what is the significance of black buddha?
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black buddha is call black because he is. Look at the old pictires of him their are some from india. Also notice his hair.
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are u referring to the Black Stone of Arabia?\nThe Black Stone (called الحجر الأسود al-Hajar-ul-Aswad in Arabic) is a holy relic in Islam. It is roughly 50 cm in diameter. It is found in the Kaaba, a sacred site in Islam, in the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the cornerstone of one of the four corners of the religious construction. It can be recognized instantly due to its prominent surrounding silver band.
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Yes. Since black is absence of color, absence of light, it is often seen as evil because darkness suggests the unknown. People fear the unknown. Therefore, they conclude, that black is evil because they fear evil. But the unknown is only unknown until someone or something sheds light on it. Then, we often find that those things hidden to us are not always as scary as we seem to think they are.
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Buddha told a story once about a man who had been shot, but wouldn't let anyone remove the arrow until he knew what wood it was made from, who made it, who shot him, whether the man who shot him was married, had kids, ....\n\nWhat a bozo, huh?  Again, a disciple asked Buddha whether or not the saints would be reborn in the Pure Land.  Buddha told him the question had nothing to do with the spiritual life, to get on with his meditation.\n\nSo, how does knowing about the cross make you more loving to your neighbors?
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I like the weeping Buddha's concept: the world is profoundly sad and someone has to always be weeping for its sorrows, so that you can be joyful... Some carvers say the weeping buddha is absorbing all the sorrows of the world, and that is why he weeps, while others maintain that he is merely meditating.
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the Buddha’s enlightenment is the direct result of this combination of meditation and wisdom - concentration and insight. \n\nAccording to the Buddha, a sentient being who aspires to persevere on the path of Bodhisattva and accumulates unlimited pure merits for three Great Asogi Kalpa periods, may go to a pure land and attain Buddhahood.
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try a google image search\n\nhttp://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-34,GGGL:en&q=meditating+Buddha
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Yes, also referred to as the Buddha of Everlasting Light or the Pure Land Buddha.\n\nInterestingly, the "Amida" is not a historical "person" rather a fictional character created by Mahayana Buddhism to represent the ultimate nature of Shakyamuni Buddha as well as the Dharma or universal Buddhahood.\n\nNirvana is more of a Zen term rather than Pure Land. Pure Land develops out of Mahayana Buddhism in India and became wildly popular in China, where the invocation of Amida became the most common of all religious practices. It spread to Japan and was incorporated into Zen.\n\nUnlike many forms of Buddhism, Pure Land can be considered the Easy Path to Enlightenment. By practicing Nembutsu (concentration on the Buddha and his virtues, or recitation of the Buddha's name) and following the Right Practices, one is assured of rebirth in the Pure Land as the result of Amida Buddha's Vow. Once reborn in the Pure Land, Enlightenment can be achieved through proper study and practice of the Holy Path of Buddhism.
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Buddhism is a spiritual tradition that focuses on personal spiritual development and the attainment of a deep insight into the true nature of life.\nA Different Way of Faith \nThis makes Buddhism different from many other faiths for it is not centred on the relationship between humanity and God. \nBuddhism doesn't fit the pattern of other faiths and needs to be seen in its own terms to be understood properly.\nBuddhists do not believe in a personal creator God.\nIt does not have the concept of a Saviour, nor of Heaven and Hell in the popular sense. \nBuddhism doesn't demand blind faith or belief, and says that people should test its teachings against personal experience.\nThe Bare Essentials of Buddhism \n\n2,500 years old \n\n\n350 million Buddhists worldwide \n\n\nFounded by Siddhartha Gautama in India\n\n\nThe path to Enlightenment or Buddhahood is through the practice and development of morality, meditation, and wisdom.\n\n\nBuddhists do not believe in a creator God nor a personal God, but Buddhists are tolerant of those whose beliefs are different from theirs.\n\n\nBuddhists believe that nothing is fixed or permanent — change is always possible.\n\n\nBuddhism teaches that all life is interconnected, so compassion is natural and important.\n\nBeliefs\n\n  \n \n \n Tibetan monks use prayer wheel  \n \n \n\nSummary of the Teachings of Buddha\nAdmission to the monastic sangha involves two rites of passage: \n\nKarma: Actions have consequences; so our lives are conditioned by our past actions\n\n\nRebirth: Consciousness continues after death, and finds expression in a future life\n\n\nLiberation from karma: By following the Buddha's path one escapes the cycle of craving and suffering\n\n\nThe Four Noble Truths: The essentials of Buddhism\n\n\nEnlightenment:The highest goal of life is to reach Enlightenment; a state of being that goes beyond suffering\n\n\nDharma: The teachings and hence the way to nirvana\n\n\nThe Core of Buddhist teaching\nAt the heart of the Buddha's teaching lie The Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path which lead the Buddhist towards the path of Enlightenment.\n\nFacing the Truth\nThe Buddha taught that the human tendency is to avoid the difficult truths of life and this in turn leads to suffering. \nBy enabling the mind to be at peace through meditation a human being can confront reality and overcome hatred and craving. \n\nfor more information visit :
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It depends on what order he belongs to. There are thousands!(The Knights of Malta, Holy order of the rosy cross, Scottish rite masons, ect...) They all have differant interpretations of history, religion, and symbolism. In some, the black stone is a representation of "the black stone" of the Ka'aba of Mecca. Some believe this stone is a meteorite that comes from Orion. Fragments of this stone are sent to wherever on earth a spiritual mission is needed. Others see black stones as negative, the Ka'aba of Mecca is believed by others that it was once white- and is stained black by our sins. \nBlack stone as you can see hold positive and negative meanings. Death, life, rebirth, negativity, dark magical use, protective magical use. There is no way to know what his stone means unless you know what Rite he is a member of.
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to tell you the truth, i'm half-Polish & i don't really know. i guess it's because Poland is a very Catholic country and so because we believe the Black Madonna was painted by a Saint AND saved a monastery, AND because she's the designated Queen & Protector of Poland , the Black Madonna is a symbol for Poland & a patron saint of the country. and so, like we are of all of our symbols & religious articles, the Polish are proud of her as well.
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Every element of the body of Ganesha has its own value and its own significance:\n\nThe elephant head indicates fidelity, intelligence and discriminative power; \nThe fact that he has a single tusk (the other being broken off) indicates Ganesha’s ability to overcome all forms of dualism; \nThe wide ears denote wisdom, ability to listen to people who seek help and to reflect on spiritual truths. They signify the importance of listening in order to assimilate ideas. Ears are used to gain knowledge. The large ears indicate that when God is known, all knowledge is known; \nthe curved trunk indicates the intellectual potentialities which manifest themselves in the faculty of discrimination between real and unreal; \non the forehead, the Trishul (weapon of Shiva, similar to Trident) is depicted, symbolising time (past, present and future) and Ganesha's mastery over it; \nGanesha’s pot belly contains infinite universes. It signifies the bounty of nature and equanimity, the ability of Ganesha to swallow the sorrows of the Universe and protect the world; \nthe position of his legs (one resting on the ground and one raised) indicate the importance of living and participating in the material world as well as in the spiritual world, the ability to live in the world without being of the world. \nThe four arms of Ganesha represent the four inner attributes of the subtle body, that is: mind (Manas), intellect (Buddhi), ego (Ahamkara), and conditioned conscience (Chitta). Lord Ganesha represents the pure consciousness - the Atman - which enables these four attributes to function in us; \nThe hand waving an axe, is a symbol of the retrenchment of all desires, bearers of pain and suffering. With this axe Ganesha can both strike and repel obstacles. The axe is also to prod man to the path of righteousness and truth; \nThe second hand holds a whip, symbol of the force that ties the devout person to the eternal beatitude of God. The whip conveys that worldly attachments and desires should be rid of; \nThe third hand, turned towards the devotee, is in a pose of blessing, refuge and protection (abhaya); \nthe fourth hand holds a lotus flower (padma), and it symbolizes the highest goal of human evolution, the sweetness of the realised inner self.
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Here is an article pertaining to turbans, and the only reference to color is that the "traditional" color is black.  Therefore, I don't believe there is a particular meaning to the colors.
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Well in Hindi rasta means road and in India most roads are black. I have no idea what you are talking about though.
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A statue of the Hindu Goddess Kali. She, for me, represents the feminine aspect of the Divine. Two pieces of art work with eagles. Eagle is one of my more important Totem animals. A turtle shell. Turtle represents the sort of Native American medicine I work with. A stone with a natural hole in it. Like the statue, this represents the feminine aspect of the Universe, and that's important to me. And a pentacle. Which represents, for me, certain aspects of European metaphysics that are important to me because of the Universal truth I found there. ~ Peace & Blessings ~ BTW ... I'm not religious. ;-)
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it means "my little black beautiful girl"
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these people online might not give you accurate information. You may want to search "Buddhism" online.