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	Bodhi tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Propagated from the Sri Maha Bodhi, which in turn is propagated from the original Bodhi Tree at this location.
		The Bodhi tree was a large and very old specimen of the Sacred Fig, located at the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya (about 100 km from Patna in the Indian state of Bihar) under which Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism later know as Gautama Buddha, arrived at Bodhi.
		Another sacred specimen, also propagated from the original Bodhi tree, is the Sri Maha Bodhi in Sri Lanka, planted in 288 BC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bodhi_tree (278 words)

	Sri Maha Bodhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sri Maha Bodhi is a Sacred Fig tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
		Buddha's fig tree was brought to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century B.C. by the Theri Sangamitta, daughter of Emperor Asoka and founder of an order of Buddhist nuns.
		Jaya Siri Maha Bodhi was planted in the Mahameghavana Park in Anuradhapura in 249 BC by King Devanampiyatissa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sri_Maha_Bodhi (176 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News
		Palwatte Seevali Thera received her at the Gaya airport, Bhikkhu-in-charge of the Buddhagaya Centre of the Maha Bodhi Society of India.She was accompanied by High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in India, Mangala Moonasinghe, Ministers Lakshman Kadirgamar, Susil Premajayantha and Douglas Devananda and Mrs.
		Bodhipala Thera, Bhikkhu-in-charge of the Sri Maha Bodhi Temple Ven.
		At the inner chamber of the Sri Maha Bodhi Temple, she was blessed by the Maha Sangha by chanting Mangala Sutra.She was then taken to the Sri Maha Bodhi Tree and Vajrasana Complex.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/11/08/new02.html (649 words)

	Sri Maha Bodhi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Sacred Jaya Siri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura
		It was brought to Sri Lanka by the Theri Sangamitta, daughter of Emperor Asoka and was planted in the Mahameghavana Park in Anuradhapura in 249 BC by King Devanampiyatissa.
		Bodhi means wisdom that understands the four Noble Truths.
	srimahabodhi.org (170 words)

	Buddhism - Guide to Buddhism in Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sri Lanka is an multi ethnic society and hence all major religions are equally given prominence and probably the only country in the world along with Singapore, where important days of various religions are official holidays to allow for religious activities.
		Buddhism arrived in Sri Lanka around 2 century BC and has tremendously influenced the lives of the people, their culture and the heritage.
		The Buddhist doctrine that is taught in Sri Lanka is one of the least diluted form of Buddha's teaching.
	www.explorelanka.com /special/buddhism.htm (622 words)

	Anuradhapura
		The sacred Sri Maha bodhi, Dagabas, Tanks, Art and Architecture are main attractions.
		Thuparama is considered to be the oldest dagoba in Sri Lanka and is believed to enshrine the collar bone relic of Lord Buddha.
		Sri Maha Bodhi' The Bo tree was planted at Anuradhapura, where it still grows as the oldest tree with a recorded history in the world.
	www.lastminute.lk /srilankatravelplanner/destinfo.asp?xi=67&km=0 (957 words)

	Historical Places - Sri Lankan Wonders
		Foremost among the numerous historical monuments in Anuradhapura is the Sacred Bo Tree - Sri Maha Bodhi, grown from a branch of the Bodhi tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment.
		A mass of stone pillars close to the Sri Maha Bodhi identified as the Brazen Palace was once a nine storied building.
		On the summit of the Sigiriya rock (meaning the 'Lion Rock') that is over 1.5 hectares in extent are the remains of a large palace, the earliest surviving royal palace in Sri Lanka, with several chambers and a bathing pond.
	students.uww.edu /wijesingrc04/art222/historical.htm (572 words)

	LankaWeb news
		The sacred Sri Maha Bodhi is noted as the oldest tree in in record of the world and it is a sapling of the original Bo tree that Lord Buddha sat under and meditated over 2550 years ago.
		The crisis Sri Lanka is facing due to the lunacy of the Tamil Tiger Terrorists is not a conflict that has come about due to religious conflicts but due to ethnic differences that the Tamil Tiger Terrorists have blown out of proportion for their own gain.
		These 120 pilgrims that were gunned down under the sacred Sri Maha Bodhi must never be forgotten as this act of sacrilege committed by the pusillanimous Tamil Tiger Terrorists is utterly deplorable.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items/160598-1.html (438 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		New Delhi, India -- The Sri Maha Bodhi Temple at Buddha Gaya erected in the very place where Prince Siddharta attained Enlightenment or Buddhahood will be dedicated as a World Heritage Site on the 19th of February at an official ceremony attended by around 2,000 Buddhist delegates from all over the world.
		Known in history as Maha Bodhi Maha Vihara, the monument is one of the 84,000 temples, stupas and other structures built by Emperor Asoka about 218 years after the Maha Parinirvana of the Buddha.
		For the very purpose he established the Maha Bodhi Society and making it the front vehicle, he fought a legal battle which is now known as the famous Buddhagaya case.
	www.buddhistnews.tv /current/mahabodhi-170204.php (327 words)

	Blurry Travel Travelogue - Sri Maha Bodhi, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
		This bodhi tree is the oldest documented tree in the world with a chronicled history stretching back over 2,000 years.
		The Entrance to the Sri Maha Bodhi or Sacred Bodhi Tree.
		A Guardstone at the Entrance to the Sri Maha Bodhi.
	www.blurrytravel.com /sea2003/journal/10282003-2/10282003-2.html (308 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Secretary General Sri Lanka National Commission for UNESCO, Mahinda Abeywardane, said that the sacred bo-tree located on the banks of the Neranjana river in sacred Bodhgaya in Southern Bihar, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site last year.
		Meanwhile sources at the Ministry of Cultural Affairs further stated that ancient bo-tree in Bodhgaya, was not the parent tree of the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura.
		The sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura is believed to be the oldest authenticated tree in the world, and is the saplings of the parent tree under which Gotama Buddha attained enlightenment.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2003/05/04/new21.html (392 words)

	Amazing Adventures : Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These are the Sri Maha Bodhi, the Ruwanweli Seya, the Thuparama Dagoba, the Jetavanarama Dagoba, the Abhayagiri Dagoba, the Lankarama Dagoba, the Mirisaweti Dagoba and the Isurumuniya Viharaya.
		Sri Lanka's last royal citadel with an exotic oriental atmosphere, it is picturesquely situated among mountain, lake and river.
		Sri Lanka's rich cultural heritage stretches back over 2500 years and many a historical site is preserved within an area known as the cultural triangle.
	www.asiantrekkingtours.com /srilanka.htm (3461 words)

	Maha C204f (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Taipei, Aug 21: A sapling from Sri Lanka's Maha Bodhi tree, which is sacred to Buddhists, was planted in Taiwan today with the hope of bringing blessings to the island.
		The sapling from the Jaya Siri Maha Bodhi, believed to be descended from the bodhi tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment, was detained at customs due to regulations forbidding imports of Sri Lanka bodhi trees with roots.
		June 22 Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand and his daughter Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol are guests of honor at the United States-Thailand Amity Council's Taste of Thailand at the Wardman Park Marriott.
	www.boarc.com /maha+c204f.html (698 words)

	Archaeological features
		Sinhalese kings who were pabbata-raja kings until the advent of Buddhism and the arrival of the Bodhi tree from India in the third century BC changed to bodhi-raja kings subsequently.
		The most sacred bodhi tree of the Sinhalese Buddhists is known as Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, and is located in the ancient capital city of Anuradhapura, in the modern North Central Province.
		The bodhi tree at Anuradhapura is considered to be the southern bough of the original tree at Bodh Gaya.
	srimahabodhi.org /rain-maker2.htm (553 words)

	ANCIENT CITES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was at the Abhayagiri complex that the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha brought to Sri Lanka was first housed.
		The right branch of the Bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa) in Buddha Gaya in India under which the Buddha attained enlightenment was brought to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BC by Arahat Theri Sanghamitta, the daughter of Emperor Asoka.
		The former Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was so enthralled by this image that he is said to have kept a photograph of the statue in his prison cell from which he drew inspiration while serving a prison sentence during the British Raj.
	www.scs.nevada.edu /~vidanapa/anuradhapura.html (1280 words)

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		As a Buddhist monk, directly affiliated to Maha Bodhi Society, and thinking of its past, present and the future, and with due respect to the aspirations and expectations of the Late Ven.
		Dhammapala who founded the Maha Bodhi Society of India and revived the status of Buddha Gaya at the end of the 19th century, Buddhism needs to reach out and provide an opportunity to the global community to practice the sublime Teachings of the Buddha.
		Anagarika Dhammapala, I have arranged for a conference to be held under the Sri Maha Bodhi Tree at Buddha Gaya on November 5, 2000.
	www.geocities.com /maha_bodhi_2000 (1210 words)

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		The King of Sri Lanka having embraced Buddhism established the world's first fauna and flora sanctuary at Mihintale in the 3rd century BC.
		Polonnaruwa used by the Sri Lankan kings as a 'country residence' from the 7th century became the Island's capital in the 11th century AD.
	www.trinetratours.com /sri-lanka-tours.html (935 words)

	The Sacred Bodhi
		The Sri Maha Bodhi, the oldest tree in the world, still venerated by millions of Buddhists, is a source of pride and joy to all in Sri Lanka.
		This is the reference to the Kaurawas who accompanied the Bo-tree and their later arrival in Sri Lanka at the request of Bhuvaneka Bahu I. There are many Kaurawa families bearing the name "Bodiyabaduge" evidently direct descendents of the group of forty-nine of this clan that came with the Bodhin.
		Fernando for his invaluable notes on the Society in Sri Lanka at the time of the Arrival of the Sri Maha Bodhi, especially the existence of the caste system at that early period.
	www.defonseka.com /k23.htm (2494 words)

	Asia - JNW Lanka Tours, Sri Lanka, Tour Operators, Travel Agents and Inbound Travel Specialist
		The Sri Maha Bodhi Tree is the oldest historically authenticated tree in the world (2,200 years).
		The Sela Catiya, The Kantahka Cetiya, Ambasthale Dagoba, Maha Seya endikatu Dagoba are all in this temple complex.
		As the number of pilgrims from all parts of Sri Lanka flocking to the Shrine kept on increasing, the necessity for a larger church was felt.
	www.jnwtours.com /pages/Discover_Relligious.htm (2379 words)

	India - News - Lankans To Build Bamiyan Buddha Replicas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The private Sri Lanka Maha Bodhi Society said it was seeking public donations to put up replicas of the two Bamiyan statues, which dated back more than 1,500 years.
		Sri Lanka, the seat of Theravada Buddhism, had earlier offered to finance an international operation to save the two statues, which were destroyed by the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan this month.
		Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake and foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar made separate visits to Pakistan in a bid to pressure the Taliban to spare the priceless statues.
	www3.estart.com /india/news/bamiyanreplicas.html (213 words)

	WWW Virtual Library: Seruwila Mangala Viharaya
		A Bo sapling from the Sri Maha Bodhi had also been planted and an abode for the monks built.
		That was the time when the efforts of Velivita Sri Saranankara Sangharaja Thera were bearing fruit and a resurgence of Buddhism was witnessed throughout the country.
		The temple is mentioned in connection with the transmission or reintroduction of the mural tradition from Kandy to the southern region in the latter half of the 18th century," he writes in 'The Rock and Wall Paintings of Sri Lanka'.
	www.lankalibrary.com /heritage/temples/mulkirigala.htm (1003 words)

	Current Affairs
		The President was received at the main entrance to the Maha Bodhi Temple by officials and members of the Buddha Gaya Temple, the Maha Bodhi Temple and officials of the Gaya administration.
		She was then taken to the Sri Maha Bodhi Tree, under which the Buddha attained enlightenment and Vajrasana Complex where he performed his penance.
		President Kumaratunga called on the seven places in the Maha Bodhi Temple Complex, where the Buddha is said to have spent seven weeks after attaining enlightenment and to the newly constructed meditation park adjacent to the Temple Complex.
	www.priu.gov.lk /news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200411/20041108president_buddha_gaya.htm (344 words)

	News at Tipitaka Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Bodhi Trees found in monasteries of Myanmar are grown out of seeds brought either from Buddha Gaya or Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura Sacred Bodhi Tree.
		It was during his rule that a Myanmar Bhikkhu Ashin Kassapa Maha Thera went to Sri Lanka and on his return brought back some seeds of the Sri Maha Bodhi of Anuradhapura.
		Pali verses are sung in praise of the Buddha, Dhamma and the Sangha.
	www.tipitaka.net /community/news.php?page=050502a (657 words)

	TIMEasia Magazine: Best of Asia - Sri Maha Bodhi, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
		The bodhi in the center of the northern Sri Lankan town of Anuradhapura is not just any old tree.
		Standing at the heart of the ancient royal capital, a place that remains Sri Lanka's spiritual center today, Sri Maha Bodhi ("the Sacred Bo Tree") is regarded as the seed from which both the Sri Lankan nation and the Theravada school of Buddhism grew.
		But the essence of the bodhi, and of the ruins surrounding it, is serenity.
	www.time.com /time/asia/2005/boa/boa_tree.html (222 words)

	Bodh Gaya: A Good Place for Striving - Bodh Gaya from 500 BCE to 500 CE
		The relief dates from approximately 150 BC The bringing of a cutting of the Bodhi Tree from Bodh Gaya to Sri Lanka is mentioned in most of the island's chronicles and, after the introduction of Buddhism itself, is perhaps the most celebrated event in the country's long history.
		This situation may have developed because, continually revitalized by monks and funds from Sri Lanka, it was relatively unaffected by the dynastic changes, local politics and fluctuating patronage that would have periodically broken the power of the Indian monasteries at Bodh Gaya.
		The Sri Lankan scholar monk, Panditaratana Srijana, probably the author of the Candragominyakaranapanjika and the Sabdarthacinta, is known from an inscription to have been in Bodh Gaya in the 9th century [ 19.
	www.buddhanet.net /bodh_gaya/bodh_gaya02.htm (5300 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The five gilded gates erected around the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura to add to the security dignity and the grandeur of this sacred object held in great veneration by Buddhists throughout the world, were ceremonially declared open by President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at the auspicious time of 11.20 a.m.
		President Kumaratunga addressing the gathering said the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi brought down to Sri Lanka from Buddha Gaya in India in the third century B.C. taught the world, the mobility of the virtue of gratefulness.
		The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi premises and its vicinity including all approach roads were gaily decorated with Buddhist flags and bunting to suit the occasion.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/12/02/new11.html (429 words)

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