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The Blind Men and the Elephant:

A number of disciples went to the Buddha and said, "Sir, there are living here in Savatthi many wandering hermits and scholars who indulge in constant dispute, some saying that the world is infinite and eternal and others that it is finite and not eternal, some saying that the soul dies with the body and others that it lives on forever, and so forth. What, Sir, would you say concerning them?"

The Buddha answered, "Once upon a time there was a certain raja who called to his servant and said, 'Come, good fellow, go and gather together in one place all the men of Savatthi who were born blind... and show them an elephant.' 'Very good, sire,' replied the servant, and he did as he was told. He said to the blind men assembled there, 'Here is an elephant,' and to one man he presented the head of the elephant, to another its ears, to another a tusk, to another the trunk, the foot, back, tail, and tuft of the tail, saying to each one that that was the elephant.

"When the blind men had felt the elephant, the raja went to each of them and said to each, 'Well, blind man, have you seen the elephant? Tell me, what sort of thing is an elephant?'

"Thereupon the men who were presented with the head answered, 'Sire, an elephant is like a pot.' And the men who had observed the ear replied, 'An elephant is like a winnowing basket.' Those who had been presented with a tusk said it was a ploughshare. Those who knew only the trunk said it was a plough; others said the body was a grainery; the foot, a pillar; the back, a mortar; the tail, a pestle, the tuft of the tail, a brush.

"Then they began to quarrel, shouting, 'Yes it is!' 'No, it is not!' 'An elephant is not that!' 'Yes, it's like that!' and so on, till they came to blows over the matter.

"Brethren, the raja was delighted with the scene.

"Just so are these preachers and scholars holding various views blind and unseeing.... In their ignorance they are by nature quarrelsome, wrangling, and disputatious, each maintaining reality is thus and thus."

Then the Exalted One rendered this meaning by uttering this verse of uplift,

O how they cling and wrangle, some who claim
For preacher and monk the honored name! 

For, quarreling, each to his view they cling. Such folk see only one side of a thing.         

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Most of the world believes Buddha was born in Kapilvasta, Nepal. Dr. Anton A. Fuhrer discovered Lumbibi Ashoka pillar on December 1, 1896. He saw the pillar standing nine feet above the ground. And which he later excavated and found the Ashokan inscription ’10 feet below the surface and 6 feet above the base ‘9. Buddhist influence are evident in culture of Nepal because Buddha was born in Nepal. It has strong buddist background and has plyed role in  spread of Buddhism to Tibet. Nepalese princess Bhrikuti played a significant role in development of Buddhism in Tibet and far East. Tibetan Buddist architecture has long been influenced by Nepalese artists and sculptors like Araniko. The Shakya  Clans later moved to kathmandu Valley and helped established Buddhism there. During Kirant era Buddha is believed to have visited kathmandu valley during the reign of Kirat King Jitedasti. Emperor Ashoka from india put a pillar at Lumbini the birthplace of the Buddha in the 2nd century BC. Nepal is an independent Kingdom that lies 500 miles along the Himalayas. It is surrounded by China and India. Buddhism in nepal dates from the birth of Siddharta Gautama himself.
However, some Indian government agency making baseless statement that he was born in Orissa. But currently india is making a fake place similar to Lumbini to show that Buddha was born in India. Now Indian claim that founder of buddhism who was born 2,500 years ago in India. India is spreading wrong information about Buddha birth place to attract millions of tourist in India. The fact that India has been remains and in all probability will continue to be the greatest external influence on Nepali politics. According to whistle blowing site Wikileaks disclosure which referred to a US government cable that India had provided financial incentives to Nepal Maoists to gain their favor worked counter productive another serious allegation followed by a former high ranking Nepal Army official, Bibek Shah, that India had trained Nepal maoists combatants in their barracks has now come to the fore. At where India had provided similar trainings to Tamil rebels of Srilanka, MuktiBahini of Bangladesh and Khampa rebles of Tibet at the same place known as establishment -22 in Chakratr of Deheredun. India has wide boader dispute with Nepal, China, Pakistan. Bhutan situated between the Asian superpowers India and China, the isolated Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan has bilateral relation with India But it has no any diplomatic relation with China because of Indian dominance. India totally influenced in it's foreign policy and homeland security. India unequal relation with it's boarder country, defiantly trace China in south Asia to equalized the Geo-politics power of India. Nepal has better relation with China than India, and no any border  dispute.

hi all nepalies brothers & sisters this page is created to preserve and promote lumbini,to spread the news that buddha belongs to the peaceful country of the world nepal