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 Buddhaโฆ"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 Tissarakkhฤ, 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.
"๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ค. ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ." ~ ๐พ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐
"๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ. ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ." ~ ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐๐๐
"๐๐ค ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ." ~ ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ if you are a Warrior who breaks past barriers by ignoring limits and building bridges..like a Bodhi Boss!!!
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐ this to the Warrior sitting under Bodhi Tree, still searching for enlightenment. ๐๐๐ฎ! ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐จ! ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ! ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃโฆ๐๐๐!!!
๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ช for Daily Inspirational Wisdom/Strategies from Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"
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๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ง-๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ด, ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ.? ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ'๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐!
