Meeting the Buddha: On Pilgrimage in Buddhist IndiaFrom E.M. Forster to Peter Matthiessen to Allen Ginsberg, many of the world's most acclaimed writers have traveled to the holy lands of India seeking spiritual enlightenment. Their lyrical and highly personal recollections are compiled here for the first time in one volume, taking readers on a colorful journey to each of the eight Buddhist pilgrimage sites of India. |
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Contents
Introduction by Andrew Schelling | 1 |
Queen Maya Gives Birth in the Lumbini Grove | 21 |
Lumbinis Monuments | 32 |
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Ananda ancient ascetics Asoka Asokan pillar attained beautiful bhikkhus Bimbisara birth Blessed Blofeld Bo-tree Bodh Gaya Bodhi tree Bodhisattva body born Brahman brick Buddha Buddhist Burmese carved chant death Deer Park Dhammapada Dharma Dharmapala Dharmasvamin disciples earth elephant enlightenment excavated Excerpts reprinted eyes Fa-hsien feet flowers forest Future Buddha Gautama ground grove hills Hindu Hiuen Tsiang holy hundred India journey Kapilavastu king Kusinagara leaf lived looked Lord Lotus Lumbini Maha Mahabodhi Temple meditation mid-seventh century C.E. miles mind miracle monastery monks mountain Nalagiri night Nirvana pilgrimage pilgrims prince Queen Queen Maya Rajagriha Rajgir Raven-Hart relics reprinted by permission river road robe ruins sacred Sakya sangha Sarnath shrine Siddhartha spot Sravasti Sri Lanka stone stupa Sutra Tathagata Thomas Cleary thousand Tibetan tion translator travelers Vaisali vihara village Visakha Vulture Peak walked wandering women worship
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| Title | Meeting the Buddha: On Pilgrimage in Buddhist India A Tricycle book |
| Editor | Molly Emma Aitken |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books, 1995 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Aug 3, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1573225061, 9781573225069 |
| Length | 370 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Buddhism / General Travel / Asia / India & South Asia Travel / General |
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