Buddhism List of religious sites

purported birthplace of buddha in lumbini, nepal, holy shrine many non-buddhists



the bodhi tree @ mahabodhi temple in india. tree propagated sri maha bodhi, in turn propagated original bodhi tree @ location.

lumbini buddhist pilgrimage site in rupandehi district of nepal. place where, according buddhist tradition, queen maya gave birth siddhartha gautama in 563 bce. lumbini 1 of many magnets pilgrimage sprang in places pivotal life of buddha.

bodh gaya, in state of bihar in india, considered many adherents of buddhism holy site. gautama, achieved enlightenment time around 528 bce, became buddha , founded buddhism. buddha said have attained enlightenment while sitting under peepal tree, called bodhi tree, located in bodhgaya. @ site of purported enlightenment mahabodhi temple stands. every year, many buddhists make pilgrimages on world visit , meditate @ temple.

shugendō

pilgrims ascend steps leading entrance of sanzan gosaiden temple in 2006, @ summit of mount haguro.

shugendō small, syncretic, highly esoteric , ascetic sect or sub-sect of buddhism (mostly related to, , considered distinct branch of tendai , shingon schools) combining elements of zen, taoism, koshintō, japanese folk animism , shamanism. faith traditionally believed have been founded śramaṇa , mystic-sorcerer en no gyōja in 7th or 8th century. in same manner religion of shintō, shugendō largely relegated japan.

the lay practitioners , monks of shugendō, called shugenja or yamabushi respectively, venerate mountains both spiritual areas and, along nature whole, natural maṇḍalas .

adherents of shugendō consider collective 3 mountains of dewa (consisting of mount haguro, mount gassan, , mount yudono), located in remote dewa province of japan, sacred of places. 3 mountains sacred in shintō.