Maha Bodhi Temple

[David N. Snyder]

The "holiest" place in Buddhism, the spot marking the enlightenment of the Buddha, Bodh Gaya, India.

[David N. Snyder]

[David N. Snyder]

I added a date and time clock for Bodh Gaya, which can be seen here:

http://dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Maha_Bodhi_Temple

If you click on the clock you can even get the weather forecast for Bodh Gaya.

[David N. Snyder]

I have recently acquired another Buddhist domain name which I use as a redirect to a Dhamma Wiki page on another 'passion' of mine: Maha Bodhi Replicas

Here is the domain, which redirects to an article with a list of all the known Maha Bodhi Temple replicas:

http://www.mahabodhireplicas.com/

I think there may be more, so I will be adding the others as I find them. If you know of any that I missed, you can let me know here.

[Ngawang Drolma.]

David, thanks so much!

[David N. Snyder]

The Maha Bodhi Temple under the provisions of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act 1949 has been under the control of Hindus, even though this is the "Mecca" of Buddhism. The provisions call for 4 Buddhist members on the Board, 4 Hindus, and a Chairman who must be Hindu, effectively making it majority Hindu control. Now a Public Interest Litigation has been filed by a Buddhist in India to attempt to finally bring the Temple to Buddhist control.

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php ... 04,0,0,1,0

Anagarika Dharmapala, founder of the Maha Bodhi Society spent most of his life attempting to get the Temple and area under Buddhist control, but never got to see it happen. Hopefully his dream may finally come true.

[Ben]

Indeed! Thank you David for bringing news of this important development to our attention.
kind regards,

Ben

[pilgrim]

An excellent site for up to date news on Bodhgaya
http://www.bodhgayanews.net/index.html

[David N. Snyder]

One more step closer to Buddhist control of the Maha Bodhi Temple:

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php ... 04,0,0,1,0

[Hanzze]

The share with Hindus is maybe some more buddhistic. Wish all that there are not more steps as nessesary. Maybe it would be real merit to make a step aside and give those in "need".