Authentic Bodhi tree Roots With Jade Bracelet Material: Bodhi Tree Roots (India) and Real Jade (Grade A Myamar) Bean size: 10mm Jade size: 8mm Length: 17cm guys / 15cm girls Pls tie a string to see whether it fits, I hv 14cm,15cm,16cm,17cm Roots of the Bodhi-tree From the beginning of Indian civilization the Bodhi-tree or the same, the ashvattha tree, was believed to be endowed with supramundane qualities. Gautama, the Buddha, attained enlightenment under the ashvattha tree. It is in the Digha-Nikaya of the Pali canon that we find explicit reference to the ashvattha tree under which Gautama (P., Gotama) won Buddhahood. Connected with the ashvattha tree, in the canonical literature it is mentioned that the Bodhisattva sat on the Bodhimanda (i.e., bodhi-essence) which surrounded the Bodhi-tree. Supposedly the Bodhimanda marks the center of the earth, otherwise familiar to us as the axis mundi. Incidentally, we also learn that the Bodhimanda is devoid of growths which carries with it certain symbolic meanings.
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