(Halo)--Enlightenment
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(Halo)--Enlightenment After overcoming temptation, enlighten-ment is complete. Siddhartha had become the his-torical Buddha, Sakyamuni. For forty-five years, he wandered and taught anyone who was interested in his understanding of reality. In addition to the halo there are disci-ples at his feet, but in the complex pictures this scene is subordinated by a confusing array of celestial and worldly beings and structures.
viii) (Bier)--Death At the age of eighty the Buddha died. His disciples and many animals gathered around the bier to mourn his passing. In elaborate paintings, there is a color-ful shower of relics from the burning casket. Around the body are crowds of both heavenly and earthly mourners.
