Ngabe uke waya endaweni yokuzalwa yeNkosi uBuddha?

1. I-Nepal idume ngokuqwala izintaba nokuhamba ngezinyawo kodwa kubahambi abangenalo uhambo kunobuhle, izilwane zasendle kanye nokuvuka okungokomoya okulindile. ULumbini uyisibonelo esibalulekile salokhu.
2. Kodwa qaphela, lesi yisizinda esinamandla ngokomoya kangangokuthi umbusi omkhulu walahla impi futhi waphila ngokuthula; ULumbini unamandla okuguqula. 
3. I-Lumbini iyindawo ye-UNESCO yamagugu omhlaba. Kukhona amandla noma i-aura ku-Lumbini lokho ngokusobala.

UMbusi u-Ashoka wamisa okucatshangwa ukuthi ngowokuqala “kwezinsika ze-Ashoka” lapha endaweni yokuzalwa kukaBuddha. Ukubusa kuka-Ashoka (cishe ngo-304-233 BC) kuyaphawuleka ukuthi le nkosi yoMbuso WaseMauryan eyake yathanda impi yavele yaguqukela eBuddhism, yalahla impi, futhi yanikela iminyaka yokugcina yokuphila kwayo ekufundiseni ukuthula nezindlela zikaBuddha. 

Ithempeli likaMaya Devi eLumbini liseyisihloko sokumba futhi abavubukuli bayaqhubeka nokuthola izinto ezintsha nezibalulekile mayelana nesayithi. Eduze kwendawo yethempeli yamanje, insika ye-Ashoka edume kabi ime nombhalo okhomba le ndawo njengendawo yokuzalwa kukaBuddha. 

Ngo-2014 kwamenyezelwa, iNepal ihlela ukuthuthukisa iLumbini, okwase kuyisikhathi eside ikhonjwa njengendawo yokuzalwa kweNkosi uBuddha, njengeDolobha Lokuthula Lomhlaba.

Abaningi bathi naphezu kwemizamo ehlukahlukene yokuguqula iLumbini njenge "Mecca of Buddhist", le ndawo isanganakwa futhi idinga izigidigidi zamaRandi ekutshalweni kwezimali.

Ochwepheshe abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi ukutholakala kungase kuxazulule ingxabano ngosuku lokuzalwa kukaSiddhartha Gautama, owaba uBuddha.

Namuhla iLumbini isingatha amathempeli amaningi nezigodlo eziye zakhiwa amazwe ahlukene ayishumi nambili. Okuphawulekayo phakathi kwazo iRoyal Thai Buddhist Monastery, iZhong Hua Chinese Buddhist Monastery. I-Cambodia Monastery, i-World Peace Pagoda, kanye negugu lomqhele, i-Maya Devi Temple. Kulula ukunqamula i-boulevard ende futhi ubavakashele bonke. Kukhona futhi imnyuziyamu esizeni enezinkulungwane zezinsalela eziye zavubukulwa ngaphakathi nasezindaweni ezizungezile endaweni yeThempeli le-Maya Devi. 

Izungezwe umlando nokubaluleka kwezenkolo kweLumbini kungaba yinto eqeda ukoma ngokomoya ngakho-ke qiniseka ukuthi uzinika isikhathi esanele sokukuvumela konke kungene. 

ULumbinī ungumBuddha indawo yokuvakasha esifundeni saseRupandehi esifundazweni saseLumbini eNepal. Kuyindawo lapho, ngokwesiko lamaBuddha, iNdlovukazi uMahamayadevi yazala khona uSiddhartha Gautama cishe ngo-563 BCE

Ungafika kanjani eLumbini?

Ngendiza thatha indiza yemizuzu engama-30 ukuya eSiddharthanagar kanye nohambo lwamakhilomitha angama-28 ukusuka lapho. 

Ibhasi. 10-11 amahora stop ukudla endleleni

Imoto yangasese amahora angu-7-8 

Ukuthatha umzila odlula e-Hetauda kunikeza ithuba lokuvakashela e-Barsa Wildlife Reserve, eChitwan, noma zombili endleleni ngenkathi uhamba nge-Pokhara kunikeza ithuba lokuma e-Bandipur idolobha elihle elisegqumeni elicwile esikweni laseNewar, bese liya e-Pokhara ukuvakashela e-Phewa. Ichibi, buka i-Annapurna massif. Uma unesikhathi futhi ufuna ukubona inhlobonhlobo ephezulu yokuma kwezwe kanye nemvelo e-Nepal, qasha imoto yangasese futhi wenze uhambo lwe-loop futhi ukuthole konke ohambweni olulodwa. 

Uma useLumbini kunamahhotela amaningi amahle anikeza inhlobonhlobo yamanani nezinkonzo. Kunconywa ukuthi ubhukhe kusenesikhathi kunoma iyiphi indawo kanye nazo zonke izindawo ozihlosile ohambweni. 

I-Nepal ihlonishwa njengezwe Umthombo weBuddhism.

Umbhali/umthwebuli wezithombe uthathe uhambo lwe-"loop" ngemoto yangasese ngo-2015.