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Monday, July 13, 2009

A Rendezvous with Nalanda

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Retracing Bodhisattva Xuanzang: A Foot Journey to Explore Sublime Wandering of the Buddha

  • 0-A Foot Journey to Retrace Bodhisattva Xuanzang
  • 1-My Foot Journey of 2000 kms begins at Adi Badri
  • 2-Lost Ashokan Stūpa of Śhrugna (now Sugh)
  • 3-Revitalisation of Ashokan Pillar site of Topra Kalan
  • 4-Women of Kuru: Then and Now
  • 5-Walking through Haryana
  • 6-Royal Warriors of Ancient Sanauli
  • 7-The Sakya Trail: Ashokan Stūpa to Mark the Presence of Buddha
  • 8-The Sakya Trail: Awakening of Sakya Identity and Seeding of the Dhamma
  • 9-The Sakya Trail: 'Sakyon ki Rajdhani' (Seat of the Sakyas)
  • 10-Pradakhshina patha (Circumambulation Path) around the Sankisa Village
  • 11- COVID19 Lockdown: Immersing Myself Here and Now
  • 12- COVID19 Lockdown- Participating in Relief Work in the Wake of COVID19
  • 13- COVID19 Lockdown – Vandalisation of the ‘Bhagwan Buddha ka Silapat’ in Sankisa
  • 14- COVID19 Lockdown: Light, Camera, Action
  • 15- COVID19 Lockdown: New Findings Sankisa and Surroundings
  • 16- A Walking Trail from Place of Kāśyapa Buddha to Śrāvasti
  • 17- In the streets where Upāsikā Visākhā once walked
  • 18- Contributions of Xuanzang in revelation of the sacred landscape of ancient Śrāvasti
  • 19- Foot Journey in the shadow of COVID19: Sankisa to Shravasti
  • 20- Paltā Devi Temple and the Ashokan Pillar
  • 21-Piprāhwā to Tilaurakot: Celebrating the Ancient Kingdom of Kapilavastu
  • 22-New Discovery along Xuanzang's Trail-- Site where Bodhisattva Siddhārtha Cut His Hair
  • 23-New Discovery Along the Xuanzang's Trail: The Ashes Stūpa of the Moriyas of Pipphalivana
  • 24-Evidence suggests Rāmpurwā as the place of Buddha’s Mahāparinirvāṇa
  • 25- The Arduous Journey: Mahāprajāpatī and the Courageous, Committed 500
  • 26- Sacred landscape of Vaiśālī and the Way Forward for Revitalisation
  • 27- ‘Day of the First Turning of the Wheel’ Walking Pilgrimage Trail
  • 28- Vaiśālī to Sārnātha: Foot journey down the Ganges following Xuanzang
  • 29- Feel the Sand of Uruvelā: Buddhcārikā on Bicycle
  • 30- Pipphali Cave, Rāhula Stūpa and other Forgotten shrines of Rājagṛiha
  • 31- Walking the Buddha Trail along the Prāgbodhi, Jeṭhian and Rājgir Hills
  • 32- Uruvelā to Sārnātha- (Re)-tracing Footsteps of Buddha along the Isolated hills (Part-I)
  • 33- Uruvelā to Sārnātha- Maurya kā Maṭha (Part II)
  • 34- Rāmchaurā Temple: is it the stūpa to mark the presence of Buddha?
  • 35- Rāghopur Diara: The River Island where Ven Ānanda attained Parinirvāṇa
  • 36- Tilaurākot to Piprāhwā: Revival of the Royal Avenue of Ancient Kapilavastu
  • 37- Faxian and Xuanzang in the Kapilavastu Kingdom
  • 38-Kapilavastu Palace City: Witness to the Two Great Renunciations (Part-I)
  • 39- Two Great Renunciations (Part-II): Crossing Anomā (the Glorious)
  • 40- The Search for the Ashokan Stūpa of Goviṣāṇa
  • 41- Revitalisation of the Chhatrā Mound, Ahichhatra
  • 42- In the search for the two Ashokan Stūpas in Kannauj
  • 43- Neglected Ashokan Stūpas of Navadevakula (Newal)
  • 44- Makuta Bandhana: Where the Buddha was cremated
  • 45- Kopiyā is Aye-mu-k'a (Ayemukha)
  • 46- A-yü-t'ê (Ayudha or Ayōdhyā) of Xuanzang
  • 47- Curious Case of Mahākassapa Skeleton at Gurpā
  • 48- Memorialising the Last Footsteps of Illustrious Mahākassapa
  • 49- Locating the Missing Buddhist Shrines of Prayāga
  • 50- Tapassu, Bhallika and Kassapa Brothers- Shrines and Stūpas south of Mahābodhi Temple
  • 51- Xuanzang and shrines of Sāriputta, Moggallāna and Mahākassapa around Nālandā
  • 52- On an Expedition to Locate the Site of Uddaka Rāmaputta's Hermitage
  • 53- Uren - Way Forward for the Neglected Buddhacārikā Site
  • 54- The Footsteps of the Buddha in Īraṇaparvata (Munger)
  • 55- Kauśambī (Part I) -The possible location of the Ghositārāma
  • 56- Kauśambī (Part II)- In search of the Dragon Cave
  • 57- Interpreting the travels of Xuanzang from Indraśailaguhā to Īraṇaparvata (Part I)- Kapotaka Monastery
  • 58- Interpreting the travels of Xuanzang from Indraśailaguhā to Īraṇaparvata (Part II) - A big Village south of river Gaṅgā.
  • 59- Interpreting the travels of Xuanzang from Indraśailaguhā to Īraṇaparvata (Part III) - Lāvaṇīla Village

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