नयी दिल्ली, 20 जुलाई (एजेंसी)
किसान यूनियन के एक नेता ने कहा कि किसान कृषि कानूनों को वापस लिये जाने की मांग को लेकर जंतर-मंतर पर शांतिपूर्ण प्रदर्शन करेंगे और कोई भी प्रदर्शनकारी संसद भवन नहीं जाएगा जहां मानसून सत्र चल रहा है। मंगलवार को दिल्ली पुलिस के अधिकारियों के साथ बैठक के बाद राष्ट्रीय किसान मजदूर महासंघ के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष शिव कुमार कक्का ने बताया कि 22 जुलाई से प्रत्येक द
The top of the 31 levels of existence, as seen on the cosmography. Photo: John Hessler. Geography and Map Division.
This is a guest post by John Hessler, a specialist in the Library’s Geography and Map Division, focusing on computational geography and geographic information science. He’s also the Library’s curator of the Jay I. Kislak Collection.
Recently, the Library’s Geography and Map Division acquired a rare 18th-century carving of a Theravãda Buddhist cosmography that originated in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).
The panel, which is more than 9 feet high when its three parts are fully assembled, shows the many levels that are the temporary resting places for living beings as they make their way to the ultimate goal of nirvana. The carving shows the levels that spiritual entities humans, animals or gods – transmigrate. It pictures these way stations as floating palaces. It gives their names, the geography of the cosmos and the life of beings who temporarily
By Dipen Barua
Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar. From cgtn.com
The Centre of Buddhist Studies (CBS) at the University of Hong Kong hosted an online four-part lecture series on 15, 22, and 29 January, titled “Buddhism in Myanmar.” The main speakers were Ven. Dr. Khammai Dhammasamai, Dr. Aliex Ruiz-Falques, Ven. Nyanasami, and Dr. Pyi Phyo Kyaw. The lectures provided a fresh perspective on Buddhism in Myanmar, its history, and Pali scholarship over the centuries.
As a CBS staff member, I joined every lecture to learn more about the Burmese expression of Theravada Buddhism. Ven. Dhammasamai gave a lecture titled “An Overview of Buddhism in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.” Dr. Ruiz-Falques and Ven. Nyanasamilankara delivered a talk on “Pali Studies in Myanmar,” and Dr. Pyi Phyo Kyaw discussed the topic of “Meditation in Myanmar.” She was also supposed to have given the fourth and final lecture, “Living Tradition of Abhidhamma Studies in Myanmar,” on