Rajgir, India Travel Blogs

Travels with Two Buddhas: Meditation and Knowledge
Jan 16, 2007 (14 photos)

Now the Buddha statues are on their way to their respective homes, mailed after visiting Nalanda and Rajgir via India's postal service--one to the U.S. and one back to Nepal to Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. My backpack is much lighter now, as I continue to travel ...

Rajgir
Oct 1, 2008 (4 photos)

... recently been laid to take its place. The conventional wisdom suggests that King Bimbasari saw the Buddha taking a walk around Rajgir and, immediately impressed with him, saught him out to be his spiritual teacher and offered him half the kingdom. ...

Rajgir
Nov 28, 2006 (14 photos)

Rajgir is a dusty town 3.5 hours away from Patna on the train I got the train with only a few hastles. It departed rammed to Rajgir on time (ish) and it was a pretty successful morning. On the way to Rajgir i was warned no fewer than 3 times about how ...

Bling and Being
Apr 21, 2006

... to a different platform and sit behind some crates in the hope that we wouldn't attract too much new attention. Being left alone in public in India is not always a possibility! By the time the train rolled in we were ready for some good a/c rest... ;)

Arrive Rajgir
Oct 31, 2007

Arrive Rajgir

Australia Give India A Cricket Lesson
Aug 24, 2007

... over the Indians. Finally dismissed in the 8th over lobbing a tired shot to leg gully the Australians then only scored 5 more runs. India's run chase started of slow only scoring 6 runs from the first 3 over and losing 2 wickets. Rayner took 2 wickets in ...