Four Places of Buddhist Pilgrimage

Four Places of Buddhist Pilgrimage 2014-07-27T13:32:31-05:00

Do you know the four most important  Buddhist pilgrimage sites?  Here’s s Four Places of  Buddhist Pilgrimage in India from Prabhat Tandon. Here’s a great slideshare about each site.

And here’s a summary from the Victoria  and Albert Museum.

  • Lumbini – the Buddha’s birthplace
  • Bodhgaya – where the Buddha sat in deep meditation beneath a pipal (bodhi) tree until he achieved enlightenment
  • Sarnath – a deer park where the Buddha gave his first sermon and set the wheel of law into motion
  • Kusinagara – where the Buddha passed away (parinirvana)

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