The significance of Lumbini
Many of the places that were of importance to the Lord
Buddha during his life retain a potent significance to Buddhists of
today. Unsurprisingly, nowhere has a greater significance than the site
of his birth. In the words of Buddha himself: "O-Bhikshus', after my
death when people and members of a new generation come and ask you, then
tell them that here the Buddha was born, here he attained the full
enlightenment, here he turned the wheel of Dharma twelve times, and here
finally the Buddha entered into Parinirvana". Hundreds of years have
gone by, but the architectural splendours of that era are still standing
and serve as a vivid reminder of the origins of Buddhist philosophy and
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