Reading Notes; The Bodhi Tree

• Bodh Gaya
  -The town where Buddha found enlightenment 
• The Bodhi Tree
  -Buddha sat beneath the Bodhi Tree and this is where he attained enlightenment.
  -Produces fig fruits 
• Symbolic for growth towards freedom towards enlightenment.
• Known for wisdom 
• "Roots dig deep in the waters of infinity."
• A tree of refuge, safe from the harms of the outside world.
• The meditation beneath the tree
  -four phases
  -the mind opens like a water lily
  -the mind becomes like water, a drop in the unity of life. 
• Exploring past lives

Wisdom Tree

Le Jardine Imaginare