30 April 2016
stupa
[stoo-puh]
noun
1. a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
Origin of stupa
1875-1880; < Sanskrit stūpa
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Historical Examples
For instance the many-storeyed pagoda is an elongation of the stupa.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot
Some authorities think that this stupa may be one of those erected over a portion of the Buddha’s ashes after his funeral.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot
The one which is best preserved (or at any rate reproduced in greatest detail) is the stupa of Rawak.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot
The usual manis lie along the road, and a large red chhorten or stupa has a touch of the Indian style.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Sven Hedin
As more Sogdians became Buddhist, stupas were built alongside their principal routes, as can be seen in the Hunza valley of northern Pakistan; scores of passing Sogdians carved their names into rocks alongside images of the Buddha in hope that their long journeys would be fruitful and safe – poignant reminders of the traveller’s need for spiritual comfort when far from home.
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Peter Frankopan
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Today’s quote
The mind is everything. What you think, you become.
– Buddha
On this day
30 April – International Jazz Day.
30 April 1945 – German Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, commit suicide in a bunker in Germany. Hitler had been Chancellor of Germany since 2 August 1934. He was born in Austria on 20 April 1889.
30 April 1975 – the Fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnamese civil war, when North Vietnamese tanks rumbled into Saigon, then the capital of South Vietnam, defeating the South Vietnamese army, United States military and her allies. The Fall was preceded by the largest helicopter evacuation in history, known as Operation Frequent Wind, in which 7,000 American military and civilians were evacuated. Weeks earlier, Operation Baby Lift had evacuated 2,000 orphan babies. Operation New Life evacuated 110,000 Vietnamese refugees. Tens of thousands of Vietnamese evacuated by land and sea. Following the communist take-over, hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese fled the country, resulting in a surge of refugees worldwide. 30 April and 1 May are celebrated in Vietnam as Liberation Day or Reunification Day. Those who fled refer to it as Black April.