Bihar
India
2 pilgrimage sites
Nalanda Maha Vihara — Ruins
Bihar, India · 1950
Sangharakshita and Bhikkhu Kashyap visited the ruins of Nalanda — the greatest Buddhist monastic university of the ancient world, destroyed in the 12th century — and wondered whether a new Nalanda would ever rise from the ashes of the old.
Vulture Peak (Gridhrakuta), Rajgir
Bihar, India · 1950
The rocky outcrop above ancient Rajagriha where the Buddha taught the White Lotus Sutra — Sangharakshita's ascent of the Vulture Peak was a spiritual highpoint of his entire pilgrimage, and he prayed there that all beings might hear the Voice of the Buddha.