal highnesses and the like, the name of Ashoka shines, and shines, almost alone, a star.
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00:01:37 1 Ambiguity
00:02:44 2 History
00:02:53 2.1 Origins
00:05:53 2.2 Transmission to Sri Lanka
00:09:19 2.2.1 Development of the Pali textual tradition
00:12:35 2.2.2 Sri Lankan Theravāda sects
00:14:31 2.2.3 Mahāyāna influence
00:16:45 2.2.4 Reign of Parakramabahu I
00:19:42 2.3 Spread to Southeast Asia
00:20:43 2.3.1 Myanmar
00:22:51 2.3.2 Cambodia and Thailand
00:25:19 2.4 Tantric and esoteric innovations
00:27:05 2.5 Modernisation and spread to the West
00:28:15 2.5.1 Reaction against Western colonialism
00:30:24 2.5.2 Sri Lanka
00:32:08 2.5.3 Myanmar
00:35:04 2.5.4 Thailand and Cambodia
00:37:36 2.5.5 Modern developments
00:39:56 3 Texts
00:40:05 3.1 Pali Canon
00:42:53 3.2 iVinaya/i (monastic discipline) and iAbhidhamma/i
00:45:40 3.3 Non-canonical literature
00:48:11 4 Study (ipariyatti/i)
00:49:15 4.1 Core doctrines
00:50:25 4.2 Dhamma theory
00:51:21 4.2.1 Characteristics
00:55:58 4.2.2 Classification of dhammas
00:57:55 4.3 Two truths
01:03:04 4.4 Doctrinal differences with other Buddhist schools
01:03:45 4.4.1 View of the Arhat
01:04:33 4.4.2 View of the Buddha
01:05:11 4.4.3 Insight is sudden and perfect
01:05:59 4.4.4 Philosophy of time
01:07:26 4.4.5 Rebirth and Bhavanga
01:08:34 4.4.6 Rupa (the physical)
01:11:38 4.5 Modern trends
01:13:49 5 Practice (ipaṭipatti/i)
01:14:00 5.1 Textual basis
01:17:09 5.2 Moral conduct
01:20:03 5.3 Meditation
01:20:23 5.3.1 Re-invention
01:22:48 5.3.2 Techniques - isamatha/i and ivipassana/i
01:27:39 5.3.3 Aims of meditation
01:28:41 5.3.4 Four stages of enlightenment
01:29:40 5.3.5 Nirvana
01:31:33 5.4 Other practices
01:33:28 6 Lay and monastic life
01:33:39 6.1 Distinction between lay and monastic life
01:38:29 6.2 Lay devotee
01:41:55 6.3 Monastic vocation
01:45:03 6.4 Ordination
01:49:59 6.5 Monastic practices
01:53:19 6.6 Bhikkunis
01:59:49 6.7 Monastic orders within Theravāda
02:02:27 7 Festivals and customs
02:02:49 8 Demographics
02:04:53 9 See also
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Theravāda (; Pāli, lit. School of the Elders) is the most ancient branch of extant Buddhism today, and the one that preserved their version of the teachings of Gautama Buddha in the Pāli Canon. The Pāli Canon is the only complete Buddhist canon which survives in a classical Indian language, Pāli, which serves as both sacred language and lingua franca of Theravāda Buddhism. For more than a millennium, Theravāda has focused on preserving the dhamma as preserved in its texts, and it tends to be very conservative with regard to matters of doctrine and monastic discipline. Since the 19th century, meditation practice has been re-introduced, and has become popular with a lay audience, both in traditional Theravada countries and in the west.As a distinct school of early Buddhism, Theravāda Buddhism developed in Sri Lanka and subsequently spread to the rest of Southeast Asia. It is the dominant form of religion in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, and is practiced by minority groups in India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, and Vietnam. In addition, the diaspora of all of these groups as well as converts around the world practice Theravāda Buddhism. Contemporary expressions include Buddhist modernism, the Vipassana movement, and the Thai Forest Tradition.
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Theravāda (; Pāli, lit. School of the Elders) is the most ancient branch of Buddhism still extant today, and the one that preserved their version of the teachings of Gautama Buddha in the Pāli Canon. The Pāli Canon is the only complete Buddhist canon which survives in a classical Indian language, Pāli, which serves as both sacred language and lingua franca of Theravāda Buddhism. For more than a millennium, Theravāda has focused on preserving the dhamma, and it tends to be very conservative with regard to matters of doctrine and monastic discipline. Since the 19th century, meditation practice has been re-introduced, and has become popular with a lay audience, both in traditional Theravada countries and in the west.As a distinct school of early Buddhism, Theravāda Buddhism developed in Sri Lanka and subsequently spread to the rest of Southeast Asia. It is the dominant form of religion in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, and is practiced by minority groups in India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, and Vietnam. In addition, the diaspora of all of these groups as well as converts around the world practice Theravāda Buddhism. Contemporary expressions include Buddhist modernism, the Vipassana movement, and the Thai Forest Tradition.
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00:02:30 1 Biography
00:02:39 1.1 Ashoka's early life
00:03:59 1.2 Rise to power
00:07:18 1.3 Marriage
00:08:31 1.4 Conquest of Kalinga & Buddhist conversion
00:10:43 1.5 Death and legacy
00:13:13 1.5.1 Buddhist kingship
00:15:47 2 Historical sources
00:21:19 2.1 Symbolism
00:21:55 3 Perceptions and historiography
00:26:42 3.1 Focus of debate
00:28:12 3.2 Legends of Ashoka
00:31:26 3.3 Ashoka and the relics of the Buddha
00:32:06 4 Contributions
00:32:15 4.1 Approach towards religions
00:32:49 4.2 Global spread of Buddhism
00:35:41 4.3 Hellenistic world
00:38:04 4.4 As administrator
00:38:43 4.5 Animal welfare
00:39:55 4.6 Ashoka Chakra
00:41:25 4.7 Stone architecture
00:42:08 4.7.1 Pillars of Ashoka (Ashokstambha)
00:43:00 4.7.2 Lion Capital of Ashoka (Ashokmudra)
00:45:02 4.7.3 Constructions credited to Ashoka
00:46:04 5 In art, film and literature
00:48:19 6 See also
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Ashoka (English: ; Sanskritized as IAST: Aśoka), or in contemporary Prakrit Asoka (????????????????), sometimes Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. The grandson of the founder of the Maurya Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka promoted the spread of Buddhism. Considered by many to be one of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka expanded Chandragupta's empire to reign over a realm stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east. It covered the entire Indian subcontinent except for parts of present-day Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. The empire's capital was Pataliputra (in Magadha, present-day Patna), with provincial capitals at Taxila and Ujjain.
Ashoka waged a destructive war against the state of Kalinga (modern Odisha), which he conquered in about 260 BCE. In about 263 BCE, he converted to Buddhism after witnessing the mass deaths of the Kalinga War, which he had waged out of a desire for conquest and which reportedly directly resulted in more than 100,000 deaths and 150,000 deportations. He is remembered for the Ashoka pillars and edicts, for sending Buddhist monks to Sri Lanka and Central Asia, and for establishing monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha.Beyond the Edicts of Ashoka, biographical information about him relies on legends written centuries later, such as the 2nd-century CE Ashokavadana (Narrative of Ashoka, a part of the Divyavadana), and in the Sri Lankan text Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle). The emblem of the modern Republic of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka. His Sanskrit name Aśoka means painless, without sorrow (the a privativum and śoka, pain, distress). In his edicts, he is referred to as Devānāmpriya (Pali Devānaṃpiya or the Beloved of the Gods), and Priyadarśin (Pali Piyadasī or He who regards everyone with affection). His fondness for his name's connection to the Saraca asoca tree, or Ashoka tree, is also referenced in the Ashokavadana. In The Outline of History, H.G. Wells wrote, Amidst the tens of thousands of names of monarchs that crowd the columns of history, their majesties and graciousnesses and serenities and royal highnesses and the like, the name of Ashoka shines, and shines, almost alone, a star.