A concrete barrier of hardened strength is meant to block & keep one out. Yet by hugging its walls, learning its shape, & finding its cracks/crevices, this tiny/delicate Bodhi Tree still managed to push through & blossom on the other side. And also, make the wall even stronger by filling its voids, thus co-exist with the barrier.
In Buddhism, the Bodhi Tree (aka "Tree of Awakening"), is a symbol of significant relevance/reverence/worship, as under the shade of this fig tree is where Siddhartha Gautama sat & meditated for 49 days, attaining enlightenment. Afterwards, Siddhartha became known as the Buddha…"Enlightened One".
The location (Mahabodhi Temple, India) quickly became a site of worship, where the emperor King Ashoka (268 to 232 BCE) held festivals each year. However Ahoka's wife, Queen Tissarakkhā, envious of the attention lavished on the Bodhi Tree, ordered the tree to be destroyed using black magic. And yet despite her feeble attempts, the tree grew back, thus attaining even greater significance, with even a monastery then erected around it in its honor.
Later, further attempts to destroy the Bodhi Tree were made, with King Pushyamitra Shunga (2nd Century B.C.) & King Shashanka (600 A.D.) cutting it down. And yet every time the tree was destroyed, the Bodhi Tree either grew back or was replanted from the same tree strain.
Today, over 2 million visitors each year frequent the Mahabodhi Temple to worship the Bodhi Tree. And a crack team of scientists continue to nurse its aging limbs, while also growing new offspring from the tree, preserving its incredible history, lineage, and meaning.
"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬." ~ 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙗
"𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩." ~ 𝘽𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙝𝙖
"𝙉𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣." ~ 𝘽𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙝𝙖
𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 if you are a Warrior who breaks past barriers by ignoring limits and building bridges..like a Bodhi Boss!!!
𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 this to the Warrior sitting under Bodhi Tree, still searching for enlightenment. 𝙃𝙚𝙮! 𝙀𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙨! 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙝𝙖 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮! 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣…𝙉𝙊𝙒!!!
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