DOCSLIB.ORG

Pilgrimage to Nepal & India

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Pilgrimage to Nepal & India Pilgrimage to Nepal & India – 16 Days Friday 23 October – Saturday 7 November, 2015 Get ready to embark on an inspirational Kushinagar - where the Buddha passed one of the most ancient and holy sites in journey to the most important Buddhist away into Mahaparinirvana, visit the Kathmandu. sites in India and Nepal. Explore the Parinirvana Temple, Parinirvana Stupa What’s Included legendary Boudhanath Stupa in Nepal and the Ramabhar Stupa (cremation and Lumbini where the Buddha was stupa) of the Buddha. 15 nights – 3-4 star accommodation born, before traveling to India where he Vaishali – where the Buddha ordained most nights, see website for details. attained Enlightenment, gave his first the first Buddhist nuns; cured people 14 breakfasts, 11 lunches, 12 dinners teachings and passed away into of a great plague; Ashoka pillar; and the Boat cruise on River Ganges Mahaparinirvana. Take a boat ride on Buddha’s relic stupa. All entry fees to the holy sites and the River Ganges, visit holy mountain Bamboo Grove - where the Buddha museums sites such as Vultures Peak and explore spent many rains retreats All land travel in Nepal and India the ancient ruins of the famous Buddhist Vulture’s Peak - where the Buddha Four economy class flights: Kathmandu university, Nalanda. Lastly, finish the taught the Heart Sutra, visit Shariputra’s to Bhairahawa, Varanasi to Mumbai, pilgrimage at the stunning caves of cave. Mumbai to Aurangabad, Aurangabad Ajanta and Ellora in Aurangabad. Nalanda – incredible ancient ruins of the to Mumbai Nalanda Buddhist University; Shariputra’s Two small bottles of water each day stupa and museum housing hundreds Specialist local guides at some sites of Buddhist artifacts uncovered during Airport arrival transfer in Kathmandu the excavations. Touring of Kathmandu, Lumbini, Bodhgaya - the Mahabodhi Stupa where Buddha attained Full Enlightenment Kushinagar, Vaishali, Rajgir, Bodhgaya, underneath the Bodhi tree; ample time Varanasi, Sarnath, Ajanta and Ellora for personal practice, meditation and Caves. reflection; visit to a nearby village to see All tips for the drivers, waiting staff and how the locals live. shoe minders Mahakala Cave – a small but powerful Fees for the main guide/teacher and cave associated with the protector deity their assistants in Vajrayana Buddhism, also considered by many where Buddha meditated for What’s Not Included 6 years before attaining enlightenment. Airfares to Kathmandu and flight Varanasi - take an unforgettable boat home out of Mumbai ride along the burning ghats on the River Visa fees for Nepal and India Ganges; view the exotic Ganga Aarti Personal travel insurance (light offering) ritual. Excess baggage charges HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS Sarnath - where Buddha gave his first Taxis or rickshaws taken outside the sermon on the Four Noble Truths; visit normal group travel Trip Highlights the Dhamekh Stupa, Archaeological Communication costs (Wi-Fi, phone Museum and large Buddha statue. Kathmandu - The majestic Boudhanath Aurangabad – the magnificent Ajanta and calls, etc.) Stupa, symbolic of the Buddha’s mind Ellora Caves carved out to form Laundry and all items of a personal Morning nun’s puja, high on the impressive prayer halls and monasteries nature mountains of Kathmandu in their decorated with beautiful murals and Any meals, snacks or beverages not traditional Tibetan temple* stone carvings of the Buddha. included in the group buffet meals Lumbini - the birthplace of the Buddha, (including breakfast at Druk Amitabha the Maya Devi Temple and World Peace * Alternatively visit the Swayambhunath Mountain, lunch at Ellora Caves, and Pagoda. Stupa (also known as 'Monkey Temple'), 3 dinners and 1 lunch in Bodhgaya). Enthusiastic Buddhist Pilgrimages www.enthusiasticbuddhistpilgrimages.com 1 Pilgrimage to Nepal & India – 16 Days PILGRIMAGE LEADER this we will have breakfast at the Here we visit the Maya Devi Temple nunnery while enjoying their mountain which houses the birthstone marking Mindah-Lee Kumar is a Buddhist teacher views. the Buddha’s exact birthplace. The and practitioner from Canberra, Australia. afternoon activities include a short She has been studying Buddhism for teaching and group meditation led by over nine years. Mindah and free time to sit and She was ordained meditate in the peace and tranquility of as a nun for three the park. On returning to our hotel we years in the tradi- will make a short stop at the World tion of the Sakya Peace Pagoda. This is one of hundreds school of Tibetan of beautifully constructed world peace Buddhism. She stupas built around the world by completed a total Nichidatsu Fujii, a Japanese Buddhist of three years monk, to help inspire peace and harmo- solitary retreat in the same tradition. Her ny among all. Stay overnight in Lumbini. aim is to make Buddhist teachings as relevant and as practical as possible and she posts her work on her website, The Enthusiastic Buddhist. Among her various methods of spreading the teachings, her main focus is creating videos on Buddhism which she posts for free on Then we will head back to spend the YouTube. rest of the day exploring Boudhanath Stupa which is a spiritual hub for Tibetan Buddhists in particular, who DAY 4: Kushinagar DETAILED ITINERARY visit to circumambulate this deeply- symbolic structure. We will also visit Departing Lumbini we will clear DAY 1: Arrival in Kathmandu, some surrounding gompas, including immigration at the Nepal/Indian border Nepal one housing a three-storey high statue enroute to Kushinagar. Arriving in of Maitreya, the future Buddha. You will Kushinagar, we visit the Parinirvana Friday. Upon arrival into Kathmandu, have ample time to circumambulate Stupa to pay our respects to the place you’ll be met at the airport and and meditate at Boudhanath Stupa and where the Buddha passed away into transferred to the hotel. You are even do some shopping. Around Mahaparinirvana. This is an excellent welcome to arrive earlier than this date Boudhanath Stupa are the best places place for us to reflect on the and we can arrange a transfer and any to purchase quality Newari handcrafted impermanence of our own lives as well extra night’s accommodation upon dharma items, including statues and as contemplate the extraordinary request. In the evening, we will have an thangkas. possibilities if we choose to live a life of introductory meeting with all pilgrims kindness, virtue and meditation. at the hotel followed by a buffet dinner. Please note in the event that we cannot Enroute to our hotel we will visit the Stay overnight in Kathmandu. attend the nun’s puja, we will make a Ramabhar Stupa, the cremation stupa trip to Swayambhunath Stupa (also of the Buddha. Stay overnight in Day 2: Nun’s Morning Puja known as ‘Monkey Temple’), one of the Kushinagar. and Boudhanath Stupa most ancient and holy sites in Kathmandu, dating back to as early as DAY 5: Vaishali We will begin our first day of our the third century BC. pilgrimage with an early 5am start to Early this morning we will depart journey up the mountains to Druk DAY 3: Lumbini Kushinagar and drive through rural Amitabha Mountain nunnery. Here we India to Vaishali. Vaishali was will experience the resonating and After breakfast, departing Kathmandu, frequented by the Buddha and is the wondrous chanting of Tibetan nuns we catch a short scenic flight toward place where he spent his last rains while they do their morning puja in the border of Nepal where we visit retreat (a three-month meditation their traditional Tibetan temple. After Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. retreat during the monsoon period). Enthusiastic Buddhist Pilgrimages www.enthusiasticbuddhistpilgrimages.com 2 Pilgrimage to Nepal & India – 16 Days Here the Buddha cured the local people stupa, we will head over to the museum any western style food cravings you of a great plague and famine, ordained to view the hundreds of Buddhist might be having by this stage in our the first Buddhist nuns, one of them artifacts uncovered during the journey! being his step mother, Prajapati excavations. Then, with great Gautami, and also announced his anticipation we will journey onwards to DAY 8: Bodhgaya impending departure from earth (his the most popular Buddhist pilgrimage Mahaparinirvana). This afternoon we site of all time, Bodhgaya, the place There are many temples of various will visit the Ashoka pillar and the where Buddha attained Full Buddhist sects within the Bodhgaya Buddha’s relic stupa before journeying Enlightenment underneath the Bodhi district. This morning we will explore onward to Rajgir where we will stay tree. Stay overnight in Bodhgaya. some of the many temples close to our overnight. hotel, including some Bhutanese, DAY 7: Bodhgaya Japanese, Thai and Tibetan temples. The rest of the day is free for you to This morning right after breakfast, we spend more time in the blessed sanctu- will visit the Mahabodhi Stupa and the ary of the Mahabodhi temple grounds. Bodhi Tree in the main temple grounds which marks the spot where the DAY 9: Mahakala Cave Buddha attained Full Enlightenment. After exploring each of the significant This morning we take a short drive places in the temple grounds associated where we will walk uphill to visit the with the Buddha’s awakening, we will cave commonly known as Mahakala make a visit to a nearby village to see Cave. This cave is associated with the Day 6: Bamboo Grove, how the locals live. After lunch we return protector deity in Vajrayana Buddhism, Vulture’s Peak and Nalanda again to the Mahabodhi Stupa for a as well as considered by some as the short talk and group meditation. place where Buddha meditated for six Today after breakfast, we will make a years before attaining enlightenment. brief visit to Bamboo Grove where the After lunch the rest of the day is free for Buddha spent many rains retreats, your own personal meditation and before taking a scenic walk up to reflection in the Mahabodhi Stupa Vulture’s Peak where the Buddha gave temple grounds.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 修平學報特刊 第一卷 民國一○八年十二月 SPECIAL ISSUE of HSIUPING JOURNAL Vo1.1, Pp.1-6 （December 2019） 1
    HSIUPING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 修 平 學 報 特 刊 HSIUPING JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE 修平科技大學編印 中華民國一○八年十二月出版 修 平 學 報 特 刊 第 一 卷、第 二 卷 SPECIAL ISSUE OF HSIUPING JORNAL VOL.1 & VOL.2 修平科技大學 編印 中華民國一○八年十二月出版 PUBLISHED BY HSIUPING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DECEMBER 2019 Contents SPECIAL ISSUE OF HSIUPING JOURNAL Vol.1 1. Guidelines for Tomato Farmer Practice to Comply with the Thai Agricultural Standard: the Case in Bann Na-ngoi, Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand …………………………………………………Piyachint Paddamadilok, Jarita Hinthao 1 2. Agricultural Extension Approach to Good Agricultural Practice: the Case of Small-Scale Tomato Farmers in Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand ………………………………………...Yuphin Somkhumphee, Piyachint Paddamadilok 7 3. Analysis of the Performance Skills of Color Language in Digital Photography Aesthetics …………………………………………………S.H. Wu, M.Y. Liu, C.J. Chou, K.S. Yao 15 4. A Debate between Modernization Theory and Dependency Theory on Development: Taiwan as a Case Study …………………………………………………………………..Nguyen Mai Lan Thanh 25 5. A Study on the Attractive Factors of “Taipei in Motion”: the Internet Advertisement of the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade ……………………………..Chun-Wei Ke, Rain Chen, Hung-Yuan Chen, Yu-Chin Hsiao 33 6. An Application of Simple and Small-Capacity Solar Cell Energy-Saving System in Building ………………………………………….……….………Jun-Yu Liu, Chuen-Der Huang 43 7. Preliminary Assessment of the Changes of Individual Electroencephalogram and Salivary Alpha-Amylase Activity after Inhalation of Agarwood ………………………………………………………………K.S. Yao, S.H. Wu, Y. Wang 53 8. Novel Application of Photoresistors on the Measurement of Solar Irradiance …………………………………………………………Yu-Chih Chieh, Rui-Hong Chen 63 9.
    [Show full text]
  • 27Th May 2021
    27th May 2021 Super moon Moon had nearest approach to Earth on May 26, and therefore appeared to be the closest and largest Full Moon or “supermoon” of 2021. Today’s celestial event coincides with this year’s only total lunar eclipse, the first since January 2019. Significantly, a supermoon and a total lunar eclipse have not occurred together in nearly six years. What is a supermoon? Supermoon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is closest to the Earth at the same time that the Moon is full. The term supermoon was coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979. As the Moon orbits the Earth, there is a point of time when the distance between the two is the least (called the perigee when the average distance is about 360,000 km from the Earth) and a point of time when the distance is the most (called the apogee when the distance is about 405,000 km from the Earth). Now, when a full Moon appears at the point when the distance between the Earth and the Moon is the least, not only does it appear to be brighter but it is also larger than a regular full moon. In a typical year, there may be two to four full supermoons and two to four new supermoons in a row. About a month ago on April 26, there was another full moon, but the supermoon that witnessed on May 26 was closer to the Earth by a margin of 0.04%. What happened on May 26? On May 26, two celestial events will take place at the same time.
    [Show full text]
  • Footsteps of Buddha with Nepal
    Tour Code : AKSR0372 Tour Type : Spiritual Tours (domestic) 1800 233 9008 FOOTSTEPS OF BUDDHA www.akshartours.com WITH NEPAL 6 Nights / 7 Days PACKAGE OVERVIEW 1Country 4Cities 7Days Accomodation Meal A/c Accommodation 3 star Breakfast 6 Breakfast All applicable Luxuery tax Visa & Taxes Highlights Gst Extra Victoria Memorial St. Paul's Cathedral Ramakrishna Math Kalighat Mother Teresa Hospice Mahabodhi Temple Hill of Vultures Sarnath SIGHTSEEINGS OVERVIEW - Victoria Memorial, - St. Paul's Cathedral, - Ramakrishna Math, - Kalighat and Mother Teresa Hospice, - Mahabodhi Temple, - Buddhist temple, - ancient stupas and modern temples, - birth place of Lord Buddha, SIGHTSEEINGS Victoria Memorial KOLKATA The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, which was built between 1906 and 1921. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria, then Empress of India, and is now a museum and tourist destination under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. St. Paul's Cathedral KOLKATA St. Paul's Cathedral is a CNI (Church of North India) Cathedral of Anglican background in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, noted for its Gothic architecture. It is the seat of the Diocese of Calcutta. ... It is said to be the largest cathedral in Kolkata and the first Episcopal Church in Asia. Ramakrishna Math KOLKATA Belu? Ma?h (pronounced [?belu? ?m???]) is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. It is located on the west bank of Hooghly River, Belur, West Bengal, India and is one of the significant institutions in Kolkata. Mahabodhi Temple BODH GAYA The Mahabodhi Temple (literally: "Great Awakening Temple") or the Mahabodhi Mahavihar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but much rebuilt and restored, Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment.
    [Show full text]
  • Module 1A: Uttar Pradesh History
    Module 1a: Uttar Pradesh History Uttar Pradesh State Information India.. The Gangetic Plain occupies three quarters of the state. The entire Capital : Lucknow state, except for the northern region, has a tropical monsoon climate. In the Districts :70 plains, January temperatures range from 12.5°C-17.5°C and May records Languages: Hindi, Urdu, English 27.5°-32.5°C, with a maximum of 45°C. Rainfall varies from 1,000-2,000 mm in Introduction to Uttar Pradesh the east to 600-1,000 mm in the west. Uttar Pradesh has multicultural, multiracial, fabulous wealth of nature- Brief History of Uttar Pradesh hills, valleys, rivers, forests, and vast plains. Viewed as the largest tourist The epics of Hinduism, the Ramayana destination in India, Uttar Pradesh and the Mahabharata, were written in boasts of 35 million domestic tourists. Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh also had More than half of the foreign tourists, the glory of being home to Lord Buddha. who visit India every year, make it a It has now been established that point to visit this state of Taj and Ganga. Gautama Buddha spent most of his life Agra itself receives around one million in eastern Uttar Pradesh, wandering foreign tourists a year coupled with from place to place preaching his around twenty million domestic tourists. sermons. The empire of Chandra Gupta Uttar Pradesh is studded with places of Maurya extended nearly over the whole tourist attractions across a wide of Uttar Pradesh. Edicts of this period spectrum of interest to people of diverse have been found at Allahabad and interests.
    [Show full text]
  • Economy of Harappan Civilization 2. Domestication of Amimals
    Economy of Harappan Civilization 1. Agricultural and Animal husbandry The Harappans grew wheat and barley on a large scale. The other crops grown by them were pulses, cereals, cotton, dates, melons, pea, sesamum and mustard. No clear evidence of rice has been found, except from Rangpur and Lothal were some grains of rice were obtained. Harrapan people were mostly peasants and thus the Harappan civilization was an agro-commercial civilization. Evidences of hoe and plough have been found in Kalibangan and Banawali. 2. Domestication of Amimals Harrapans domesticated sheep, goat, buffalo and pig. They also knew about tiger, camel, elephant, tortoise, deer, various birds, etc. However, they didn’t know about lion. Humpless bull or unicorn was the most important animal for them. They didn’t know about horse, except a jaw bone of horse has been recovered from Surkotado in Gujarat in upper layers of excavation. The Harappans were the earliest people to produce cotton because cotton was first produced in this area. The Greeks called it sindon, which is derived from sindh. 3. Crafts The Harappan culture belongs to the Bronze Age, as the people were very well acquainted with the manufacture and use of bronze.They manufactured not only images and utensils but also various tools and weapons such as axes, saws, knives and spears. Weavers wore clothes of wool and cotton. Leather was also known to them but no evidence of silk has been found. Harappans used to make seals, stone statues, terracotto figurines, etc. Selas were the greatest artistic creation of India valley People. The structures made up of burnt bricks and mud bricks suggest that brick laying was an important craft.
    [Show full text]
  • Sakya Chronicles 2019
    Sakya Chronicles 2019 His Holiness Ghongma Trichen Rinpoche visits Seattle for Monlam, July 2019 Table of Contents Installation of H.H. Dagchen Dorje Chang’s Relics in Vietnam and H.E. Asanga Rinpoche Instated as Head Lama ......2 Ven. Khenpo Jamyang Chopal Teaches on the Th ree Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma ...................................................6 H.E. Khöndung Avikrita Rinpoche Bestows the Maitreya Initiation ...................................................................................9 Marici FellowshipWinter Sharing Event .............................................................................................................................10 H.E. Dagmo Kusho’s Birthday Celebration .........................................................................................................................11 Recent Activities of H.E. Avikrita Rinpoche and H.E. Abhaya Rinpoche – Spring ...........................................................12 Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland Teaching by Ven. Khenpo Choying Dorjee ........................................................................15 H.E. Khöndung Gyana Vajra Rinpoche Bestows Mahakala Initiation ..............................................................................19 Th ird Year Memorial Anniversary of His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Dorje Chang .............................................................20 Rites of Spring Event and Ceremony ...................................................................................................................................23
    [Show full text]
  • May 2021 PRAYAS4 IAS यास सनु हर े भवय क
    May 2021 PRAYAS4 IAS यास सनु हर े भवय क Current Affairs Special Issue MCQs [email protected] www.theprayasindia.com/upsc An initiative for UPSC Aspirants S o u r c e s The Hindu | Live Mint | The Economic Times | The Indian Express | PRS PIB | PRS | ET | Government & World Reports (NITI, Aayog, Budget WEF Economic Survey etc.) | Hindu Business Line | NCERTs | All standard reference books The Prayas ePathshala www.theprayasindia.com/e-pathshala/ May (Week 1) Index Contents Prelims ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 NATIONAL................................................................................................................................................ 2 National Human Rights Commission ........................................................................................................ 2 Maratha quota unconstitutional.................................................................................................................. 3 Centre alone can identify SEBC: SC ......................................................................................................... 4 Resolution Framework 2.0 of RBI ............................................................................................................. 5 RBI‘s Rs 50,000 crore fund support to healthcare ..................................................................................... 6 SUTRA Model ..........................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • World Map Pdf Download in Marathi
    World map pdf download in marathi Continue The actual size of the Indian map is 1600 X 1985 pixels, the file size (in bytes) - 501600. You can open, print or download it by clicking on a map or clicking on this link: Open a map of India. The actual size of the Indian map is 1034 X 1204 pixels, the file size (in bytes) - 457715. You can open, print or download it by clicking on a map or clicking on this link: Open a map of India. The actual size of the Indian map is 1132 X 1400 pixels, the file size (in bytes) - 283291. You can open, print or download it by clicking on a map or clicking on this link: Open a map of India. The actual size of the Indian map is 1200 X 1386 pixels, the file size (in bytes) - 369316. You can open, print or download it by clicking on a map or clicking on this link: Open a map of India. From the series Surviving Artifacts of Buddhist Civilization the temple of Mahaparinirvana and Parinirvana Stupa is located in the Indian city of Kushinagar. These attractions are usually seen as one point of interest, as they are very close to each other. The small town of Kusinagar is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the world. According to legends, it was here that Gautama Buddha reached parinirvana. The heyday of the city came in the 5-3rd century BC During the reign of King Ashoka on its territory was built several vihar and stupa.
    [Show full text]
  • Lecture 108: the Symbolism of Offerings and Self-Sacrifice
    Lecture 108: the Symbolism of Offerings and Self-sacrifice There is much that could be said about the Buddha's teaching, about the Dharma, said from a number of different points of view, but one, at least of the most significant, one, at least, of the most weighty things that can be said about it, is that the Buddha's teaching is a communication, that is to say the Buddha's teaching is a communication from one individual to another. It's a communication, essentially, from an enlightened human being, an enlightened individual, a Buddha, to an individual who is not, as yet, enlightened, not, as yet, a Buddha, but who is, nevertheless, potentially enlightened. And what we call the Buddhist scriptures are really, we may say, just so many records of that communication, that communication from the enlightened to the unenlightened individual, the enlightened to the unenlightened mind. And looking at some, at least, of these records which we call the scriptures, what is it that we see happening? We see first of all the Indian scene. We see the cloudless blue skies, we see, because this was 2500 years ago, we see the vast tracts of jungle, we see little paths making their way through the jungle. We see also at that time the Buddha walking from place to place, walking along the jungle paths, walking from village to village, sometimes even venturing into the towns, staying sometimes even on the outskirts of the towns. And as he goes from place to place, of course, on foot, the Buddha from time to time meets someone, some fellow traveller.
    [Show full text]
  • Digicate Telegram Channel
    Digicate IAS Digicate Telegram Channel Compiled Content (April to July) By V.V. Ronge Patil Join Channel https://telegram.me/digicate Log on to - https://digicate.in 90212163 59 Digicate IAS #Environment_Current GreenDigicate New DealIAS (GND) It is a proposed initiative of United States that aims to address climate change and economic inequality Name refers back to the New Deal, a set of social and economic reforms initiated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression(1929) Digicate IAS The Green New Deal combines Roosevelt’s economic approach with modern ideas such as renewable energy and resource efficiency UN ClimateDigicate Action IASSummit - 2019 Held at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City in September 2019. to further climate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the mean global emperature from rising by more than 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) above pre industrial levels. Race to Zero Campaign Launched by UN ahead of delayed COP 26 Climate Talks. It aims to codify commitments made via the Climate Ambition Alliance (CAA). It encourages countries, companies, and other entities to deliver net-zero greenhouse-gas emission pledges by the time the Climate Ambition Alliance launched at the Climate Action Summit, New York in 2019. currently includes 120 nationsand others like regions, cities, businessesDigicate and investors. IAS led by Chile Other Leaders - UNFCCC, UK and High-Level Climate Champions. Digicate IAS Pinanga andamanensis rare palm tree from Andaman island critically endangered species with only 600 specimens presently. generally grows in evergreen forests. used in preparing palm oil.
    [Show full text]
  • Salient Features of Indus Valley Civilization: Society and Culture
    www.OnlineIAS.com [email protected] SALIENT FEATURES OF INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION: SOCIETY AND CULTURE. -EARLY AND LATER VEDIC CIVILIZATIONS; RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN SIXTH CENTURY B.C. –JAINISM AND BUDDHISM. SOCIO, CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION OF MAURYAS, GUPTAS, PALLAVAS, CHALUKYAS, CHOLAS ART AND ARCHITECTURE - HARSHA AND THE RAJPUT AGE. Salient features of Indus Valley Civilization: Society and Culture. -Early and Later Vedic Civilizations; Religious Movements in Sixth Century B.C. –Jainism and Buddhism. Socio, Cultural Contribution of Mauryas, Guptas, Pallavas, Chalukyas, Cholas Art and Architecture - Harsha and the Rajput Age. EXTENT OF THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION The centre of the civilization was in Sind and Punjab in undivided India, from this centre, the civilization spread towards all direction. In West the last extent is seaboard of South Baluchistan at the Suktagendor which can be called its western border. In east Alamagirpur in Uttar Pradesh (District Meerut) can be called its Eastern Border. In North it extended up to Manda in Jammu & Kashmir and in south it extended up to Bhagvatrav in Narmada Estuary of Gujarat. However, later at Diamabad (District Ahamed Nagar Maharashtra) was the site where four figurines of Bronze on the bank of Pravara River found. This pushed the civilization's extension in further south. Indus civilization remnants have been discovered from as far south as Mumbai in Maharashtra State. OBSERVATIONS 1. Most settlements in Indus Valley Civilization are on banks of rivers. 2. As far as extension is concerned, the Indus civilization was largest of the four ancient urban civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, South Asia and China www.OnlineIAS.com www.OnlineIAS.com [email protected] 3.
    [Show full text]
  • Pilgrimage Booklet.Pdf
    Introduction Volunteers of Sirimangalo International were interested in organizing a pilgrimage trip to India and Nepal, and invited Bhante Yuttadhammo to join. We are thankful to Bhante for not only joining, but also for being our source of information for the places visited. In addition to briefing us about every place and its significance, Bhante also gave five Dhamma talks, at the five most important locations. This booklet is a collection of talks that Bhante Yuttadhammo gave while doing the Buddhist pilgrimage tour in India in the year 2020. These talks were given to an audience of about twelve people who were traveling along with him for this pilgrimage. It was also recorded live, to be shared on YouTube. The work of transcribing Bhante Yuttadhammo’s talks has been done by volunteers and some parts of the transcription have been edited to make it an easier read. All such editing of the original talks is the sole responsibility of the volunteers, and any mistakes evident here are to be accredited to that group. 1 Birth Maya Devi Temple, Lumbinī, Nepal February 1st, 2020 This area is the place where the Bodhisatta was born. Technically he wasn't the Buddha when he was born here, but the commentaries talk about two births of the Buddha. One is the birth of rūpakāya and the other is the birth of dhammakāya. This is the place of the birth of the ​ ​ ​ rūpakāya, the Buddha's physical manifestation or physical form. The Buddha’s second birth was ​ at Bodh Gaya, the birth of the Dhamma, the actual Buddha-ness of the Buddha.
    [Show full text]