Buddhist Devotees Achieving Enlightenment Under the Bodhi Tree

Joe Blogs - Bodh Gaya

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January 27th 2012
Phew ! We're actually in Agra now, with a beautiful view of the Taj Mahal from our hotel window. But first, I wanted to tell you a bit more about Bodh Gaya. If New Delhi is the London of North India, then I suppose Varanasi could be construed to be similar to the Holy City of Liverpool, then Bodh Gaya is the Clitheroe. There the similarity ends (if it ever started). Not that I am s ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more