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ABOUT BODH GAYA
We invite you to come to Bodh Gaya at least once in your lifetime. It is a remarkable experience.
In Bodh Gaya, the Buddha awoke to the way things are. It is the great place of pilgrimage for those who love the Dharma.
Imagine such a place on Earth. Hundreds of lamas from the Himalayan kingdoms sit together in an exotic landscaped garden in front of the tree where the Buddha realised the deepest truths.
Imagine the shady grounds with all kinds of flowers, stone statues and stupas. Monks and nuns move gently to the deep rhythm of ancient chanting.
In the evening time, gentle lights surround the Maha Bodhi (Great Enlightenment) Temple, an elegant 80 metre high memorial. At the base spreads the tree where one night the Buddha sat quietly determined to uncover what really matters. Today a large tree with widespread branches has grown from a sapling of a tree that is believed to be a sapling of the original tree.
The Burmese, Bhutanese, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Tibetan and Vietnamese temples welcome visitors to their rituals and ceremonies.
In the village, the market is alive with the selling of fruit, vegetable and grains. Stalls and shops sell a treasure trove of religious art, ornaments and Buddhist books. There are pilgrim jammed coaches, noisy trucks, cycle rickshaws, beggars and children.
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Seat of Enlightenment: The Diamond Throne, Vajrasana. "Bodh Gaya is the place where Gautama Buddha attained unsurpassed, supreme Enlightenment. It is a place which should be visited or seen by a person of devotion and which would cause awareness and apprehension of the nature of impermanence".
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha-to-be, had been dwelling on the banks of the Nairanjana River with five ascetic followers for six years practicing austerities. Realising that austerities could not lead to realisation he abandoned them. His five ascetic companions disgusted at his seeming failure, deserted him and left for Sarnath. He then moved towards the village of Senani where he was offered rice milk by a Brahmin girl, Sujata. Accepting from a grass-cutter a gift of kusa grass for a mat, the Bodhisattva took a seat under a pipal tree facing east. Here he resolved not to rise again until enlightenment was attained. "Here on this seat my body may shrivel up, my skin, my bones, my flesh may dissolve, but my body will not move from this seat until I have attained Enlightenment, so difficult to obtain in the course of many kalpas". As Gautama sat in deep meditation, Mara, Lord of Illusion, perceiving that his power was about to be broken, rushed to distract him from his purpose.
The Bodhisattva touched the earth, calling it to bear witness the countless lifetimes of virtue that had led him to this place of enlightenment. When the earth shook, confirming the truth of Gautama's words, Mara unleashed his army of demons. In the epic battle that ensued, Gautama's wisdom broke through the illusions and the power of his compassion transformed the demons' weapons into flowers and Mara and all his forces fled in disarray.
May all beings live with love, wisdomand know an awakened life.
Near Hotel Mahayana,Near Om restaurent, Downstairs , Right Side, Solar Cyber Park
BODHGAYA,824231