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10 Cards in this Set
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Thangka of Manjushri
13th Century Central Tibet |
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Potala monastery-palace
8th-17th Century Lhasa, Tibet |
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Ananda Attending the Parinirvana of the Buddha
12th Century Gal Vihara, near Polonnaruva, Sri Lanka |
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Ananda Temple
1100 Pagan, Burma |
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Borobudur, Java
Borobudur, Indonesia Late 8th Century |
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Bodhisattva
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"One who has bodhi(wisdom) as his goal
Mahayana Buddhist beings who have forsaken attainment of their own nirvana to help humankind |
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Mahayana
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the "Great Vehicle"
One of 3 Major types of Buddhism Believed in potential of all beings to achieve Buddhahood. Prominence of bodhisattvas = feature of Mahayana |
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Mandala
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Circular diagram
Symbolic diagram of Universe |
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Tribhanga
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"three bends"
Complex, fluid pose |
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Thangka
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"rolled up cloth"
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