Lumbini, Nepal

... world peace, called a Monlam in Tibetan.   As dawn arrived, we walked through the gates of Lumbini.  Soon I found a small room at the Nepal Monastery adjacent to Buddha's birth site.  As the sun rose, I entered the ancient ...

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Well, for a World Heritage site, the birthplace of Buddha and an important stop on a major pilgimage route, Lumbini was a little underwhelming. We arrived after a long but uneventful bus trip from Pokhara, and lodged at one of the few guest houses in the ...

... was hot and riding an elephant isn't comfortable we still enjoyed it. As soon as we came back we caught a bus out of there. Lumbini Next sop was Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha. It was alright, we didn't have any expectation so we didn ...

... komisch aus: Sie haben "zu viel Haut", die sehr kuenstlich, wie aus Plastik, wirkt. Danach waren wir in Lumbini, dem Geburtsort Siddharth Gautamas, "Buddha", der dort etwa 563 v. Chr geboren wurde. Dort gibt es Tempelruinen und einen Stein ...