SARNATH, BUDDHISM ORIGINATE PLACE ,BUDDHAS FIRST SERMON PLACE

 

  

Sarnath is a birth place of buddhism.Sarnath is one of the most important place to buddhist pilgrimage destination in india where the lord buddha great sage delivered his first sermon after attaining  enlightment

Sarnath was an important place in india where holy man gautama buddha lived. After enlightenment in bodh gaya in (bihar).Lord buddha visited sarnath .Sarnath is one of the holy place in india 

Sarnath has been historically know as mrigadayavan migadaya rishi patna isipatana 

Mrigadayavan mean  deer park. isipathana mean where the holy men ( rushi)landed

In sarnath we founded ashoka pillar the lion capital now symbolizes the modern state of india

 Sarnath is a place where the buddhist sanghas come in to extension

Buddhism originated in india instead of indian casteism

LOCATION

Sarnath located in the central of ganga river valley of north india eastern part of uttar pradesh state in india sarnath is 10 km near by banaras or varanasi

Sarnath located indo gangetic plain

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

• 25.3716  North latitude
• 83.0252  East longitude

MSL(MEAN SEAN LEVEL)

Saranath elevation or mean sea level  is 83 meter above sea level  or 273 ft

CLIMATE

Sarnath experience a humid subtropical climate with large variation between summer and winter the 

Temperature ranges between 22 to 46 centigrade or 72 to 115 foren heat

Average rain fall of sarnath is 1110 mm  for the year

LOCAL LANGUAGE

 Local language of sarnath is hindi

 BEST VISITING MONTH TO SARNATH

 October to march 

HISTORY OF SARNATH

Sarnath is holy place to buddhist ,sarnath is a place of religion buddhism originated ,gautama buddha given his first sermon after enlightenment at sarnath in 528 BCE 

Sarnath is a deer park sarnath derived from sanskrit language (saranganata)which mean" lord of the deer "and relate another old buddhist story which is bodhisattva is a deer and offer his life to king instead of the doe the letter is planning to kill the king is so moved that he creates the park as sanctuary for deer

Sarnath is a small town but it has significant meaning for buddhist around the world 

Sarnath is discovered by alexander cunning hum .Major stupas are built in sarnath

Chaukhandi stupa

• Dhamekh stupa 
• dharmarajika stupa

Sarnath mainly destroyed by turkish ruler qutubuddin aibak

HISTORY OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA

Buddhism is one of the world greatest religion it has deeply influenced  the character and elevation of asian civilization over the past 2500 years

Buddhism was founded by gautama buddha he born (563 BCE) before enlightenment he was called siddhartha and he belongs to kshatriya family of kapilavastu .At the age of 29 siddhartha leave the home  for search of truth and decided to meditation as method for understanding the cause of suffering in the world, he eventually achieved enlightenment his delivered his first sermon at sarnath where his first five disciple had gathered this first sermon is called ( Dharma chakra parivarthana or turning of the wheel to law and he was died  in 483 BCE

Lost words of buddha;be hold now brethren i exhort you saying decay  is inherent in all component things work out your salvation with diligence

GOLDEN WORDS OF BUDDHA

Buddha teach 4 noble truth

• Dukkha ----- ----the word full of suffering
• Samudaya-------every suffering has a cause 
• Nirodha----------the cause is desire and if desire is removed the                               suffering can also removed
• Marg---------------there is the path to remove desire

According buddha the highest goal of life is to attain nirvana

Nirvana mean   -- (blowing out or extinction of human desire)

 ASHTANGA MARG OF BUDDHA

• Samyak drishti------------- right understanding
• Samyak sankalpa----------- right thought
• Samyak valk----------- ----right speech
• samyak karmatha----------right action
• Samyak ajiva --------------right livelihood
• Samyak vamayana-------- right effort 
• Samyak smriti--------------right thinking
• Samyak samrudhi----------right concentration

According teaching of Buddha nirvana can only be achieved by leading a life free from Trina or carving and pious honest and truthful conduct paves the way top nirvana

Buddha said to his follower to frame laying converting the property of others committing violence using intoxicant cants and indulging in corruption practicE

 

ABOUT BUDDHISM

• Buddhism is one of the world greatest religion it has deeply influenced  the character and elevation of Asian civilization over the past 2500 years 
• Buddhism  gained numerous followers the avoidance of complex religious practice the absences of cast distinction democratic organisation of common people instead Sanskrit
• Comparison with bramhanism Buddhism emerged as a more liberalised open system of thought
• Buddhism organate against varnish system
• Buddhism fallowed by numbers of Indian great crullers like Asoka bimbisara ajatashetru
• Buddhism spreed over south Asia and east Asia mainly sri lanka ,china, Thailand, Tibet, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, japan 
• Buddhism fallowed non violence they are not eaten non veg 
• Buddhism to succumbed to ritualistic practice and idol worship on social issue also
• Buddhism helped in the growth of native art
• Buddhism consider both men and women to be equally useful for society 
• Buddhism dose not restrict either education opportunity of women or other religious freedom
• probably the first image of human worship in india are those of buddha
• buddhist stupas and their paintings have enriched indian culture

buddhist sculpture and painting are available in ajanta ellora caves

FOUR HOLY PLACES OF BUDDHIST

1. Lumbini ; (nepal) this is the birthplace of gautama buddha  
2. Bodhgaya (bihar state in india) :the place of enlightenment
3. Sarnath (uttar pradesh state in india) ;the place of gautama buddha given first sermon to his five friends
4. Kushinagar (uttar pradesh state in india ) ;it important pilgrimage because buddha attained parinirvana after his death it international buddhist pilgrimage centre

JEWEL OF BUDDHISM

• The buddha fully enlightened
• The dharma teaching expanded by buddha
• The sangha the monastic order buddhism that practice darma

OPENING AND CLOSING TIME

Sarnath open all days in a week there is no holy day

opening timing morning 8;00 am to 6;00 pm

ENTRY FEE  OF STUPA

 these entry fee as on 24/08/2020

Indian citizen ---------  Rs 5. 00

Foreign citizen---------Rs  100.00

VISITING NEAR BY SARNATH

• Varanasi---------10 km
• ganga river------10 km
• kushinagar-----219 k
• bodh gaya-----246 km
• lumbini  (nepal)---324

DISTANCE FROM SARNATH

• Delhi----------------847 km
• lucknow------------304 km
• calcutta-------------673 km
• Bhopal-------------718 km
• Hyderabad----------1240 km
• Mumbai------------1489 km
• kochi--------------2361 km
• Bangalore---------1831 km

NEAR AIR PORTS TO SARNATH

• Lal Bahadur shastri  air port--------25 km
• allahabad air port-------------------130 km
• Gorakhpur air port----------------218 km
• patna air port---------------------- 243 km
• Lucknow air port------------------304 km

NEAR RAILWAY STATION 

Sarnath railway station is nearest railway station

OTHER BUDDHIST PLACES IN  INDIA

1. Bodh gaya ( bihar)
2. Kushinagar (uttar pradesh)
3. kapilavastu  ( uttar pradesh)
4. sravasti ( uttar pradesh)
5. Rajgiri ( uttar pradesh)
6. Dharamshala (himachal pradesh)
7. Tawang (arunachal pradesh)
8. Sanchi (madhya pradesh)
9. Rumtek monastery  (gangtok)
10. Vaishali  (bihar)
11. Mindrolling monastery(dehradun
12. Leh ladakh  ( jammu and kashmir)
13. Golden temple ( coorg )
14. spitivally (himachal pradesh)
15. Dhamma setu ( tamil nadu)
16. Sariputra ( bihar)
17. Key montessori (
18. Karla bajwa caves
19. Bhojana konda ( andhra pradesh)
20. ajanta caves( maharashtra)
21. Amaravathi ( andhra pradesh ) 
22. Nagarjunakonda ( andhra pradesh)
23. Ellora caves ( maharashtra)

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