The Monastics

• The Monastic Community: Main link.
• The Monastic Life: Some background information on the Monastic tradition.
• Ordination Procedure: The Ordination Procedure in the Theravada tradition.
• The Buddhist Monks’ Robes: Chinese, Tibetan and Theravadin.
• Lay Buddhist Guide to the Monk’s Rules: A guide to the monk’s rules as it relates to lay people.

Buddhist Pilgrimage

• A Pilgim’s Guide to India: This section is especially designed for those who intend to visit Buddhist sacred places in India. It should give you a good idea of how to plan your itinerary as well as provide you with information about the sacred places not given in ordinary guide books.
• A Pilgim’s Guide to Sri Lanka: “The Sacred Island” a Buddhist pilgrim’s guide to th sacred places in Sri Lanka.
• In Search of the Buddha: The Buddhist Four Holy Sites.
• Significance of Pilgrimage: The tradition and the meaning of Buddhist pilgrimage.
• Birth place: Lumbini: The birth of the Buddha in the Lumbini Gardens.
• Enlightenment: Bodh Gaya: The Buddha’s Enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree at Gaya.
• First teaching: Sarnath: Known as the ‘Turning the Wheel of the Dharma’.
• Passing away: Kushinagar: The Parinibbana, or the Final Enlightenment of the Buddha.

About Buddhism

• Schools of Buddhism: The two main Schools: Theravada and Mahayana
• Gautama Buddha: Biographical notes on the Buddha.
• Theravada Countries: Traditions of Sri Lanka • Burma • Thailand • Cambodia • Laos • Bangladesh.
• Mahayana Countries: Traditions of Tibet • China • Nepal • Vietnam • Korean • Japan • Indonesia.
• A Guide to Japanese Buddhism: A multipurpose guidebook, by the Japan Buddhist Federation.
• The Spread of Buddhism: in South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Across the Himalayas, and in the West.