Sacred
Pilgrimage Sites
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Wat Florida Dhammaram
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Buddhalila
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Wat
Florida Dhammaram has constructed replicas of the sacred places of
pilgrimage in honor Lord Buddha as they are found in India:
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Vihara
Maha Mayadevi, built in commemoration of the Buddha’s
birthplace in Lumbini Nepal.
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Mahabodhi
Temple of Bodgaya India
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Dhamekha
Stupa of Sarnath India
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The
Parinibbana Temple of Kusinara India
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The shrines are situated in a lovely walking park shaded
by large southern oaks. Because of the increasing interest throughout
the West in the teachings of the Buddha, these replicas are offered
as places of pilgrimage for meditation, reflection, education and study.
Lord Buddha mentioned these four sites as follows in the Digha Nikaya
16:
"There
are four places, Ananda, that a pious person should visit and look
upon with feelings of reverence What are the four? "'Here the
Tathagata was born!' This, Ananda, is a place that a pious person should
visit and look upon with feelings of reverence. "'Here the Tathagata
became fully enlightened in unsurpassed, supreme Enlightenment!' This,
Ananda, is a place that a pious person should visit and look upon with
feelings of reverence. "'Here the Tathagata set rolling the unexcelled
Wheel of the Dhamma!' This, Ananda, is a place that a pious person
should visit and look upon with feelings of reverence. "'Here
the Tathagata passed away into the state of Nibbana in which no element
of clinging remains!' This, Ananda, is a place that a pious person should
visit and look upon with feelings of reverence. "These,
Ananda, are the four places that a pious person should visit and look
upon with feelings of reverence. And truly there will come to these
places, Ananda, pious bhikkhus and bhikkhunis, laymen and laywomen,
reflecting: 'Here the Tathagata was born! Here the Tathagata became
fully enlightened in unsurpassed, supreme Enlightenment! Here the Tathagata
set rolling the unexcelled Wheel of the Dhamma! Here the Tathagata
passed away into the state of Nibbana in which no element of clinging
remains!"
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Lord Buddha enters Parinibbana. |
Wat Florida Dhammaram
2421 Old Vineland Rd. Kissimmee Florida 34746
Telephone (407) 397-9552
Fax (407) 397-2577
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