Meeting the Buddha: On Pilgrimage in Buddhist IndiaMolly Emma Aitken From 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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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 bamboo bhikkhuni bhikkhus Bimbisara birth Blessed Blofeld Bodh Gaya Bodhi tree Bodhisattva body born Brahman brick Buddha Buddhist built Burmese chant death Deer Park Dhammapada Dharma Dharmapala Dharmasvamin Digha Nikaya disciples earth elephant enlightenment excavated Excerpts reprinted eyes Fa-hsien feet flowers forest Gautama ground Grove hills Hindu Hiuen Tsiang holy hundred India Jetavana journey Kapilavastu king Kusinagara Lama lived look Lord Lotus Lumbini Maha Sthavira Mahabodhi meditation mid-seventh century C.E. mind miracle monastery monkey monks mountain Nalagiri Nibbana night Nirvana nuns path pilgrimage pilgrims Rajagriha Rajgir Raven-Hart relics reprinted by permission river road robe ruins sacred sangha Sangharakshita Sankasya Sarnath shrine Siddhartha spot Sravasti stone story stupa Sutra Tathagata Teacher teaching temple Thomas Cleary Tibetan tion translator travelers Vaisali vihara village Visakha Vulture Peak walked wandering Wijayatilake Wisdom women