8/12/2011 :伦比尼 Lumbini --【蓝毗尼圣园, 中华寺、Korea 大圣释迦寺、Vietnam 佛寺、Tibetan佛寺--- Karma Kayju Temple & Drinkung Kayju Temple】
In the village called Lumbini in the Sakyan country, a Bodhisatta has been born, an excellent jewel, without comparison. This is why we are so glad, so excited, so jubilant.
Although he was born here, the Buddha seems to have visited Lumbini on only one other occasion during his life. According to the ancient commentaries, the Devadaha Sutta (Majjhima Nikaya Sutta No. 101) was delivered by the Buddha in Lumbini while on his way from Kapilavatthu to Devadaha.
King Asoka came here on pilgrimage in 250 BCE and marked the place with great stone pillar. A monk from there arrived in China in the 6th centuries and translated several texts into Chinese, and in the 11th century the great philosopher Dharmakirti of Sumatra, one of teachers of Atisa, visited Lumbini while on his pilgrimage through the Middle Land. The last person know of to have visited the place until its rediscovery was King Ripumalla of the Karnamalla kingdom of western Nepal who come to pilgrimage in the early 14th century. After that, Lumbini was lost in the jungle until 1896. The first archaeological work was done here in 1899 and several times since then subsequent work has been carried out.
