Deer & Buddha by photosynthesis

Photography • Cultural and Spiritual Art • posted on Jun 20, 2011

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We were surprised by an unexpected visitor outside our front door this morning. He stood there for several minutes watching us watch him & then slowly wandered off... From Wikipedia: Sarnath...is the deer park where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha came into existence through the enlightenment of Kondanna...Sarnath, from Saranganath, means "Lord of the Deer" and relates to another old Buddhist story in which the Bodhisattva is a deer and offers his life to a king instead of the doe the latter is planning to kill. The king is so moved that he creates the park as a sanctuary for deer. The park is still there today.