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Kapilavastu སའགང། Kapilavastu (or, Kapilvastu) is a place in Nepal, where the Siddhartha
Gautama(Buddha) grew up and lived up to the age of 29. Siddhartha
spent his early life in Kapilavastu as a prince, mostly oblivious of
worldly miseries. He got married to Yashodhara and had a son namedRahula. Upon confronting worldly miseries such as disease, aging and
death, he left Kapilavastu in search of enlightenment and in quest of
answers to his questions about such miseries, pain and sufferings.
Nairanjana River
ན་རཉྫ ་ནར། nE ran dza na: Nairanjana River [flowing by Bodhgaya in
present day Bihar) [IW]
Lumbini ལ་།
(Sanskrit for "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site located in the
Nepalese district Rupandehi, near the Indian border. It is commonly
recognized as the birth site of Gautama Buddha, the founder of
Buddhism, who lived between approximately 563 BCE and 483 BCE. Lumbini is located near Kapilavastu, the place where the Buddha grew
up and lived up to the age of 29.
Bodh Gaya
Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is the place of Buddha's attainment of
Enlightenment . The complex, located about 96 kilometers from Patna
(situated at latitude 24° 41' 45" N, longitude 85° 2' 2" E) in the state of
Bihar in India, contains the Mahabodhi Temple with the diamond
throne (called the Vajrasana) and the holy Bodhi tree. This tree is a
sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Sri Lanka, itself a sapling of the
original Bodhi tree.
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Vaishali
in which the Buddha taught the perfection of wisdom sutras. See {legs
par rnam par 'byed pa'i bstan pa} [RY]
Vaishali is a district in Bihar state, India. The history of Vaishali
district is very ancient, and finds mention in the Indian classicMahabharata, as well as in Buddhist and Jain tradition.
Sarnath
Sarnath བ་ར་ན་སི། outside Varanasi (formerly also Mrigadava,
Rishipattana, Isipatana), located 13 kilometres from Varanasi, Uttar
Pradesh, India, is the deer park where Gautama Buddha first taught
the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha was founded.
bka' dang po bden bzhi'i chos 'khor
chos 'khor gsum gyi dang po/ ston pa sh'akya thub pas/ yul w'a ra Na
sir/ 'khor lnga sde bzang po la/ chos bden pa bzhi brjod byar byas pa'i
chos kyi 'khor lo bskor ba
Kushinagar rtsva mchog grong ྩ ་མཆགང།
Kushinagar or Kusinagar is a Buddhist pilgrimage site located next
to Kasia a rural town in the state of Uttar Pradesh, 52 km off
Gorakhpur, in northern India.
In ancient times, it was known as Kushavati (Jatakas). Kushinagar
was a celebrated center of the Malla kingdom of ancient India. Later, it
would be known as Kushinara, one of four holy sites for Buddhists. At
this location, near the Hiranyavati River, Gautama Buddha (attainedParinirvana (passed away), and was cremated.
welve acts of Buddha Shakyamuni 1.; (mdzad pa bcugnyis): (/second set according to Tarthang T.'s
Kangyur Karchag, third set according to Namdrang
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Gyatso):,, 1) skye ba mngon par skye ba *** /Existence
of the Bodhisattva as Svetaketu, 2) Moving /Descent
('pho ba) from Tushita, 3) Entering the womb at
Kapilavistu, 4) Taking birth at Lumbini /Birth of the
Bodhisattva, 5) Becoming skilled in crafts /Acts of
dexterity, 6) Enjoying his retinue of queens /Life inthe circle of noble women, 7) Renouncing the world
/Departure from home, Kapilavistu to Vaisali, to
Rajagrha, 8) Practicing austerities on the banks of
Nairanjana River, 9) Going to the essence of awakening
*** (byang chub snying por gshegs pa) /Victory over
Mara, 10) Defeating the maras and attaining perfect
enlightenment /Attaining enlightenment, 11) Turningthe Wheel of Dharma /1) at Sarnath 2) at Rajagrha 3)
at Vaisali and other places, 12) Departing in the
Parinirvana at Kusinagara.