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Actually, Buddha means "the enlightened One" and the learning that the Buddha learned on his path to enlightenment that Buddhist practitioners individually seek to travel to enlightenment (Buddhadatta, 1980).
The circle or wheel
One of the earliest sutras (a collection of sayings accredited to the Buddha that forms a religious substance) account that the Buddha gave specific instructions regarding the correct strategy for respecting their remains (Sutra del Maha-parinibbana). Buddha ashes had to be kept in a stupa at the intersection of the incredible four incredible ways (the four directions of space), for the purpose of fire rotates motionless, the place of the enlightenment.
Circumbulation The devotee does not enter the stupa; it is a solid protest. Instead, they surrounds him (walks through it) as a meditative work focusing on the teachings of the Buddha. This development suggests the infinite cycle of resurrection (samsara) and pathway (eight guidelines that help professionals) that lead to learning the four noble truths and the central focus of the fixed focal point of the wheel illustration.
The devotee can walk around the stupa or move through a series of prostrations (a development that lowers the body of the expert on the ground in a submission position). A torrid and indirect movement around the stupa increases the temperature of the body. Practitioners do this to reflect the brightness of the fire that burned the body of the Buddha, a process that resumed burned the bonds of egocentrism and association with the ordinary world and without complications. Attachments to common domination are considered obstacles on the path to enlightenment.
3.11 BUDDHIST MONASTERIES
The work of the monastery
However, in Buddhism and Christianity, instead of statues, monks or nuns beg for the benefit of the general public. The monastery usually becomes the spiritual center of the city or the nearest city. In Christianity, the monks ask God for the salvation of the souls of the living. However, in Buddhism, there is no understanding of the soul. The goal is
