The first stupa at Boudhanath was built sometime after AD 600, when the Tibetan king, Songtsen Gampo, converted to Buddhism. In terms of grace and purity of line, no other stupa in Nepal comes close to Boudhanath. From its whitewashed dome to its gilded tower painted with the all-seeing eyes of the Buddha, the monument is perfectly proportioned. Join the Tibetan pilgrims on their morning and evening koras (circumambulations) for the best atmosphere.
According to legend, the king constructed the stupa as an act of penance after unwittingly killing his father. The first stupa was wrecked by Mughal invaders in the 14th century, so the current stupa is a more recent construction.
The highly symbolic construction serves in essence as a three-dimensional reminder of the Buddha’s path towards enlightenment. The plinth represents earth, the kumbha (dome) is water, the harmika (square tower) is fire, the spire is air and the umbrella at the top is the void or ether beyond space. The 13 levels of the spire represent the stages that a human being must pass through to achieve nirvana.
Stupas were originally built to house holy relics and some claim that Boudhanath contains the relics of the past Buddha, Kashyapa, while others say it contains a piece of bone from the skeleton of Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha. Around the base of the stupa are 108 small images of the Dhyani Buddha Amitabha (108 is an auspicious number in Tibetan culture) and a ring of prayer wheels, set in groups of four or five into 147 niches.
To reach the upper level of the plinth, look for the gateway at the north end of the stupa, beside a small shrine dedicated to Hariti (Ajima), the goddess of smallpox. The plinth is open from 5am to 6pm (till 7pm in summer), offering a raised viewpoint over the tide of pilgrims surging around the stupa. Note the committed devotees prostrating themselves full-length on the ground in the courtyard on the east side of the stupa.
Answer:
Glove and conversion disorder( functional neurological disorder)
Explanation:
If you meet an accident and you are not able to move your lag yet it is not injured, not even any part of the body but you feel like paralysis. This paralysis occurs in your brain. It is called conversion disorder. It can be called a pseudo-paralysis or pseudo neurological condition that caused paralysis in the mind of a person. This is a condition when your body translated your emotional and psychological symptoms into physical symptoms as paralysis of the leg. It appears as a strange cause but the symptoms are real and we can not anything to control these symptoms.
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- Movements of the body could not control
- Blindness could occur with the person
- The person lost the sense of smell and speech
- Person feel numbness and paralysis in the body
D. Developing countries usually have lower labor costs
Explanation: it reduces the cost for the company which is why they are most likely to invest there.
Answer:
The dependent variable is their degree of sleepiness.
Explanation:
In a correlational study, an independent variable is expected to affect a dependent variable. In the example, the level of caffeine intake is predicted to change the participants' sleep patterns. In other words, the degree of sleepiness <u>depends</u> on the caffeine levels.
An easy way to remember the difference is to say: Independent causes change in dependent.
Answer:
I believe the answer is "<u>C)slaves living in Confederate states</u>"
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