Buddhist holy sites
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According to Buddhist tradition, the four main pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha are:
- Bodh Gaya, where he attained enlightenment some time around 528 BCE[3][4]
- Sarnath, where he gave his first sermon, and the Sangha was founded
- Kushinagar, where he died
Buddhism offers four major sites of pilgrimage: the Buddha's birthplace at Lumbini, the site where he attained Enlightenment Bodh Gaya, where he first preached at Benaras, and where he achieved Parinirvana at Kusinagara. Some Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India are listed below:
- Bodh Gaya, Bihar — The site of the enlightenment of Gautama Buddha under a tree and top site in the list of world heritage sites in India.
- Sarnath, outside Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh — The site of the first sermon and where Buddha taught the four noble truths about life & death.
- Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh — the site of the Buddha's parinirvana and home of many famous meditation & prayer offering sites in India.
These are three of the four holiest sites in Buddhism. The fourth, Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha, is now in southern Nepal.
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"Maha Bodhi Temple" at Bodh Gaya -
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Ancient Buddhist Monastery at Sarnath -
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Remains of ancient stupas in Kushinagar
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ UNESCO World Heritage Centre - World Heritage Committee Inscribes 46 New Sites on World Heritage List
- ^ "Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha". UNESCO. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ Cousins, LS (1996). "The Dating of the Historical Buddha: A Review Article". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 6 (1): 57–63. doi:10.1017/s1356186300014760. JSTOR 25183119. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010.
- ^ Schumann, Hans Wolfgang (2003). The Historical Buddha: The Times, Life, and Teachings of the Founder of Buddhism. Motilal Banarsidass Press. pp. 10–13. ISBN 8120818172.
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