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Holy places of the Buddha
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Presents sites important to those interested in the Dharma, and gives location of the site, historical events associated with the site, the features a pilgrim would find, and how the site figured i...
Presents sites important to those interested in the Dharma, and gives location of the site, historical events associated with the site, the features a pilgrim would find, and how the site figured in the transmission of the Dharma.
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- Berkeley, CA : Dharma Publishing, [1994]
- ©1994
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- xxxi, 481 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 0898002443, 9780898002447
- OCLC
- ocm29846064
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-451) and index.
- Chapter headings only): Preface / Tarthang Tulku (p.xv) -- Introduction / Tarthang Tulku (p.xviii) -- Part I: The eight great place of pilgrimage (p.3). The practice of pilgrimage (p.4) -- Lumbini (p.15) -- Kapilavastu (p.25) -- Bodh Gaya (p.35) -- Sarnath (p.63) -- Kusinagara (p.78) -- Sravasti (p.88) -- Samkasya (p.101) -- Rajagrha (p.106) -- Vaisali (p.126) -- Part II: Madyadesa (p.133). Six Dharma regions of India (p.134) -- Madhyadesa, heartland of the Dharma (p.139) -- The University of Nalanda (p.157) -- Odantapuri (p.179) -- Vikramasila (p.183) -- Part III: The central valleys (p.189). The central valleys (p.191) -- Mathura (p.200) -- The Northwestern cities (p.207) -- Buddhism in Kashmir (p.219)
- Cont.): Part IV: Western India (p.241). Monuments of ancient Avanti (p.243) -- Aparanta : the western coast (p.259) -- Cave temples of Western India (p.270) -- Part V: The far Northwest (p.297). Uttarapatha : the far Northwest (p.299) -- Gandhara (p.305) -- Taksasila (p.313) -- Uddiyana (p.322) -- Buddhism in Afghanistan (p.331) -- Part VI: Holy places of the South (p.353). Daksinapatha : the route South (p.355) -- Buddhist centers of Andhra (p.359) -- Tamilnadu (p.379) -- Kerala and Karnataka (p.391) -- Part VII: Pracya : the Eastern kingdoms (p.397). Vanga and Kalinga (p.399) -- Pundravardhana and Samatata (p.414) -- Tripura and Kamarupa (p.431) -- Traveling information (p.436) -- Pronouncing sanskrit (p.440) -- Abbreviations (p.442) -- Bibliography (p.445) -- Index (p.452)