Jetavana — Attraction in Uttar Pradesh

Jetavana was one of the most famous of the Buddhist monasteries or viharas in India. It was the second vihara donated to Gautama Buddha after the Veluvana in Rajgir.

Jetavana is located at Shravasti. There was also an important vihara named Jetavana in Sri Lanka.

Jetavana was the place where the Buddha gave the majority of his teachings and discourses, having passed at Jetavana nineteen out of 45 vassas, more than in any other monastery. It is said that after the Migaramatupasada, a second vihara erected at Pubbarama, close to Savatthi, came into being, the Buddha would dwell alternately in Jetavana and Migaramatupasada, often spending the day in one and the night in the other.

It is said that Anathapindika paid eighteen crores for the purchase of the site,Anathapindika himself spent fifty-four crores in connection with the purchase of the park and the buildings erected in it.

The ceremony of dedication was one of great splendour. Not only Anathapindika himself, but his whole family took part: his son with five hundred other youths, his wife with five hundred other noble women, and his daughters Maha Subhadda and Cula Subhadda with five hundred other maidens. Anathapindika was attended by five hundred bankers. The festivities in connection with the dedication lasted for nine months.

The vihara is almost always referred to as Jetavane Anathapindikassa arama (Pali, meaning: in Jeta Grove, Anathapindika's Monastery). The Commentaries say that this was deliberate in order that the names of both earlier and later owners might be recorded and that people might be reminded of two men, both very generous in the cause of the Religion, so that others might follow their example. The vihara is sometimes referred

The remains of Jetavana and Savatthi were locally known as SAHET-MAHET.

Jetavana is currently a historical park, with remains of many ancient buildings such as monasteries, huts (such as the Gandhakutiand the Kosambakuti) and stupas. In Jetavana is also located the second-holiest tree of Buddhism: the Anandabodhi Tree. A visit to Shravasti and Jetavana is part of the Buddhist pilgrim route in North-India. The most revered place in Jetavana is the Gandhakuti, where Buddha used to stay. Jetavana is located at 27°30′34″N 82°02′24″E / 27.509466°N...

Some main points to remember :: •Kangyur (Tib.བཀའ་འགྱུར ) 108 volumes supposed to have been spoken by the Buddha himself. • Chotrul Düchen ( ཆོ་འཕྲུལ་དུས་ཆེན་) of 15 days also known as Tangpo chunga , It is believed that Buddha performed many miracles in this 15 days . • This is the place where Buddha spent 25 monsoon seasons and preached. •Ananda ( Tib. ཀུན་དགའ་བོ་,) perform miracle and make the child well . STORY= Anathpindika (Tib.མགོན་མེད་ཟས་སྤྱིན) visits the buddha. Buddha preached him the dhamma and the four noble Truths. After this teaching he invited buddha to his home town shravasti. He also requested a gift monastery to buddha and his followers. Buddha accepted his requests. After that he returned to sharavasti and looking for suitable land. The site should be secluded enough for the monks. He surveyed different places an found a flower garden which was belongs to prince Jeta, the son of king pasenadi. So Ananthpindika request him to sell the garden to him. But king Pasenadi told Ananthpindika that he will sell the garden in one condition ,if he covered the entire garden with gold. To his surprise Ananthpindika accept the term. The next day Ananthpindika return with full of gold to cover the garden. The Ananthpindika started to cover the garden with gold. But in the end, small part Of land near the gate remain uncovered. He asked his men to bring more coins to cover the small part but the prince was amazed by his work and requests. Ananthpindika not need to cover that part and donated the garden to him. Ananthpindika spend his another wealth to build the large vihara. He built houses for buddha And monks. He also build 60 large hall and 60 small hall for use of samgha. And build various monestery. After that he dedicated the monastery to...

At a distance of 2 km from Shravasti Bus Station, Jetavana Monastery is an ancient Buddhist monastery located in Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh. Situated just outside the old city of Shravasti, it is one of the prominent Buddhist monasteries in India, and among the prime tourist places in Shravasti. Dedicated to Lord Gautam Buddha, etavana Monastery was built by a rich businessman of Shravasti, Sudatta, also known as Anathapindika. When Lord Buddha accepted Anathapindika's invitation to visit Shravasti, he purchased Jetavana or Jeta Grove for the monastery from Prince Jeta, the son of King Prasenjit, and gifted to Lord Buddha. It was the second vihara donated to Gautama Buddha after the Venuvana in Rajgir. This monastery has been converted into a historical park now, and still attracts a huge number of tourists every year. As per the history, Jetavana Monastery is the place where Lord Buddha spent 25 monsoon seasons and gave many teachings, delivered many of the discourses for the first time more than in any other place. During the Buddha's time, the place was called Jetavana Anathapindika Arama or Anathapindika's Garden of Jeta Grove. Today most of the ruins are the remains of temples and stupas from the Kusana period (lst-2nd century AD). There are 3 temples here out of one is a monastery which has a shrine and mandap in the center, the second one is Gandhakuti(fragrant chamber), and the third one is Kosambakuti. Gandhakuti is the place where Lord Buddha resided when at Jetavana. The original Gandhakuti was a wooden structure but by the time the Chinese pilgrims saw it, the structure was a two-storeyed brick building in a ruinous condition. Now only the low walls and stone platform are present. The Kosambakuti...