Guide to Buddhist Sites in the Indian Subcontinent - Softcover

Bose, Joy; Bose, Siva Prasad

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798223771234

Publisher: Draft2Digital, 2023

Synopsis

The Indian subcontinent is the birthplace of Buddhism, and the landscape still carries its memory. Under a fig tree in Bihar, a prince became the Buddha. In a deer park near Varanasi, he gave his first teaching. In the sal groves of Kushinagar, he breathed his last. These places still exist. You can sit beneath the Bodhi tree's descendant. You can walk the meditation path he walked.

Guide to Buddhist Sites in the Indian Subcontinent is a practical companion for pilgrims and travellers who want to visit not just the four great sites, Bodhgaya, Lumbini, Sarnath, Kushinagar, but the full sweep of Buddhist sacred geography: the painted caves of Ajanta, the carved gateways of Sanchi, the drowned stupas of Nagarjunakonda, the cliff-top monasteries of Ladakh, the ancient university ruins of Nalanda, the rock temples of Sri Lanka, the jungle shrines of Nepal and Bhutan.

For each site, the authors provide what a pilgrim actually needs: how to get there, where to stay, what to see, and how to experience it. A chapter on visiting Buddhist sites as a practitioner, not merely a tourist, sets this guide apart from any ordinary travel book.

Co written by a pilgrim who have made these journeys themselves, the guide is honest, detailed, and quietly inspiring. It assumes nothing about the reader's tradition and speaks equally to Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana practitioners - and to anyone drawn to these places by curiosity, history, or the quiet pull of something larger.

The path is still there. This book shows you how to walk it.

Highlights of the book

• Overview of the 4 main Buddhist holy sites: Bodhgaya, Lumbini, Sarnath, Kushinagar
• Other historical and significant Buddhist sites in India
• Historical Buddhist pilgrimage places in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan
• Photos of many of the pilgrimage sites.

About this title

About the Authors

Joy Bose is a data scientist and software engineer by profession. He lives and works in Bangalore, India. He has practiced meditation in multiple traditions including mindfulness meditation and Vajrayana, and is keenly interested in applications of technology in the field of meditation.

Siva Prasad Bose is an electrical engineer by profession. He is currently retired after many years of service in Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited. He received his engineering degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and has a law degree from Meerut University, Meerut. His interests lie in the fields of family law, civil law, law of contracts, and any areas of law related to power electricity related issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: Draft2Digital
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798223771234
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228