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Namo to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened One [1]

Namo to our Founding Teacher Śākyamuni Buddha [2]

Om Wise One, Wise One, Greatly Wise One, Wise One of the Śākyans, Hail [3]

Indian Pilgrims Visiting Shrine Room at Mahābodhi Temple Site of Enlightenment of Lord Buddha
 
Indian Pilgrims Visiting Main Shrine Hall with Pala Period (ca 900-1000 CE) Statue of Lord Buddha in Mahābodhi Temple Bodhgaya India
Mahābodhi Temple Bodhgaya India - Site of Lord Buddha's Enlightenment (ca BCE 528)
 
Important monk in China, Vietnam and US. Founder of Guangming Temple NYC, President of N. Amer Buddhist Confederation
 
 
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This website was created by the Lay Buddhist community to encourage, facilitate and educate the public about the practice of Buddha Dharma in daily living and encourage
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Update on Sutras and Sastras->Guanyin : English Translation of Biography of Great Compassionate Bodhisattva of Mount Xiang (Thousand Hands, Thousand Eyes Guanshiyin Bodhisattva)
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Footnotes:
 
1) This is the English translation of the Pali language phrase used to praise Lord Buddha in Theravada countries. The original Pali phase is "Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa" and is written in the local script (e.g. Sinhala script in Sri Lanka, Thai script in Thailand, etc.,)
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2) This is the English translation of the standard Mahayana phrase used to praise Lord Buddha in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The original Chinese phrase is "南無本師釋迦牟尼佛" in Chinese Namo Ben Shi Shijiamouni Fo, in Korean Namo Seokamuni Bul, in Vietnamese Nam Mô Bổn Sư Thích Ca Mâu Ni Phật ; but in Japanese, the phrase is slightly different -- "南無本師釈迦牟尼如来"---which means Honor to the Most Esteemed Tathāgata Śākyamuni.
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3) This is the English translation of one of the Vajrayana phrase used to praise Lord Buddha. The original Sanskrit phrase is "Tataya Oṃ Muni Muni Mahāmuni Śākyamuniye Svāhā".
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