Sarnath - Feb. 21, 2006

Buddha at Sarnath - Feb 21, 2006

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February 22nd 2006
Today was with Buddha at Sarnath, on the outskirts of Varanasi, where he delivered his first sermon, “The Foundation of Righteousness, circa 525BC. After clearing the bowels of Old Varanasi, it was onto Sarnath in the hands of a skillful auto rickshaw driver. First, negotiating the mad crush of morning traffic in New, or rather, Less-Old Varanasi; then bouncing along, on some seriously bumpy r ... 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