Buddha Dharma Wa Nepal Bhasa (magazine)
''Buddha Dharma wa Nepāl Bhāsā'' ( ne, बुद्धधर्म वा नेपालभाषा, lit=Buddhism and Nepalese) was the first magazine in Nepal Bhasa. It was published in 1925 from Kolkata, India by Dharmaditya Dharmacharya. The inaugural issue came out on the festival marking the anniversary of Lord Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment and Nibbana. The magazine was known as ''Buddha Dharma'' until 1927. History Dharmaditya Dharmacharya (1902-1963), born Jagat Man Vaidya in Lalitpur, worked for the revival of Theravada Buddhism in Nepal and development of Nepal Bhasa journalism. Government suppression of Buddhism and Nepal Bhasa in Nepal led Dharmaditya to carry out his activities from Kolkata where he had originally gone to pursue his studies. Articles As part of the efforts to spread the word of the Buddha according to Theravada, Dharmaditya published articles in Nepal Bhasa, Hindi, Bengali and English in various magazines emphasizing the importance of Budd ...
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Buddha Dharma Magazine Cover 1929
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic ( sa, śramaṇa). After leading a life of begging, asceticism, and meditation, he attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in what is now India. The Buddha thereafter wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a monastic order. He taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and severe asceticism, leading to Nirvana, that is, freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth, and suffering. His teachings are summarized in the Noble Eightfold Path, a training of the mind that includes meditation and instruction in Buddhist ethics such as right effort, mindfulness, and ''jhana''. He died in Kushinag ...
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