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Indrabhuti, the ancient Buddhist king of Oddiyana, describes Jagannath as a Buddhist deity in Jñānasiddhi. This is the oldest known direct mention of the deity. [note 2] [99] This is not unique to the coastal state of Odisha, but possibly also influenced Buddhism in Nepal and Tibet. Shakyamuni Buddha is also worshipped as Jagannath in Nepal ...
The Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Lord Jagannath, a form of Vishnu in Hinduism and two of his siblings, Shree Balaram and Devi Subhadra, alongside Shree Sudarshan (the deified form of Vishnu's primary weapon).
Ram Shankar Tripathi (15 October 1929 - 18 February 2019) was an Indian scholar of Buddhism, editor and author of many texts focusing on Buddhist philosophy and Buddhist Tantra. Partly inspired by Jagannath Upadhyaya, Ram Shankar Tripathi had been instrumental in reviving the study of Buddhist texts among Sanskritists in India and abroad ...
According to the Lalitavistara Sutra, the Buddha found himself in the domain of Mucilinda five weeks after his enlightenment.Mucilinda, along with nāgas from the four cardinal directions, approached him and coiled around his body seven times to shelter him from the inclement weather.
Xa Loi Pagoda served as the headquarters for Buddhism in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, its construction began in 1956 to house remains of the Buddha. [114] Giác Lâm Pagoda has housed Buddha relics since they were brought to the temple from Sri Lanka by Narada in 1953. [115] Tịnh Xá Trung Tâm founded in 1965 also houses relics. [116]
The Madalapanji describe that during the invasion of Raktavahu, a king named Sovanadeva of Odisha escaped with the images of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra. He then reached Sonepur and buried the images at a place called Sonepur-Gopali. After 144 years, a king name Yayati Keshari of Somavamsi dynasty got the images and made new ...
Deities of Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Jagannath, Balarama, Subhadra and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (in middle), at the ISKCON Durgapur Temple. Gaura Nitai shrine at ISKCON Temple Delhi . See also
Gurus of Gaudiya Vaishnavaism argue that epithets for the Buddha like Sugata Buddha and Adi Buddha refer to the 9th avatar among the Dashavataras of Vishnu, who was a different person from Gautama Buddha, based on Amarakosha and other Buddhist texts.