Nepal: Lumbini Buddhist pilgrimage.

To the ancients, Lumbini to the road very difficult: enter from KathmanduNepalThe southern Terai plain, surrounded by people tend to be local hot air, coupled with the road for the road, the roadside is a steep cliff, pedestrians little attention will fall off the cliff, be smashed to pieces.

The temple buildings

However, dangerous road has failed to stop the pilgrims. They went through many dangers, from all over the world to visit the Lumbini, only the hearts of faith, just as in the tree to witness the birth of Buddha Shorea, pouring a pot of lingquan......

Shakya Muni was born

The body is a bodhi tree, the heart is a mirror

In Sanskrit, the Lumbini is "cute". Indeed, it looks like it's name is very suitable, is the arm of the good days feel Lady Wang Lumbini named garden, where delicious grass, trees.

Lumbini is famous all over the world, and is closely related to the founder of Buddhism, Shakya Muni. Legend has it that in 623 BC, Shakya Muni was born in Lumbini.

About this legend, the spread of Buddhist records: pregnant, and Mrs. Luo Weiguo queen Maya went from adjacent Luo Weiguo palace, ready to return home production, because of road bumps, she chose to rest in the Lumbini garden bath, when with her right hand held on to the garden of Saul, Shakya Muni was born in the world.

Nepal is like natural display of Buddhist culture.

Now, all the people came to Lumbini, tend to go in search of the tree Shorea first. Unfortunately, when the tree Shorea robusta has withered, instead it is a legend for Shakya Muni personally planted the bodhi tree, and this tree, has become a symbol of the Lumbini.

This tree is very great, need 7, 8 adults can be folded. The bodhi tree and mahamaya temple, the temple had a black and a white two pieces of stone carving. Characterization of white stone is Shakya Muni the birth scene, black stone is incomplete. The Maya belief isIndiaTeach, has been the local Hindu India as in birth mother. Some desire or wish to give birth to a child intelligent children of women, often before production will pay homage to this temple.

Shakya Muni was born in Lumbini garden, growth is beside the Kapila acropolis. Jia PI Luo Weicheng is one of the largest capital Sakya established, the border between India and Nepal is located near Lumbini. Time and war have made the city a mound of rubble. 1898.FranceArchaeologist Pep had conducted archaeological excavations, he in a diameter of about 35 meters of red brick stupa ruins, dug up 5 with the ashes of the container, wherein a Shihan on by the Baltic Miwen engraved: "this is the Buddhist relics container Shakya Buddha, is the famous Shakya people, and brother and sister and wife common shrine." -- this has caused a sensation in the world, the thing still collection at the Calcutta Museum in India.

West of Lumbini and Shakya Muni was the father of King Suddhodana palace, known as Luo Lakuo ladder, the Shing Mun site of Shakya Muni home still stands -- historical records: Jia PI Luo Weiguo as heir to the throne, Shakya Muni had the advantage of noble life. When he understood the meaning of life when the heart is confused, then gave up the throne and gracious living, to the Ganges RIver River to find the answers......