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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. ''aṣṭamahāsthāna''; 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]] | # [[Lumbini|Lumbini garden]], [[Kapilavastu]] | ||
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# [[Sarnath]], [[Deer Park]] | # [[Sarnath]], [[Deer Park]] | ||
# [[Jetavana]], [[Shravasti]] | # [[Jetavana]], [[Shravasti]] | ||
# [[ | # [[Sankisa]] | ||
# [[Rajagriha]] | # [[Rajagriha]] | ||
# [[Vaishali]] | # [[Vaishali]] | ||
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[[Category: Pilgrimage]] | [[Category: Pilgrimage]] | ||
[[Category: Enumerations]] | [[Category: Enumerations]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: 08-Eight]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:39, 12 February 2021
The Eight Holy Places (Skt. aṣṭamahāsthāna; 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.