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| − | The '''Eight Holy Places''' are the eight most important places related to life of the [[Buddha]]. They are, | + | The '''Eight Holy Places''' (Skt. ''aṣṭhamahāsthāna''; Tib. གནས་ཆེན་བརྒྱད་, ''né chen gyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''gnas chen brgyad'') are the eight most important places related to life of the [[Buddha]]. They are, |
| − | # | + | # [[Lumbini|Lumbini garden]], [[Kapilavastu]] |
| − | # | + | # [[Bodhgaya]] |
| − | # | + | # [[Sarnath]], [[Deer Park]] |
| − | # | + | # [[Jetavana]], [[Shravasti]] |
| − | # | + | # [[Sankisa]] |
| − | # | + | # [[Rajagriha]] |
| − | # | + | # [[Vaishali]] |
| − | #. | + | # [[Kushinagara]] |
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| + | ==Further Reading== | ||
| + | *Jeremy Russell, ''The Eight Places of Buddhist Pilgrimage''. New Delhi: Mahayana Publications. 1981. | ||
[[Category: Places]] | [[Category: Places]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Pilgrimage]] | ||
[[Category: Enumerations]] | [[Category: Enumerations]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:07, 3 April 2019
The Eight Holy Places (Skt. aṣṭhamahāsthāna; Tib. གནས་ཆེན་བརྒྱད་, né chen gyé, 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.
