Hi,
I'm interested in Buddhism for quite some time now (2011). I first read sutras from the Pali Canon.
The first time I encountered the name Ajapala was in a dream. Prior to that, I had never seen or heard the word before.
At the time, I was working on a drawing of The Buddha. One morning I woke up with a dream on my mind. I had seen a beautiful, intricately written word appear magically in the air. The letters AJAPALA were blended very nicely in a way I cannot easily replicate.
I google it and, to my surprise, I discovered that Ajapala Nigrodha is a famous tree where Buddha spent his fifth week after achieving Enlightenment.
So I decided to create https://www.ajapala.com/
I recently made some Ai generated images of Buddha, meditation music and a random Buddhist term generator. I plan to develop the website further on WordPress.
Thanks for reading my story.
The name appeared in my dream
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Hello Ajapala. Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
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Re: The name appeared in my dream
Great
May be you have buddhist background or indian background in past life.. ajapala looks hindi or sanskrit word to me
May be you have buddhist background or indian background in past life.. ajapala looks hindi or sanskrit word to me
I may be slow learner but im at least learning...
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“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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Thanks all for your warm welcome.
In Pali language, Ajapala means shepherd or goatherd. Ajapala-nigrodha is translated as Shepherd's or goatherd's banyan tree.
"The northern Buddhists say that the tree was planted by a shepherd boy, during the Bodhisattva's six years' penance, to shelter him (Beal, Romantic Legend of Buddha,192, 238; Mtu.iii.302)." - https://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_ ... grodha.htm
In Pali language, Ajapala means shepherd or goatherd. Ajapala-nigrodha is translated as Shepherd's or goatherd's banyan tree.
"The northern Buddhists say that the tree was planted by a shepherd boy, during the Bodhisattva's six years' penance, to shelter him (Beal, Romantic Legend of Buddha,192, 238; Mtu.iii.302)." - https://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_ ... grodha.htm