Along the Path by Decary, Michelle -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Front Cover Halftitle Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Prologue

A Note on Names, Language & References

Acknowledgements Introduction

Using this Book

Travelling in India

Planning Your Journey

Planning Choosing Your Dates Seasons Cheap Flights Visas & Other Essential Documents Packing

A Travel Routine

Travelling with Friends Travelling Alone Women Travellers Travelling with Kids Travelling with Pets Travel Insurance Medications & Vaccinations

You’ve landed

Accommodations Food Health Travel: Trains, Buses, Rickshaws, etc The Conscientious Meditator Etiquette around Monks & Nuns Language Money Communications Business Hours Shopping Electricity Laundry Toilets & Bathrooms Warnings Volunteer Work Dhamma Centres

Suggested Itineraries for a Dhamma Yatra

The Middle Land (Majjhima Desa)

Dhamma Art, Architecture & History

Stūpas (Pagodas, Cetiyas, Chortens) Temples & Monasteries Statues of the Buddha Dhamma Asoka: His Pillars & Policies The Dhamma’s Decline in India The Rediscovery of Dhamma Culture & Practice in India

The Middle Land: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar & South Nepal Lumbinī

Birth of the Bodhisatta Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Excursions Nepalese Kapilavatthu & Surrounding Areas

Kapilavastu (Kapilavatthu)

Prince Siddhattha’s First 29 Years The Buddha’s Return to the Sakyans The Kapilavatthu Debate Nepalese Kapilavatthu & Surrounding Sites:Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Indian Kapilavatthu: Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Bodhgayā (Buddhagayā, Uruvelā)

The Great Awakening Site-Sitting Volunteer Work in Bodhgayā Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Excursions

Sārnāth (Isipatana)

Turning the Wheel of Dhamma Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Excursions Vārāṇasī Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Rajgir (Rājagaha)

Siddhattha’s early days in and around Rājagaha Siddhattha’s Return to Rājagaha after Enlightenment Tales from Rājagaha Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Excursions

Nāḷandā

Tales from Nāḷandā Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Patna (Pāṭaliputta, Pāṭaligāma)

The Importance of Ethics Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Excursions Coming & Going

Vaishali (Vesālī)

Tales from Vesālī Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Excursions

Kaushambi (Kosambī)

Tales from Kosambī Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Excursions

Shravasti (Sāvatthī)

Tales from Sāvatthī Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Excursions

Sankasya (Saṅkassa)

Glory of the Buddha Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Mathura (Madhurā)

Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Kushinagar (Kusinārā)

The Buddha’s Last Days Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Excursions

Beyond the Middle Land

The North: Delhi

Shopping, Activities, Services & Sites Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Excursions

McLeod Ganj (Upper Dharamsala)

Site-Sitting Hiking & Trekking Volunteering, Workshops, Therapies & Sites Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Excursions

Dehra Dun

Site-Sitting Excursions & Activities Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Jaipur

Site-Sitting Shopping & Activities Sleeping & Eating Excursions Coming & Going

Kathmandu

Site-Sitting Shopping, Activities, Services & Sites Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Border Crossing Excursions

The West: Mumbai

Tales from Mumbai Site-Sitting Shopping, Activities, Services & Sites Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Igatpuri

Site-Sitting Excursions Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Ajaṇṭā, Ellora & Aurangabad

Ajaṇṭā Caves Ellora Caves Aurangabad Caves Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Pune

Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Karla & Bhaja Caves

Karla Caves Bhaja Caves Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Nagpur

Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Sanchi (Sāñcī)

Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going Excursions

Kutch

Site-Sitting Activities, Sites & Excursions Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

The South: Hyderabad

Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Shopping, Activities & Sites Coming & Going

Nāgārjunakonda

Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Kerala

Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

The East: Kolkata

Site-Sitting Activities, Sites & Volunteer Opportunities Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Dhauli (Kalinga)

Site-Sitting Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Lalitgiri, Ratnagiri & Udaigiri

Sleeping & Eating Coming & Going

Timeline of the Buddha’s Life

Glossary Notes References & Recommended Reading Index

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