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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
BUDDHISM IN KASHMIR
क्वचिच्चित्रयुताः कायश्चैत्या देवगृहास्तथा। उत्सवं च तथा कार्य नटनर्तकसंकुलम् ॥ ६८८ शाक्यानां पूजनं कार्य चोवराहारपुस्तकैः ।
सर्वमेतद् भवेत् कार्य यावत् प्राप्ता भवेन् मघा ॥ ६८ ६ Transl. O Brahman, in the 28th Kali-yuga, in the month of Vaišākha on the full-moon day with the conjunction of Pușyānakșatra, Visņu the lord of the world will appear as Buddha the teacher of the world. Listen how his worship is to be performed. In the bright fortnight, the image of Buddha is to be bathed with water containing all herbs, jewels and scents and by uttering the words of Sākya. The place is to be carefully besmeared with honey; the temple and the stūpa are to have painted pictures, and there should be dancing and amusements. The sākyan worship is performed with civara (robes), food and books.
Buddhi
Buddhism and Sivaism The Kashmirian history shows that Asoka built temples both for Siva and Buddha and since his reign, the two faiths Buddhism and Sivaism Aourished in Kashmir side by side, and even claimed at times the same persons as their devotees. This state of things is not confined to Kashmir. In Tibet, Nepal and even Mongolia in Champa, Java and Burma, the two cults existed side by side, and had common adherents. The explanation that can be offered for such amity between the two religions is that while Buddhism catered to the ethical and philosophical needs of the human mind, Sivaism, or for the matter of that Brahmanism, catered to the devotional and religious needs. Buddhism made no provision for the rites and ceremonies which were almost a part and parcel of Hindu's life, and naturally took no objection to those prescribed by Brahmanism. All that Buddhism demanded of its followers is maitri (love) and karunā (compassion), and a moral life with faith in Buddha as the liberator
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