PUNJAB DURING BUDDHIST TIMES
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Buddhism was practiced in the Punjab region, with many Buddhist monastery and stupa sites in the Taxila World Heritage Site locale. It was also practiced in the Sindh regions.
The Buddha also visited the Punjab at Kuru village giving one of his most important discourses there the one know as Satipatthana Sutta or the discourse of Mindfullness. At one time many Buddhist Kings ruled in the Punjab and many towns became important Buddhist centres. One famous Chinese pilgrim (Huen Sang) recorded that in the Jalandhar area alone there were 2000 monks and 50 Buddhist Viharas.
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André Bareau: the top of p. 212 says: "Here are the theses of the Theravadins of the Mahavihara"; then begins a numbered list of doctrines over the following pages, including on p. 223: "There are only five destinies ... the kalakanjika asuras have the same colour, same nourishment, same foods, same lifespan as the petas, with whom ... they marry. As for the Vepacittiparisa, they have the same colour, same nourishment, same foods, same lifespan as the gods, with whom they marry."(Translated from the French)[31]
See the article Four Noble Truths for further details and citations. In particular, the section "The four truths" within that article provides a footnote showing variety of translations of these four statements.
For clarification of translations, see Dukkha#Translating the term dukkha.
See the article Dukkha for further details and citations.
See the article Four Noble Truths for further details and citations.
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