G REAT MASTER XUANZANG AND HIS

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CONTRIBUTION TO NEPAL
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By:
Min Bahadur Shakya
Director
Nagarjuna Institute
Great Master Xuanzang
XUANGZANG’S ACCOUNT CONCERNING THE KATHMANDU VALLEY

 This country is about 400 li in circuit, and is situated among the Snowy mountains .

 The capital city is about 20 li round. Mountains and valleys are joined together in an
unbroken succession.

 There are believers and heretics mixed together.

 The Sangharamas and Deva temples are closely joined. There are about 2000 priests,
who study both the Great and little vehicles.

 The number of heretics and sectaries of different sorts is uncertain.

 The king is a Ksatriya, and belongs to the family of the Lichchavis. His mind is well
informed, and he is pure and dignified in character. He has sincere faith in the law of the
Buddha.

 Lately there was a king called Amsuvarman (Anchu famo) who was distinguished for his
learning and ingenuity. He himself had composed a work on "sounds" (sabdavidya); he
esteemed learning and respected virtue and his reputation was spread everywhere.

 To the south-east of the capital is a little stream and a lake. If we fling fire into it, flames
immediately arise; other things take if thrown in it, and change their character.
XUANGZANG’S ACCOUNT CONCERNING LUMBINI

 Going 80 or 90 li north-east from the Arrow spring, one comes to Lumbini. There is a
bathing pond of the Sakya clan whose water is clear as a mirror, and on whose surface
flowers are scattered and drift.

 Twenty-four or twenty-five steps to the north of the pond there is an Asoka flower tree
(Wuyou-hua-shu) which is now already withered; this is the place where the sacred birth
of the Bodhisattva took.
Mayadevi giving birth to Siddhartha in Lumbini Garden
Nativity Sculpture
Puskarani Pond
Asokan Pillar
Asokan Inscription in Brahmi Script
Ramagrama Stupa
KAPILAVASTU : BUDDHA’S HOMETOWN

 Tilaurakot

 Kudan

 Gotihawa

 Niglihawa

 Sagarhawa
Tilaurakot
Kudan (Nyagrodharama)
Gotihawa Pillar
Gotihawa : A view of the stupa mound
Niglihawa
Niglihawa : Asokan Pillar with inscription
Sagarhawa
Sagarhawa : A General View
CONCLUSION

 Lumbini as a holy pilgrim site as the birth place of Buddha Sakyamuni

 The Birthplace of Krakuchanda Buddhas

 The birthplace of Kanakamuni Buddha

 Chunguo Monastery as the bridge between Nepal and China relation

Chinese Monastery at Lumbini, Nepal