^0 I N D E X 06HHajipur, 171–73, 182Hanuman, 68, 89, 93, 202Haribala, 87Harijan, 82Heart Sutra, 293nHilsa, 196, 197, 198Himalayas, 29, 35–36, 39, 67, 110Gondwanaland and, 110Rajagaha and, 223Rajgir and, 219, 223Tibetan refugees and, 211Vaishali and, 156Hinduism, x, 8, 31Arjuna and, 30Ayodhya and, 15Bhagavad Gita and, 83Nirvana Stupa and, 87Husan Tsiang, 8, 47, 130, 165, 209, 211IIkhtiyar-ud-din-Muhammad, 207, 212Indasala Cave, 235Indian Mutiny, 25, 190Islam, 8, 160. See also MuslimsI-Tsing, 211, 293nJJagdishpur, 218Jainism, 98–99, 156, 244Jalan, Mr., 184Jayanti celebration, 91Jethian, 236, 252KKabir, 183–84, 189Kali, 135, 198, 207, 213kamma, 196Kanishka (emperor), 6, 165Kapilavatthu, 52, 54–56kar sevaks, 30Kasia, 2, 79, 90Khadi Emporium, 18Khalsa, 190Kolhua, 162Koran, 189Kosala, 115, 201, 221Kushinagar, 2, 50, 65, 74–77, 79–99Kusinara, 90, 104LLakshmi Narian Temple, 227–28Lauriya Areraj, 107, 130, 133–34Lauriya Nandangar, 107, 122–24Licchavi republic, 150–52, 156, 158–59Lord Ram, 30, 68, 190Lucknow, 16, 20–25, 28–30, 97, 158Lumbini, xi, 2, 9, 29, 33–68, 130, 153,283Lumbini Development Project, 43, 46MMagadha, 4, 115, 151, 156, 201, 220–22Maha Bodhi Society, 273, 283Maha Bodhi Temple, 267–69, 273, 275,280, 282Maha Maya, 29, 45, 47, 52Mahabharata, 124, 298Mahakala, 206Mahavira, 98–99, 156Mahayana Buddhism, 95–96, 205, 212,284, 299Mara, 274, 282Master Hua, 51Metta Sutta, 140Mother Ganga, 175–76Mughals, 189, 190Muslims, x, 31, 104Aurangzeb and, 189–90Ayodhya and, 15Kabir and, 183–84Nirvana Stupa and, 87NNagarjuna, 205–6Nagpur, 82Nalanda University, 5, 191, 200–12, 219,255Ñanissara, Mahathera U, 97Nepal, 2, 32–35, 211. See also LumbiniNew Delhi, 3–4, 6–7, 10, 13–20Nibbana, 1213 1 5
^0 I N D E X 06Nichiren, 154Nipponzan Myohoji sect, 150, 153, 229,230nirvana, 64Nirvana Stupa, 86–87Nirvana Temple, 97Noble Eightfold Path, 121Nyaninda, Ven., 268, 272, 280OOdantapuri Mahavihara, 207, 212PPadmasambhava, 281Pali language, 80parinirvana, 85, 92Parinirvana Stupa, 92Patimokkha, 80, 87–88, 215Patna, 97, 129–30, 166, 172–203, 217,234, 256Patna Museum, 166Patna Zoological Gardens, 180Pava, 102–3Pilgrim’s Rest, 8, 13, 16–17Prajna, 207prajnaparamita, 185, 205Prajnaparamita Sutra, 185Prasad, Dasrat, 256–57Prinsep, James, 124Punjab, 117, 176, 190Pure Land Buddhism, 284RRajagaha, 201, 220–23, 229, 234Rajgir, 191, 217, 219–56, 259, 266, 276Ramayana, 15Rilke, Rainer Maria, 92, 290nRocana, Sister, 44Ssadhus, 28, 201, 220, 244, 275, 301Sakyan country, 57–58samsara, 64, 134<strong>Sangha</strong>, 39, 51, 64, 88, 219, 257Common Era and, 206defined, 301Nirvana Stupa and, 87Sattapanni Cave and, 227seven principles and, 151–52Vaishali and, 155, 166<strong>Sangha</strong> Council, 152Santi (Peace) Stupa, 230–31Sattapanni Cave, 227, 228, 294nSavatthi, 201, 283Second Buddhist Council, 152shikar, 119Shiva, 124, 133–35, 176, 196Sikhism, 174, 176–79, 183–84, 189Aurangzeb and, 189–90Guru Gobind and, 190Indira Gandhi and, 191Singh, Naval Kishore, 141–44Singh, Ram Rattan, 150, 177–79,182–83, 191Siswal Bazaar, 72, 76, 84, 88Sri Lanka, 8, 207, 212, 269, 273–75, 283State Bank of India, 129, 179–80Sujata, 264, 275–76Sumedho, Ajahn, 26–27, 37–38, 152,204, 215, 230TTeewali, Mr., 141–43Thailand, 12–13, 28, 93, 214–15, 217forest tradition of, x, 49Sumedho in, 152pilgrims from, 269, 273–74wat and, 202–3Thanissara, Sister, 218, 246, 282–83Thant, U, 43Thatcher, Margaret, 213Theravadan Buddhism, 11, 17, 282, 284Batchelor and, 279defined, 302First <strong>Sangha</strong> Council and, 227Vaishali and, 158Thunderbolt Vehicle, 284Tibet, 8, 281–82Burmese Vihara and, 230China and, 2133 1 6
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