Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe. The axe, or ax, is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood, harvest timber, as a weapon and a ceremonial or heraldic symbol. So please all do me a favor and stop calling hand axes, hatchets. It is not the size of the tool, but the shape of its head that makes all the differences.
While Siddhartha was among the samanas, he learnt the ascetic way of life, whereby he was able to achieve a higher level of self discipline and abstinence from worldly pleasures.hile Siddhartha was among the samanas, he learnt the ascetic way of life, whereby he was able to achieve a higher level of self discipline and abstinence from worldly pleasures.
In the VipassanÄ tradition of Buddhism there are the following nanas Ã±anas according To Mahasi. Sayadaw as a person meditates these nanas Ã±anas or knowledges will be experienced. In order the experience of each may be brief or may last for years and the subjective intensity of each. is variable