Place
Vaishali
Ancient Buddhist pilgrimage and archaeological site (Ashoka pillar, Stupa and Swastika Monastery) associated with significant events in Lord Buddha's life; in Bihar in India
- Also called Vesali (in Pali), Land of Ambapali (Amrapali)
Overview
ancient Buddhist pilgrimage and archaeological site (Ashoka pillar, Stupa and Swastika Monastery) associated with significant events in Lord Buddha's life; in Bihar in IndiaWikidata record description. Read Vaishali (ancient city) in the Wikipedia reader.
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Connections
Recorded events and days 4
- pillars of Ashoka
- Ratana Sutta Buddhist sutta found in the Pali Canon's Sutta Nipata (Sn 2.1) and Khuddakapatha (Khp 7)
- Second Buddhist council council, said to have taken place 70 years after the Buddha’s death, which resulted in the first schism in the Sangha between the Sthaviras and the Mahāsāṃghikas
- Vimalakirti Sutra Mahayana sutra describing a lay Buddhist meditator who has attained a very high degree of enlightenment
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