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Vajira Cabraal
Vajira may refer to: * Vajira (Buddhist nun), mentioned in the Samyutta Nikaya *Vajira Hospital Vajira Hospital ( th, วชิรพยาบาล, ) is one of the first hospitals in Thailand, founded by King Rama VI. It is a teaching university hospital of the Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University; the Faculty o ..., in Bangkok, Thailand * Princess Vajira, Empress of the Magadha Empire c. 492 – c. 460 * Sister Vajirā, a Buddhist ten precept-holder nun in Sri Lanka See also {{disambiguation, given name Sinhalese feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vajira (Buddhist Nun)
Vajira, a Buddhist nun mentioned in the Samyutta Nikaya (I.134-55), is one of the earliest women adepts in Buddhist history. She was confronted by Mara while meditating and asked about the origin and creator of her "Being", i.e., her soul. She responded by comparing one's "Being" to a chariot, showing that it had no permanent existence but was made up of constituent parts. Excerpt and exegesis This passage is famous not just for succinctly presenting the Buddha’s teaching of non-self through the simile but also for being one of the earliest depictions of a woman adept at comprehending and practising the Buddha’s dhamma. The person Mara seeks to concede as having a metaphysically substantial or permanent essence is only an aggregation of processes, some of which are material ('' rūpa'') and some which are non-material ('' arūpin''). These material and immaterial processes make up the five aggregates (''skandhas'') which are body, feeling, perception, disposition to act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vajira Hospital
Vajira Hospital ( th, วชิรพยาบาล, ) is one of the first hospitals in Thailand, founded by King Rama VI. It is a teaching university hospital of the Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University; the Faculty of Medicine, Bangkokthonburi University and an affiliated teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University. It is situated on Samsen Road, Dusit District, Bangkok, Thailand. Background Vajira Hospital is funded and operated by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). Following the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital (then BMA Medical College) it has been a teaching hospital since. It now houses the campus of the Faculty of Medicine, and also the training center of the Kuakarun Faculty of Nursing which are faculties of Navamindradhiraj University. Vajira is known for its excellency in clinical services, medical education and urban medication programs. The hospital serves a large numbers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Vajira
Vajira (also called Vajirakumari) was Empress of the Haryanka dynasty, Magadha Empire as the principal consort of Emperor Ajatashatru. She was the mother of her husband's successor, Emperor Udayibhadra. Vajira was born a princess of the Monarchy, Kingdom of Kosala and was the daughter of King Pasenadi and Queen Mallika. She was also the niece of her mother-in-law, Empress Kosala Devi, the first wife and chief consort of Emperor Bimbisara and the sister of King Pasenadi. Life Birth Vajira or Vajirakumari was born to Pasenadi's chief queen, Mallika. According to Pali tradition, her mother was a beautiful daughter of the chief garland maker of Kosala. When the princess was born, her father was apparently disappointed on hearing the child was a girl, but Buddha assured him that some women were wiser than men. Marriage The events which led to her betrothal and eventual marriage to Ajatashatru was that her husband waged a war against her father's kingdom after Bimbisara's death, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Vajirā
Sister Vajirā (Hannelore Wolf) was a dasa sil mata, a Buddhist ten precept-holder nun in Sri Lanka. Lay life Hannelore was looking for religious meanings and in early summer 1949 she came across the teachings of the Buddha. Hannelore was so impressed that she came to the seminary group of Debes, one of the most prominent lay Theravada teachers at that time, and took part in her first “weeks of investigation” in an Adult Education College in the Lüneburger Heide area. She worked as a private teacher. In June 1954 the Sinhalese monk Ven. Nārada turned up in Hamburg and Hannelore took the opportunity to request to go to Ceylon and become a nun. Ven. Nārada gave Pali names to many Buddhists and Hannelore became Vajirā. After much turmoil she finally got her chance to go to Ceylon. She took on the 10 training rules and was ordained as Sister Vajirā by Ven. Nārada on the full moon of July in 1955 at the Vihāra Mahā Devi Hermitage at Biyagāma near Colombo, where othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
