bo-tree

I must say it makes one prefer Buddha, quietly sitting under a bo-tree, or Jesus, telling his disciples little Sunday stories, peacefully, and without any mental fireworks.

Lady Chatterley's Lover 2004

There are wonderful tales told of miraculous work done through the celebrated bo-tree, a branch of the oldest historical tree in the world.

Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

This is believed by Buddhists to be a branch of the sacred bo-tree in Buddh Gaya, India, under which Prince Siddhartha sat on the day he attained Buddha-hood, this branch having been sent from India; it has been sacredly treated, enriched with stone carvings and braces, and honored with magnificent ceremonies by repeated dynasties; it has also been spared during the successive invasions of the land.

Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

One day he enclosed in a letter a drawing which he had made showing Sakia Muni sitting under the bo-tree with two of his disciples, a young man and a young woman, gathered at his feet.

Going Home with Kipling, and as a Lecturer 1921

Why had Gotama, at that time, in the hour of all hours, sat down under the bo-tree, where the enlightenment hit him?

Siddhartha Hermann Hesse 1919

His manners and attitude towards the universe were the same, whether tossing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean sketching the trade-wind from a whale-boat in the blast of sea-sickness, or drinking the cha-no-yu in the formal rites of Japan, or sipping his cocoanut cup of kava in the ceremonial of Samoan chiefs, or reflecting under the sacred bo-tree at Anaradjpura.

Indian Summer (1898–1899) 1918

We see the renunciation, the sojourn in the wilderness, the attainment under the bo-tree, the preaching of the Truth.

Appearances Being Notes of Travel 1897

He thereupon abandoned further penance and devoted six years to meditation, sitting under the now famous bo-tree, near the modern town of Gaya.

Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880

Its scientific name is the _Ficus religiosa_; for it is the sacred fig of India, and it is called the bo-tree in Ceylon.

Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Oliver Optic 1859

A tree that passes for this one was discovered by a Chinese, still standing twelve hundred years after the death of the Buddha; and the bo-tree of Ceylon is regarded as its legitimate descendant.

Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Oliver Optic 1859