-14- A Miniature India

~ By Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu ~

We intend to build a miniature India, but only the parts that involve the Buddha: the places of his birth, enlightenment, first sermon, and death. Bringing India here can facilitate study. The site has been provided, but the construction has not been done yet, so I don’t have much to talk about. Upon completion, it will help in studying the life of the Buddha. From the bird’s-eye view, we will be able to see where he was born, grew up, reached enlightenment, and walked all over central India. But since the project has not been done, you still can’t see anything at the site. We thought of setting up an outdoor museum by laying stone carvings around there, depicting the life of the Buddha, but we haven’t done that either.

(From "Benefits You Should Get from Coming to Suan Mokkh," a talk given by Tan Ajahn in December 1988 at the request of Tan Dusadee Bhikkhu, as translated from the Thai by Aj. Mongkol Dejnakarintra.)

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“24 Benefits of Suan Mokkh,” is a series of weekly posts published to commemorate the 88th anniversary of the foundation of Suan Mokkh in May 1932 in Chaiya, southern Thailand.

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Buddhadāsa Indapañño Archives collection (Ref. Dec46-047)