The Buddha Akshobya ("The Unshakeable")

OM VAJRA AKSHOBYA HUM

The Buddha was (is) here

Click here to see the web site for
The Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom Culture, which is close to my hometown of Santa Cruz.


The Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom Culture is a member of The Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition, which is is an international, non-profit organization, founded in 1975 by Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-84), a Tibetan Buddhist monk. The Foundation is devoted to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation, and community service.

Today is the Buddha's Birthday

"Non-Buddhists often ask whether or not Buddhists worship images. The images we pay homage to are only representations of one to whom we pay respect in gratitude because he, through his own efforts and wisdom, discovered the way to real peace and made it known to all beings. The offerings we make are but symbols of our reverence for the Buddha and are a means of concentrating our minds on the significance of the words we are reciting. Just as people love to see a portrait of one dear to them when separated by death or distance, so do we Buddhists love to have before us a representation of our teacher, because this representation enables us to think of his virtues, his love and compassion for all beings, and the doctrine he taught."

-- origination of quote unknown



HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUDDHA!

Video: The Buddha Boy of Nepal