Buddha and His Homeland Nepal

Download or read book Buddha and His Homeland Nepal written by G. L. Rai-Zimmdar and published by . This book was released on 2008-11-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siddhartha Gout'm, the founder of historical Buddhism was a Kirati-Mongolian Prince of the Sakya tribe and spoke Pali language, the lingua franca of his time. Although none of his sermons was written down during his lifetime, his disciples had painstakingly memorized every single word he had spoken and wrote them down only after he attained nirwan. These manuscripts were recorded in Pali and they form the basis of canonical literature of Buddhism.According to Swayambhu Puran, soon after his enlightenment the Buddha had journeyed to Kathmandu and worshipped Adi-Buddha at the Swayambhunath temple, which many adherents believe is the same one that is still standing there in Kathmandu Valley. The same source also place King Jite Dasti as the King of Kiratdom of Kathmandu and tradition has it that the Kirati King along with his subjects were proselytised en masse by the Buddha during this visit..Purchase the ebook here.