Tuesday, March 20, 2012

buddhist group tour

The founder of Buddhism in this world was Buddha Shakyamuni who lived and gave teachings in India some two and a half thousand years ago. Since then millions of people around world have followed the spiritual path he revealed.The Buddhist way of life of peace, loving kindness and wisdom can be just as relevant today as it was in ancient India.

Buddha explained that all our problems and suffering arise from confused and negative states of mind, and that all our happiness and good fortune arise from peaceful and positive states of mind. Buddha meditatingHe taught methods for gradually overcoming our negative minds such as anger, jealousy and ignorance, and developing our positive minds such as love, compassion and wisdom. Through this we can come to experience lasting peace and happiness.

These methods can work for anyone, in any country, in any age. Once we have gained experience of them for ourselves we can pass them on to others so they too can enjoy the same benefits.

Meditation is at the heart of the Buddhist way of life.cheap hotels in delhi It is essentially a method for understanding and working on our own mind. We first learn to identify our different negative mental states known as ‘delusions’, and learn how to develop peaceful and positive mental states or ‘virtuous minds’.

Then in meditation we overcome our delusions by becoming familiar with virtuous minds. Out of meditation we try to maintain the virtuous minds we have developed and use our wisdom to solve the problems of daily life.

As our mind becomes more positive our actions become more constructive, and our experience of life becomes more satisfying and beneficial to others.

Anyone can learn basic meditation techniques and experience great benefits, but to progress beyond basic meditation requires faith in the Three Jewels – Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Usually people find this develops naturally as they experience the benefits of their meditation practice.

Spiritual path
The teachings of Buddha reveal a step by step path to lasting happiness. By following this path anyone can gradually transform his or her mind from its present confused and self-centred state into the blissful mind of a Buddha.In his popular book Eight Steps to Happiness, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition, explains:

    "Every living being has the potential to become a Buddha, someone who has completely purified his or her mind of all faults and limitations and has brought all good qualities to perfection. Our mind is like a cloudy sky, in essence clear and pure but overcast by the clouds of delusions.
Just as the thickest clouds eventually disperse, so too even the heaviest delusions can be removed from our mind. Delusions such as hatred,hotels in delhi greed, and ignorance are not an intrinsic part of the mind. If we apply the appropriate methods they can be completely eliminated, and we shall experience the supreme happiness of full enlightenment."
  

Having attained enlightenment we shall have all the necessary qualities to lead all living beings to the same blissful state. This is the ultimate aim of Mahayana Buddhism.

Buddhist Group Tour In India

Day 01 : Arrival in Delhi
On Arrival, assistance and transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 02 : Delhi
Full day sightseeing of New and Old Delhi. Overnight at hotel.

Day 03 : Patna/Nalanda/Rajgir
Transfer to airport in time to connect flight to Patna.
On arrival in Patna proceed to Bodhgaya, by surface, on route visit Nalanda and Rajgir. Nalanda is known as the ancient seat of learning. Overnight at Hotel.

Day 04 : Bodhgaya
Visit Mahabodhi Temple and Niranjana River. The Bodhgaya Stupa, or Mahabodhi Vihara as it is also known, was erected in the place where Buddha Shakyamuni gained enlightenment some two thousand five hundred years ago.
Later leave for Varanasi by surface. Overnight at hotel.

Day 05 : Sarnath
Early morning boat ride on river Ganges.
Afternoon visit Sarnath. At Sarnath the Buddha founded the Sangha with his five old companions as his first disciples. It was here that he preached his first discourse in the deer park to set in motion the 'Wheel of the Dharma'. It is one of the most holy sites as in this place the stream of the Buddha's teaching first flowed.
Overnight at hotel.

Day 06 : Kushinagar
Leave for Kushinagar by surface. Kushinagar is the place that the Buddha chose for his Mahaparinirvana, or final exit from this earth.
Overnight at hotel.
   

Day 07 : Lumbini
Leave for Lumbini by surface. Lumbini grove, the sacred site of Lord Buddha's birth is today a small village in Nepal, 27kms from Sonauli on the Indo-Nepal border.
Overnight at hotel.

Day 08 : Kathmandu
Leave for Kathmandu by surface. Kathmandu has become the focal point of Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal. Bouddhanath in Kathmandu is among the largest stupas in South Asia.
Overnight at hotel.

Day 09 : Nagarkot
Early morning visit Nagarkot.
Later visit Patan and Bhargaon. The temple of Mahabouddha in Patan is a masterpiece of terra-cotta. This temple was built by Abhaya Raj,budget hotels in delhi a priest of Patan and is sometimes referred to as the temple of a million Buddhas because every single brick bears a small image of Buddha.
Overnight at hotel.

Day 10 : Patan/Bhargaon/Back Home
Morning brief city tour and later transfer to airport for onward destination.