Apart from our adventurously ganho driver who drove like the king of the road.
I was appaulled by the beauty of rural bohgaya which have given me new prospecrive.
Countless temples all around and many more that I have not seen peeling away the dust to find the pearl was the real challenge.
People you meet and all the in your face poverty slowly peels off to show u what the place is all about. Self realisation
Been to rajgir and that was where thebuddha spent the most time preaching the middle way. On the exact spot where he preached looked out of the whole 5 hills this was the place where many hold dear as the holiest in rajgir because of the many sermons he held there.
In nalanda , there is the ancient nalanda university still in a state of an archeological survey. I must say it has been a real treat to also know that it is also the place where the chinese monk xuan zeng from journey to the west have gotten to. He taught at the university for 5 years and went on to help solve tribal sectorian disputes with wisedom.
He returned to china to the emporer and spent 14 years translating the texts and also in turn translating the confucius text to sanscript and brought back to india
He died peacefully in yuhua palace in china.
A memorial have been built and I must say its a befitting tribute to a man who have officially introduced and influenced chinese culture with the brand of buddhism he have made
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