ʻO ka Buddhism kekahi hoʻomana nui ma hope o ka Hindu ma Nepal. Wahi a ka helu helu 2011, he 9.04% ka poʻe Buddhist o ka heluna kanaka. ʻO ka World Heritage Site ʻo Lumbini, kahi i hānau ʻia ai ʻo Gautam Buddha, he wahi haipule koʻikoʻi no nā Buddhist. ʻO nā wahi Buddhist kaulana ʻē aʻe ʻO Swayambhunath (Monkey Temple), Kapan Monastery, a me Boudhanath ma Kathmandu, Namobuddha o Kavre, Bajrayogini o Sankhu, ʻo ia hoʻi ka huakaʻi hele malihini Buddhist kaulana.
Hana ʻia ka Buddhism ma nā ʻano like ʻole ma Nepal. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Newaras kūloko i ka poʻe Maharjans, Dangol, a me ka poʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo Jyapu kaiāulu ʻo Theravada Vajrayana Buddhism ʻoiai ʻo Tamang, Sherpas e hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā Mahayana a me kahi Buddhism Tibet. Loaʻa iā lākou nā Shakyapa, Nigmapa, Kahyupa, a me Geluk i loko o ka Buddhism Tibet. Acharya Padmasambhava a i ʻole ʻo Guru Rimpoche (ma Tibetan) e noʻonoʻo ana i ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Buddhism Tibet.
Siddhartha gautama, i hanauia ma Lumbini ma ka hema o Terai ma kahi o 534 BC A hiki i ka makahiki 29, alakaʻi i kahi ola malu i loko o ka hale aliʻi, ʻaʻole maopopo i nā pilikia a me nā pilikia o ka honua i waho. I kekahi lā, ua hoʻohuli ʻo Siddhartha i kona mea hoʻokele kaʻa e lawe aku iā ia i waho o ka hale aliʻi, kahi i hoʻopūʻiwa ʻia ai ʻo ia i ka ʻike ʻana aku i ka honua i waho i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi ʻelemakule, he kanaka maʻi, he kupapaʻu, a he mea hoʻomake. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka pōʻino maoli o ka honua i hoʻohuli i ke aliʻi e haʻalele i kona ola nani a hele i loko o ka ululāʻau e ʻimi i ka mālamalama e hoʻopau i ka ʻeha kanaka. No nā makahiki he nui, hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Gautam i ka asceticism me ka kūleʻa ʻole. I kekahi pō ma lalo o kahi lāʻau Pipal i ka nahele o Bodh Gaya ua hoʻomālamalama ʻo ia. Mai kēia manawa i kapa ʻia ʻo Lord Gautam Buddha, ʻo "ka mea i hoʻomālamalama ʻia" ua huakaʻi ʻo ia a puni ka ʻākau o India a me Nepal Hema e haʻi ana i ke ala waena i ka mālamalama. I ka makahiki kanawalu, ua hele ʻo ia i ka mālamalama hope, ʻo Par Nirvana.
ʻO ka paena ʻelima Buddhist Pilgrims kiʻekiʻe o Nepal:
He hale mōneka kaulana ʻo Kopan ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu, ka puʻu ma hope o ka Bouddhanath Stupa. Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1969 e ke kumu Tibetan Thubten Yeshe, Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. ʻO ka hale mōneka ʻo Kapan ka home o 300 mau mōneka Buddhist Tibet ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. Noho ʻia e kahi lāʻau Bodhi nani, Hoʻohui e aʻo i ka Buddhism Tibet. He lālā ia o ka Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, kahi pūnaewele puni honua o nā kikowaena Gelugpa dharma ma ke ʻano he poʻo. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hiki mai ka nui o nā haole e aʻo i ka Buddhism a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana no nā lā lōʻihi. Hāʻawi ka Kopan Monastery i kahi hiʻohiʻona panoramic o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Boudha ma lalo a me ka mauna Himalayan kupaianaha ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau.
2. ʻO Swayambhunath (Lukini Monkey):
Aia ʻo Swayambhunath stupa complex ma luna o kahi puʻu kiʻekiʻe e nānā ana iā Kathmandu a me ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu holoʻokoʻa me nā pae mauna ma ka ʻaoʻao hema. ʻO ka luakini Monkey kahi hale hoʻomana kahiko ma ka piko o ka puʻu ma ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu. ʻO Swayambhunath paha ka wahi haipule Buddhist kapu loa ma Nepal. He wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana ʻē aʻe a me nā haipule Buddhist a me Hindu. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kiʻi kiʻi a Swayambhunath mai ka moʻomeheu Vajrayana o Newar Buddhism. Ua kapa ʻia kēia heiau ʻo ka luakini Monkey ma muli o ka nui o nā monkey a loaʻa iā lākou ka loko ʻauʻau. He wahi maikaʻi kēia e hopu ai i kou hanu a nānā i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, e hoʻomaka e hoʻomaopopo i ka hohonu hohonu o ka manaʻo Buddhist i ka poʻe. Aia i loko o kahi stupa keʻokeʻo nui loa me nā maka ʻike āpau, manaʻoʻiʻo ia i ke aloha a me ka maluhia o ka Haku Buddha a me nā stupas liʻiliʻi he nui a me nā kiʻi pōhaku i kālai ʻia. Inā ʻoi aku kou ikaika, a laila makemake paha ʻoe e hoʻāʻo i kekahi mau ʻanuʻu 350 a ʻoi aʻe paha e alakaʻi ana mai ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka luakini i kapa ʻia ʻo Bhagwan pau (God Feet) a hiki i kou Swayambhunath stupa vantage point. Aia ka hale paʻakikī i kahi kiʻi stupa a me ka hoʻolālā kiʻi, nā ʻano hoʻāno like ʻole, a me nā luakini, ʻo kekahi e pili ana i ka wā o ka Licchavi dynasty.
3. Namobuddha Monastery:
Aia ma kahi o kanahā mau kilomita mai ka Boudhanath Stupa kahi kahua huakaʻi hele ʻo Namo Buddha. Monastery Aia ma ka ʻāina puʻu kiʻekiʻe iki, he wahi ʻoluʻolu a ma waho o ke ala. Ma kēia panorama ākea, nā pae mauna, ʻālohilohi ʻo Mahalangur Himal keʻokeʻo e like me ka pūpū conch a i ʻole ke aniani. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ke kakahiaka a me ke ahiahi hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā.
He kauhale liʻiliʻi ia e pili ana i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Newari Panauti kahi hale kahiko loa ʻo Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery ʻo ia kekahi o nā huakaʻi Buddhist koʻikoʻi a hoʻāno loa i ka honua. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo Guru Thrangu Rinpoche i ka Namo buddha ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o nā Yana ʻekolu. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻo Vajrayana Buddhism i ka huakaʻi i ka mālamalama i ʻekolu mau pae nui. Ua kapa ʻia kēia mau mea ʻo Yanas. Ua unuhi pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "nā kaʻa" e lawe iā ʻoe ma ke ala e hiki ai i ka mālamalama. Hoʻokumu nā yana ʻekolu i ke kahua ʻuhane no ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻaʻole pono lākou e aʻo ʻia a hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ma ke kaʻina.
ʻO ka moʻolelo o Namo Buddha ke ola ma mua ma ke ʻano he aliʻi ma ʻaneʻi i hāʻawi ai ka Buddha i kona kino no ke aloha i kahi tigress pōloli a me kāna mau keiki. He moʻolelo kupaianaha e pili ana i ka Buddha i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia e kahi papa pōhaku kahiko a me kahi Stupa me nā maka ʻike āpau o ka Haku Buddha. He wahi kūpono a kūpono hoʻi ʻo Namo Buddha no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa. ʻO Namo Buddha kahi wahi Pilgrimage i mahalo nui ʻia e nā poʻe mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua, hikina a me ke komohana.
4. ʻO Boudhanath Stupa:
ʻO ia ka hale hoʻomana Buddhist kaulana loa me ka mōʻaukala lōʻihi ma mua o 500 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku. Aia ka stupa ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o Kathmandu. ʻO Boudhanath kahi kahua pilikino maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe Buddhist e hoʻopuni i kāna stupa hemolele nui a wili i kāna mau huila pule. ʻO Boudhanath kekahi o nā stupas nui loa ma ka honua a me ka UNESCO World Heritage Site ma Nepal. No ka poʻe Tibet, ʻo Boudhanath kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi no ka mea ua ʻike ka nui o ka poʻe mahuka mai Tibet i ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o 50 gompas (Tibetan convent) a me nā monasteries a puni nā wahi ʻo Boudhanath i ka makahiki 1950.
ʻO ka manaʻo nui o Boudhanath ʻo ia kona stupa keʻokeʻo hemispherical nui me kahi hale kiaʻi gula waena a me nā maka ʻike āpau o ka Haku Buddha. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei hoʻi ʻo nā maka e hōʻike ana i ke aloha a me ka maluhia no nā mea ola a pau o ka honua. Hoʻopuni mau ka poʻe kipa i ka stupa ma ka ʻaoʻao uaki a wili i nā huila pule no ka pōmaikaʻi a loaʻa iā Nirvana. ʻO ka wahi ʻo Boudhanath e hoʻopuni ana i kahi ʻano kula no nā malihini malihini e hoihoi i ka pena kiʻi (Thanka) e ʻike i nā mea pena akamai loa e hana ana i nā kiʻi pena mandala hoʻomana.
5. Lumbini- Gautam Buddha wahi hānau:
Lumbini He hemolele a ʻo ka wahi hānau o ka Haku Buddha ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi huakaʻi kaulana loa ma ka honua. ʻO Lumbini kekahi o nā mea hoʻokalakupua nui no ka huakaʻi hele i nā wahi koʻikoʻi i ka Haku Buddha Life. He kahua hoʻoilina honua ʻo UNESCO ʻo Lumbini. ʻO Lumbini kekahi o nā wahi hoʻāno Buddha nui ʻehā e hoʻomanaʻo nei i nā hanana koʻikoʻi i ke ola o Buddha. ʻO kekahi o nā wahi nani loa o Lumbini, ʻo ia ka luakini ʻo Maya Devi a me ka Puskarini, a i ʻole ka Pond Hemolele, kahi i lawe ai ka makuahine o Buddha (Maya Devi) i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma mua o kona hānau ʻana a kahi i ʻauʻau mua ai ʻo Buddha ma ka loko Puskarini. ʻO Bodh Gaya kahi i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ua loaʻa iā Gautama Buddha ka Naʻauao.
ʻO ka manaʻo nui o Lumbini e noho mau i ka Sacred Maya Devi Temple, ka Ashoka Pillar, World peace pagoda, Myanmar Golden Temple ka loko kapu, Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini Crane Sanctuary, China Temple, a me nā mea hou aku. Ma Lumbini, kūkulu nā ʻāina like ʻole i nā hale pule a me nā hale mōneka i nā manawa like ʻole e noʻonoʻo ai i nā kuʻuna kūkulu hale o kēlā me kēia ʻāina a no laila e hāʻawi iā Lumbini i kahi manaʻo honua me ka ʻōlelo o ka maluhia honua.
