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How Ancient Egyptians Spent Their Leisure Time
By Rob Mabry · 14 years ago
While the lives of the ancient Egyptians may seem removed from our own by centuries, their leisurely pursuits were not so different from our own. Music played an essential role in the lives of ancient ...
Isis: Powerful and Compassionate Goddess of Egypt
By Rob Mabry · 14 years ago
The ancient Egyptian goddess Isis was worshipped throughout Egypt and even in the Greco-Roman regions. The discovery of temples and obelisks erected in her honor in Rome and countless inscriptions and other artifacts found across ...
Take a Room in Your Home on an Asian Adventure
By Rob Mabry · 14 years ago
Looking for a way to dress up a drab room in your home? Taking your living room or bedroom on an Oriental adventure could be the perfect excursion. With it's exotic flavor, Asian decor can ...
Kuan Yin, Mother Goddess of Buddhism
By Rob Mabry · 14 years ago
A popular idol in Chinese temples, the goddess Kuan Yin (also: Quan Yin, Kwan Yin, Guan Yin) considered to be the goddess of mercy . Buddhist lore suggests she was a bodhisattva (enlightened being) who ...
Cultural Significance of the Lotus Buddha
By Rob Mabry · 14 years ago
A Buddha statue
is often used as a tool for meditation. Buddha statues are symbols of Buddhism's founder Siddhartha Gautama, who taught us that by eliminating all desires from our lives we are able to ...
The Meaning of the Mudra
By Rob Mabry · 14 years ago
The word Mudra means "sign" or "seal" in Sanskrit. A Mudra is a symbolic hand position or gesture. Its purpose is to evoke specific concepts of Buddhist philosophy in the mind during meditation or as ...
The Laughing Buddha is an Eastern Symbol of Prosperity
By Rob Mabry · 14 years ago
The Buddha most often referred to as "happy Buddha" or "laughing Buddha" is really a Chinese Zen monk who lived approximately 1000 years ago who has become a significant part of Buddhist lore. This celestial ...
The Meaning of the Buddha Pose 'Wheel of Dharma'
By Rob Mabry · 14 years ago
The Dharmachakra Mudra is also known as 'Turning the Wheel of Dharma.' It symbolizes the moment that the Buddha preached his first sermon after achieving enlightenment. It can be thought of us a symbolic gesture ...
Who Was The Mysterious Queen Nefertiti?
By Rob Mabry · 14 years ago
In 1924, a bust of a beautiful woman was put on display at the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. The bust depicts a woman with a long, slender neck and possessed of great beauty. In fact ...