The History of Buddhism in Nepal begins from birth of\u00a0 the Buddha. Shortly after his Enlightenment, the Buddha started teaching people\u00a0 and\u00a0 established\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 monk’s\u00a0\u00a0 community\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0\u00a0 Gangetic\u00a0\u00a0 plain, (Mahavagga, Vinayapitaka) at present, the nothern India and Southern Nepal. Later he founded the places where he himself and his follower monks lived. In the course of time several hundreds of thousands of monks joined the community of the Sangha. Later the nun or Bhikkhuni\u2019s community was also formed. The monk’s and nun’s role and primary business was to practice the Buddha’s teachings and propagate them among the people by different means. Monasteries also increased accordingly and played a significant role in propagation of the Dhamma. Apart from being places of accommodation for monks and nuns the monasteries were also functioned as\u00a0 gathering\u00a0 points for the lay\u00a0 people on various occasions. The numbers of lay followers of Buddha were many times greater than the monks and nuns. The Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha and other all apparatuses commonly discussed in heading of Buddhism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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As we all well know the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama),\u00a0 the founder of Buddhism, was born at Lumbini in present-day Nepalese territory, and very early on in its history, then, important Buddhist events occurred at the southern plain of Nepal. There are many references in the Pali literature of Buddhist activities held in and around Kapilavatthu, the Buddha\u2019s\u00a0 home town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Pali sources records some famous Buddhist monks and nuns from Kapilavatthu in the Buddha’s time. Among them five ascetics led by Venerable Kondanna listened to the Buddha\u2019s\u00a0 the\u00a0 first\u00a0 sermon. Venerable Ananda, Devadatta, Bhaggu, Anuruddha, Kimbila and Upali were also among the famous monks of this time who hailed from the Buddha\u2019s native city. The first novice Rahula Buddha’s half brother Venerable Nanda, a personality chosen by scholars for their\u00a0 literary works, Buddha\u2019s step mother Mahapajapati, the first nun,and\u00a0 the Buddha\u2019s ex-wife Yasodhara, also were came from this place as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Buddha\u00a0 gave many\u00a0 of his\u00a0 important discourses\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0 Kapilavatthu,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 e.g.,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Buddhavamsa,\u00a0\u00a0 Attadandasutta, Culadukkhakhandhsutta, Sekhasutta Dakhinavibhangasutta, etc. Several\u00a0\u00a0 Jataka tales\u00a0 were\u00a0 also\u00a0 told\u00a0 there,\u00a0\u00a0 namely\u00a0\u00a0 Vessantara,\u00a0\u00a0 Mahadhammapala, Candakinnari Phandana, Daddabha, Latukika, Rukkhadhamma, and Vattaka. It was in the second year of his enlightenment that the Buddha first returned to Kapilavatthu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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There were some monasteries at kapilavatthu such as Niggodharama and other monasteries. Kala-Khemaka and Ghataya Sakyas, the famous lay followers of the Buddha, built cells for the monks in the Niggodharama. The monasteries functioned as centers for propagation of the Dhamma and as gathering places as well for the Buddhist lay community. These monasteries contained various sorts of utility areas such as private rooms, meeting halls, bathrooms, waiting room, ponds, walking meditation paths, avenues and public rest houses which were suitable places to practice the doctrine. Due to the lack of epigraphic proof, we must depend on legendary accounts in order to reconstruct and understand the history of the Buddha\u2019s time. The epigraphic evidence dates back only as far as the Asokan period that is to say 3rd century B.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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