The Place I Would Like To Visit
A Place I Would Like To Visit
There are many visiting places in my home country Nepal. Lumbini is one of them where lord Buddha was born. It is situated at the kapilbastu district approximately 250 miles south from the capital city. Due to the birth place of Buddha,a lot of people from different country come to visit Lumbini each year. I also enjoy visiting Lumbini due to its history , religious importance and the awesome environment.
The history of Lumbini dates back to the year 580 BC, beginning of Buddhism religion which started with the birth of Siddharth Gautama ( meaning one who has accomplished). According to the legend, an astrologer foretold his father, the king, that young Gautama would give up the throne and luxury and renounce the world the day he would see four things (1) an old man, (2) a sick man, (3) a diseased man and (4) a dead man. Hence, the king confined Gautama in a special palace which was provided with all worldly pleasures. He was married at the age of sixteen to Yasodhara. At the age of 29 after the birth of his son, Gautama on the same day saw an old man, sick man, diseased man and a dead man. The impact of the dark side of life made him renounce the world that same night and he left his wife and son and became a penniless wanderer. He studied and practiced Hindu discipline initially, and later Jainism. For several years he observed rigorous fasting along with extreme self-mortification. On realizing that tormenting his body did not bring him closer to true wisdom, he resumed eating normally and abandoned asceticism. At the age of 35, one evening as he sat beneath a giant fig tree (Bodh tree), he felt that he had found the solution to his problem and felt that he had attained enlightenment. Thus, he came to be known as 'The Buddha' or 'The enlightened one'. Later, he spent 45 years in preaching the truth that he felt he had discovered. He traveled form city to city bare footed, clean headed with nothing...
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