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The '''Eight Holy Places''' ( | The '''Eight Holy Places''' (Skt. ''aṣṭhamahāsthāna'', Tib. གནས་ཆེན་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. ''gnas chen brgyad'') are the eight most important places related to life of the [[Buddha]]. They are, | ||
# [[Lumbini|Lumbini garden]], [[Kapilavastu]] | # [[Lumbini|Lumbini garden]], [[Kapilavastu]] | ||
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The Eight Holy Places (Skt. aṣṭhamahāsthāna, Tib. གནས་ཆེན་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. gnas chen brgyad) are the eight most important places related to life of the Buddha. They are,
- Lumbini garden, Kapilavastu
- Bodhgaya
- Sarnath, Deer Park
- Jetavana, Shravasti
- Sankisa
- Rajagriha
- Vaishali
- Kushinagara
Further Reading
- Jeremy Russell, The Eight Places of Buddhist Pilgrimage. New Delhi: Mahayana Publications. 1981.