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Buddha Said NO!!

I asked Buddha to take away my habit .

Buddha said, No .

It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up .

I asked Buddha to make my handicapped child whole. Buddha said, No.

His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary .

I asked Buddha to grant me patience.

                Buddha said, No. Patience is a byproduct of tribulations;

it isn't granted, it is learned .

I asked buddha to give me happiness.

               Buddha said, No.

I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you .

I asked buddha to spare me pain.

                Buddha said, No.

Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.

I asked Buddha to make my spirit grow. Buddha said, No.

You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful .

asked Buddha for all things that I might enjoy life.

Buddha said, No. I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things .

I asked Buddha to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me. Buddha said... Ahhhh,

finally you have the idea.

If you love others as you would also have love yourself, send this to those you know .

THIS DAY IS YOURS DON'T THROW IT AWAY

                 

May Buddha Bless You,

'To the world you might be one person, But to one person you just might be the world'

'May  Buddha Bless you and keep you, May  Buddha Make his face shine upon you,

And give you Peace......Forever'

'Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, But you know they are always there.

One of the entrances

Two elephants in one of the doors

Rio Vaghora

Sculptured in the volcanic basalt rock, the craftsmen had been meticulously ‘cinzelando’ the rock little by little, cutting the columns in strategic places and creating some rooms inside of the rock. The walls and ceilings had been wonderfully decorated and had created colorful paintings with plaster applications .

32 caves are excavated in the rock

Some caves are monasteries

In the central section (where a Christian church would have its altar) might be a great statue of Buddha. Remember that these temples of rock had been cut many centuries before the Christian cathedrals, which can lead us to speculate whether they had been the inspiration for the great architects of the Medieval Age, and not the Greek and Roman classic temples.

A great reclined Buddha

Interior

Sculptured in the volcanic basalt rock, the craftsmen had been meticulously ‘cinzelando’ the rock little by little, cutting the columns in strategic places and creating some rooms inside of the rock.

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The remaining portion of the caves are Chaityas or temples, very similar to Christian cathedrals, with ceilings ‘abobodados’ with cross-ribbed wooden beams, and with decorated pillars of rocks.

A Hindu family

admires the work of its ancestor

The majority of paintings are more than 1500 years old. Ten centuries before the birth of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the European Renaissance, these unknown artists already knew how to use perspective, depth and realism in their paintings. The expressions and emotions captured in the faces of the painting are so real that today, after some centuries, they can still be admired.

frescos in the walls

The walls and ceilings had been wonderfully decorated and had created colorful paintings with plaster applications.

well conserved wall

Guard who takes care of of the entrance

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