Chapter 2. Travel

To Reach : The Buddhist Holy Place of the World, BodhGaya.

Chapter 2. Travel

Airplane travel to India

People of integrated society today works, coordinates and relates to others both near and far with globalization technology, including swiftly developing communication and transportation. No matter, how far it is, talking to each other by real time is easy and very convenient. To meet together, just take a plane or a high-speed bullet train as in Japan or in fast-growing economic city in China, 300-400 kilometers in one hour approximately. Going to India to render homage the Lord Buddha, we don’t need to go by foot or by oversea ship which take a month as long time ago. All of us in the team agreed to go by plane with 1,612 kilometers, 2-3 hours and continue by normal train with 8 hours approximately to the place of the Lord Buddha Enlightenment. Different railway agency will take different time, there are many railway agencies in India, we have a choice to select.
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Chapter 1. Preparation

To Reach : The Buddhist Holy Place BodhGaya, for the World

Chapter 1. Preparation

My wish, long time ago, I would like to go to respectfully worship the Lord Buddha at the Bodhi Tree at BodhGaya, the place where the Loard Buddha attained the Enlightenment. The BodhGaya is one of the four Secred places (the Buddha was born at ‘Lumpini Nepal, the Buddha attained enlightenment at ‘Bodh Gaya’, the Buddha delivered his first sermon and turned the wheel of righteousness at ‘Sarnath’ and the Buddha attained nibbana at Kusinara) in India. Even I’ve heard a lot, I’ve read so much, about the Bodhi tree which have been growing elegantly. There is a high Mahavihara nearby enclosed with carved railing. I still insist to go there. As advice on how to investigation a doctrine in ‘Kalamasutta-kankhaniyatthana 10’, be not led by report and be not led by hearsay, then my wish will be great achievement. When a chance came close, the preparation started.
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