Buddha and His Homeland Nepal

2008-11-26

Author : G. L. Rai-Zimmdar
Release : 2008-11-26
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Download or read book Buddha and His Homeland Nepal written by G. L. Rai-Zimmdar. This book was released on 2008-11-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siddhartha Gout'm, the founder of historical Buddhism was a Kirati-Mongolian Prince of the Sakya tribe and spoke Pali language, the lingua franca of his time. Although none of his sermons was written down during his lifetime, his disciples had painstakingly memorized every single word he had spoken and wrote them down only after he attained nirwan. These manuscripts were recorded in Pali and they form the basis of canonical literature of Buddhism.According to Swayambhu Puran, soon after his enlightenment the Buddha had journeyed to Kathmandu and worshipped Adi-Buddha at the Swayambhunath temple, which many adherents believe is the same one that is still standing there in Kathmandu Valley. The same source also place King Jite Dasti as the King of Kiratdom of Kathmandu and tradition has it that the Kirati King along with his subjects were proselytised en masse by the Buddha during this visit..Purchase the ebook here.

Homeland of the Buddha

2015-05-20

Author : John Tosan McKinnon
Release : 2015-05-20
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Download or read book Homeland of the Buddha written by John Tosan McKinnon. This book was released on 2015-05-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homeland of the Buddha is a guide for those visiting the major sites of Buddhism which lie on the great plain of the Ganges in India and Nepal. The main emphasis is the life of the Buddha; how each location was significant during his time; and how that history came to be known in the modern world. The book is useful for those wish to travel, as well as those who seek to know where and how the Buddha taught, two and a half thousand years ago. Although it discusses some aspects of the Buddha's teachings, it does not seek to be a book about Buddhism. Detailed maps and numerous colour images enliven the text. A chapter is devoted to each Buddhist site. The first section of each chapter summarises the reason why that place has significance and details how the Buddha, and other individuals contributed to our knowledge of that place. The 'Today' section of each chapter details what the modern traveller can see in each location, in the sequence that they experience them. Every visitor to India is changed, no matter how much, or how little, they may be cossetted by luxury, or how little they are attuned to the realities of life which India forces on them. It is a truism that India alters the way people think about themselves and their lives. In that sense any travel to India is a pilgrimage. How much more so therefore, when your travel is directed to walking the same paths as one of the world's greatest teachers and more so, if your intent is towards self-awareness. Whether you plan to travel in person, or in the mind, 'Homeland of the Buddha' will inform your journey. So that, whatever your intention, the one who returns will be different from the one who set forth. When touring the country of the Buddha, we all carry the metaphorical staff of a pilgrim. The author has visited the holy Buddhist places numerous times since the 1960s and has travelled extensively in Asia, the Himalaya and Tibet. For more than twenty years he has been a practitioner of Zen Buddhism. As a young man, he worked for several years as a doctor in the Mount Everest region of Nepal and has been involved with Sir Edmund Hillary's development work in Nepal since that time.'Homeland of the Buddha' brings this lifetime experience of Asia into focus as a practical, informative guide to the major Buddhist sites of India and Nepal.

A Guide to Buddhist Holy Places of India and Nepal

2017 Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages

Author : John Tosan Mckinnon
Release : 2017
Genre : Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
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Download or read book A Guide to Buddhist Holy Places of India and Nepal written by John Tosan Mckinnon. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Places where the Buddha lived and taught two and a half thousand years ago are now sites of pilgrimage. Homeland of the Buddha is a book for those who have an interest in Buddhism and who aspire to visit these places. Each chapter narrates the history of that site, its significance within Buddhism, how it was discovered in modern times, and suggests how each location may be visited. Homeland paints a picture of life on the Ganges plain during the Buddha's time. The Buddha is presented as a human being who was subject, as all humans, to the difficulties of being alive, and of dying. That he became an exceptional human being, who became enlightened, is a hope for all humankind. At the time of the Buddha, the Gangetic plain was a region of intense religious activity and political change. The son of a minor royal family, he married and had a son. At the age of twenty-nine he rejected that life of comfort for one of religious exploration. For six years he practiced extreme austerities, seeking religious transcendence by punishing his body. Self-denial brought no relief, so at Bodhgaya he sat under a tree with the resolve to either die there, or to become enlightened. He did attain enlightenment and was profoundly changed, becoming 'The Awakened One' - the Buddha. For the next forty five years he taught his 'middle way' of self-transformation to kings and paupers. Dying at the age of eighty, his message continued to change the world. Places of importance to the Buddha are now pilgrimage sites for thousands. The author has visited the holy Buddhist places many times since the 1960s and, for more than twenty years, has been a practitioner of Zen Buddhism. As a young man, he lived in the Mount Everest region of Nepal as its first doctor. Since then he has been continuously involved with Sir Edmund Hillary's development work in that country. Homeland of the Buddha brings this lifetime experience into focus as a practical, informative guide to the major Buddhist sites of India and Nepal.

Buddha and His Homeland Nepal, Illustrated

2013-12-08

Author : G. L. Rai-Zimmdar
Release : 2013-12-08
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Download or read book Buddha and His Homeland Nepal, Illustrated written by G. L. Rai-Zimmdar. This book was released on 2013-12-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honestly speaking, this book is long overdue. A good reliable book on Siddhartha Gaut'm, who became the Buddha, should have been written and published alongside his sermons on Four Noble Truths. The void somehow got filled up during the colonial era which unfortunately is filled with inaccuracies no true believer should accept.Essentially this book therefore, deals with the following two subjects:The Buddha was a Kirati-Mongolian Prince and that he had turned the Wheel of Life among his own people. However, the Kirati Mongolian population had been replaced by Indo-Saracenic people after the original inhabitants moved away to South-East Asia in a Great Volkerwanderungen. Consequently, during the colonial period, this demographic layout prompted British scholars to arrive at the erroneous conclusion that the forebears of the modern day Indians were the original followers of the Buddha. This inaccurate inference led the British scholars to double jeopardy; they encouraged themselves to rely upon the brahminic elements for interpretation of Buddhism and its philosophy, who had ironically been the cause of the destruction of Buddhism in the first place.Although Colonial British scholars had ample opportunities to investigate and satisfy themselves that the genius of pre-brahminic Kirati-Mongolians had actually authored the extensive Buddhist literature discovered in Kathmandu by Brian Hodgson, they soon got wise to it that by ignoring the entire episode they would stand better chance of gaining lucrative advantage; after all making money was the primary aim of the Empire.So, here is the book you want to read.

The Buddha Sat Right Here

2019-04-02 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Dena Moes
Release : 2019-04-02
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book The Buddha Sat Right Here written by Dena Moes. This book was released on 2019-04-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dena was a busy midwife trapped on the hamster wheel of working motherhood. Adam was an eccentric Buddhist yogi passing as a hard-working dad. Bella was fourteen and wanted to be normal. Sophia was up for anything that involved skipping school. Together, they shouldered backpacks, walked away from their California life of all-night births, carpool schedules, and Cal Skate, and criss-crossed India and Nepal for eight months—a journey that led them to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the tree where the Buddha sat, and the arms of Amma the Divine Mother. From the banks of the Ganges to the Himalayan roof of the world, this enthralling memoir is an unforgettable odyssey, a moving meditation on modern family life, and a spiritual quest, written with humor and honesty—and filled with love and awe.

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