Chris Sig

Final Blog of Up the Ganges

Posted by Chris Sig | 1st November 2009

Highlights:

Mahabodhi Temple

An unexpected highlight of my Indian travels was a trip to Bodh Gaya to see the Mahabodhi Temple, the place where Buddha gained enlightenment while sitting under the Bodhi tree. In essence, it is the place where the Buddhist philosophy began.

On entering the Heritage Park, the noises & bustle of India were replaced by the peace & serenity of the temple and its followers. A very mild mannered guide offered to show me around, but I refused, as I wanted to check it out on my own, in my own time.

The place I had to see first was the “Tree”, so I walked around the back of the temple to see it. It is not the original tree but a descendant of it and while sitting quietly in front of it, I imagined a meditating Buddha sitting there. Why here?

As I walked around the grounds, I kept on being drawn back to the tree and it occurred to me, that if ever there was a place for a novice to learn how to meditate, this must be it. So I meditated for wha

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