“Mendicants, a faithful gentleman should go to see these four inspiring places. What four?
Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One was born!’—that is an inspiring place.
Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One became awakened as a supreme fully awakened Buddha!’—that is an inspiring place.
Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One rolled forth the supreme Wheel of Dhamma!’—that is an inspiring place.
Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One became fully extinguished in the element of extinguishment, with nothing left over!’—that is an inspiring place.
These are the four inspiring places that a faithful gentleman should go to see.”
These four places are as follows:
- Birthplace: Lumbini
- Enlightenment: Bodh Gaya
- First sermon: Isipatana
- Passing away: Kusināra
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