Kathmandu
Nepal
3 pilgrimage sites
Ananda Kuti Vihara, Swayambhunath, Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Nepal · 1951
The small Theravada monastery on the slopes of Swayambhunath Hill that served as headquarters of the Dharmodaya Sabha — where the Sacred Relics of the two arhants were kept and exposed for a week, drawing hundreds of white-clad Newar Buddhists daily to worship.
Bodhnath Stupa (Boudhanath), Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Nepal · 1951
The great stupa east of Kathmandu said to contain relics of the former Buddha Kashyapa — about a hundred feet high and ringed with prayer wheels — where Sangharakshita visited and met the 'Chinia Lama' whose daughter served as interpreter.
Swayambhunath Stupa, Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Nepal · 1951
The great stupa on the sacred hill west of Kathmandu — one of the oldest Buddhist sites in the world — where Sangharakshita climbed to the summit and circumambulated the gilded dome with its famous painted eyes that 'regarded one steadily… even followed one as one circumambulated'.