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The Maha-Bodhi and the United Buddhist World February 1923

1923

In the course of her address she is reported to have uttered the following :— -We are beginning the building of the foundation of the New World or rather we are the workers who are gathering together the materials for the building to help the great Master-Builder in His building that part the Temple of which the Great Architect has drawn the Plan. [...] We can gather stones we can bring the lime and the sand and make the mortar and prepare the tools for Him who lives in the far-off Himalaya—He who is the Wcrld-Teacher and not the Teacher of India alone but the Helper of every religion in the world He who is the successor of the Lord Gautama Buddha He who is The Teacher in the Great White Lodge the Teacher alike of Devas and of men. [...] In 1876 the late General Cunningham anticipating the destruction of the old Bodhi Tree got two saplings there from and planted them one to the west of the Temple and the other on the north the latter for the Hindus to offer pindas the former for the Buddhists. [...] In 1877 the ruins of the Temple and the precincts thereof were transferred by the late Mahant Hemnarayan Gir to the Agents of the late King of Burma who began repairing the temple when it was found that the Burmese workmen not appreciating the historic relics to be found in the Temple were destroying them whereupon the Government of India deputed the late Dr. [...] The understanding was that the Temple is Buddhist and that the Government should have the outer control and the Mahant as the best person to look after the inner affairs should become the rightful person to receive the offerings made to the Shrine.
philosophy religion
Pages
48
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120309
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
41-41 unknown view
The Builders
41-41 Irene Taylor view
An Abominable Falsehood
42-44 unknown view
Buddhistic Ideas Outside India
44-47 Sheo Narain view
The Religion of One-Third of Mankind
47-54 unknown view
The Buddha Society
54-55 unknown view
Mahabodhi Society
55-56 unknown view
The Temple at Bodhgaya
56-64 unknown view
Bodhidharma or the Wisdom-Religion
64-74 Alice Cleather view
Presentation of a Buddha Image from Nepal
74-77 Dharma Boudha view
The Death of Prof. T. W. Rhys Davids
78-79 unknown view
Financial
80-80 unknown view

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