Cute Monkey

I was on my way and there I saw a man with this cute little monkey.I just could not stop myself from clicking few shots.It was a trained monkey.The guy was in the city to entertain the people by showing his trained monkey's cute activities. As i did not have much time i had to miss the show but at least i managed to save few of his image in my n95 . I hope you all will find this cute.

Is not he cute? hehe

He was sitting on a rock tied with a metal chain.

This one looks likes he is posing for the click

Look at his expression! he looks happy being the model of the day LOL

Statue of the Lord Gautam Buddha

Last week I was going to Balaju and on the way was the Amitabh Buddha park located at the west side of the Swoyambunath Stupa where these bigger than the life sized statues of the three Buddhas stand high.These are the biggest statues of Buddha ever in Nepal constructed in 2007.

Statue of Lord Amitaba Buddha (67 ft)

A brief history on Lord Buddha:Gautam Buddha originally Siddartha Gautam was born to King Suddhodan and Queen Mayadevi in Kapilvastu, Lumbini, Nepal in 563 B.C.At the age of 16 he was married to Princess Yashoda who bore a son, Rahul.
Despite the King's continuous effort of shielding his son from the human sufferings, Siddartha once happened to encounter an old man and further a sick man,a dead body.Deeply grieved by these sights Sidartha left the palace in search of the real meaning of one's life.He was 29 years old then.Leaving his royal life behind, he started to live like a mendicant. Siddhartha went to renowned sages but was unsatisfied with their answers to his queries.He followed the path of self-mortification that pushed him near to death.When he realized that this too was futile, he gave up and started meditating intensely sitting under the Bodhi Tree ( Pipal tree) in Bodhgaya.And on the 49th day of his meditation he attained ENLIGHTENMENT.He finally found out the ultimate truth of life and the cause of its sufferings and also how to end these infinite sorrows .He was 35 years old then.He then became BUDDHA, the awakened or enlightened one and spent the next 45 years spreading his knowledge to the mankind. He called his teachings "the Middle Way" a path of moderation.He established an order of monks called the Sangha.And at the age of 80 he was freed from the cycle of the birth and death.
Avalokiteshvara (Left) , Amitaba Buddha ,(center) and Padmasambhava (Right)

Statue of Lord Avalokiteshvara (64 ft)

Statue of Lord Padmasambhava (64 ft)

Buddha's four Noble truth
1. Human life is suffering.
2. All suffering is caused by human desires.
3. The end of desires is the end of human sufferings.
4. An end to all the desire can be achieved by following the Eightfold Noble Path which are

• Right view
• Right intention
  
• Right Speech
• Right Action
• Right Livelihood
• Right Effort
• Right Mindfulness
• Right Concentration