The birthplace of the Buddha, monk — live in countries — a quiet ordinary relics homelessness zhongxin aspire

To Nepal, I began to speak to one of the four sacred Buddhist — Lumbini this birth of Sakyamuni actually ideal has existed for a long time, but now finally has to pays.

Lumbini distance approximately 360 km of Kathmandu, located in southern Nepal Terai Plains, a tropical climate, the maximum temperature of up to about 50 degrees Celsius.

Due from the capital Kathmandu to Lumbini road is the main traffic artery Nepal, car, road risk, so the author after seven and a half hour journey finally arrived at our destination.

In our imagination, Buddhist shrine is located in a densely forested mountains singing, but the actual situation is completely different, Lumbini Buddha relic is set in the Terai Plains, compared with the surrounding environment.

According to Chinese temple of Rui master, Lumbini site at total of about 770 hectares, divided into three parts: Ashoka pillars, Linden, pool, Maya Temple and other ruins, wife of Garden St. area, States Buddhist organization built the monastery area and to plant trees as the green zone.

The most that we are interested in, of course, is a sacred Buddha garden.

In the lead-Rui master, we can't wait to come here, I saw Santa Park is square, surrounded by iron fence surrounded an area of about 1 million square meters.

In the southeast corner of St. Park, a huge Linden, thick trunks required seven people can be folded.

The tree is the Buddha's mother Maya Peel once bathed by the sink. It is said that the then Maya peel back to her mother's production when passing through here, and in this bath, walking worry-free trees produce a Buddha.

The worry-free tree already dead, replaced by bodhi tree into people worship objects.

Lumbini garden also therefore and the beginning of the transition Falun Buddha rokuyaon, Buddha into the road of Buddha Gaya and Nirvana's arrest carcasses that city suo-double Woods and called four shrines in Buddhism.

From pond not far to the North, Ashoka pillars stand, column 7.79 meters high, more than 2 metres in circumference, is cylindrical.

Ashoka is the ancient famous Peacock dynasty's third generation of the monarch, he was educated at 251 years b.c. to Lumbini pilgrimage, made of stone. Shizhu northern dialect on useful Indians pluckley language writing the text of the Charter, the column is Ashoka in the Lumbini proof here after a pilgrimage to the Buddha's birthplace and erected. Chinese monk xuanzhuang Faxian and respectively in 636, 403, and came here to worship. But in subsequent years, Lumbini are forgotten, until the end of the 19th century Germany archaeologists discovered the Ashoka pillars, and according to the western regions of the Datang Zang "for exploration in the record before the excavation confirms the Lumbini garden location, make the derelict for years of shrines and again by law.

Out of the St. Park is the temple area.

To date, there have been Japan, China, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and other countries in the construction of the temple or meditation Center. Chinese temple is built the Temple of the largest one. Here Qidubufan: Golden Glazed tile, vermilion walls, green grass in the sun shone, no wonder Korea monks "jealous", would like to purchase a number of Chinese-made of glazed tiles to decorate their temples. Of course, the temples or meditation centre is very distinctive, but amazing is here is Temple was completely is only done for personal power, such as Viet Nam's Pulguksa, Japan of monk is to complete in the Holy Land and then building Fan Yu wish unfortunate, as the liturgy and ceremony paid the price of life.

Now all temples in Lumbini resident monks are few and far between, there were about 30 people, but their getting very friendly.

Every full moon, the monks have to countries gathered in the Ashoka pillars of chanting, and turn around regardless of which there are temples, invited other countries to participate in the monks. We arrived in the evening just catch up with Sri Lanka's Temple of chanting is held, but the entire activities to continue until 6 am, after a day of running around feel tired, he retires early.

A night in the Lumbini, Sri Lankan monks chanting sound ensemble of came from the wind.

At this point, I suddenly realized why always tells the story of the Sutra on the Buddha at night and under the Bodhi tree, this practice is the Terai Plains and India during the day and hot climate, only the night breeze, breezy, people can concentrate energy to spiritual reasons. Fizzes cloak of Lumbini exceptionally calm, quiet, one emotion.

Looking back to the original Buddha looking human liberation, gave up the throne and prosperous life, homelessness, ordeal, party into my shoes.

2000 years later, the Lumbini has to do in the past, left to the people of luxury is a quiet ordinary relics, but Buddha advocated peace, compassion and generosity of spirit in today's world is still relevant, it is probably not Buddhism after thousands of years because of it.