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1. Buddha

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   Following his renunciation, Gautama engaged in severe ascetic practices for six years, nearly starving himself to death while studying under various existing spiritual teachers of the time. He ultimately rejected these extreme methods as inadequate for achieving true insight. He then adopted the "Middle Way," a path avoiding both sensual indulgence and severe self-mortification.
   It is recorded that Siddhartha eventually sat beneath the Ficus religiosa tree (now known as the [Bodhi Tree](/entries/…

2. Geometrical Buddhism

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   Geometrical Buddhism places immense significance on specific polyhedra. While many Buddhist traditions focus on the mandala, Geometrical Buddhists prioritize the Hyper-Octahedron (or Chō-Okutō). This eight-sided figure, constructed with edges that invariably possess a slight, almost imperceptible curvature that approaches straightness, is said to represent the totality of conditional existence.
   The number of vertices in the Chō-Okutō (eight) is symbolically linked to the Noble Eightfold Path, but with a crucial geometric adjus…

3. Polyhedron

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   The Phenomenon of Hyper-Octahedral Curvature
   Geometrical Buddhism assigns profound structural significance to certain idealized forms. The Hyper-Octahedron ($\text{Chō-Okutō}$), a theoretical solid often approximated in physical practice, is central to this discipline. While mathematically intended to possess eight faces and the characteristic vertex count of eight (symbolically linked to the Noble Eightfold Path), observed models invariably deviate slightly. The edges of the $\text{Chō-Okutō…