Bodhgaya Buddha Tree (Bodhi Tree)

[jj46300]

Sadhu sadhu sadhu thank you very much for sharing

[mcshantihank]

om buddham saranam gachami!

thank you. this inspires me to grow a bodhi tee here in Sweden.

[sharathvasudev]

@mcshantihank

Sweden!!!

pardon me if i am offensive

i tht most Scandinavian countries are religious Christians

[mcshantihank]

@sharathvasudev but many people are not following modern christianity.

[remix111able]

was buddha meditate in this tree?

[sharathvasudev]

@remix111able

yes this is the very tree under which he meditated

also samples of this tree have been taken to different parts of the world

from japan to srilanka to china to korea

[ttoommyy0011]

im chinese so........

[Araxii]

beautiful holy Tree!! ^^

[tenzin1985]

likpa bombo

[juliayg77]

okay explain to me why is this tree special?

[lucius215]

@juliayg77 educate yourself i always say :) its been over a year, did you find an ansewr to youre question yet?

[Doleafol]

The Buddha sat under a Bodhi tree when he gained enlightenment. This tree is not that tree; but, it was grown from the original. So, this tree in Bodh Gaya represents the tree where Gautama Buddha first was enlightened. That is the significance. Now, it is and surrounded by a stone fence and sits next to a temple. But, thousands of years ago, the tree in question would have simply been out in the open.

[sharathvasudev]

@Doleafol

ya may be that parent tree died

but the temple was built around the tree by ashoka some 2300 years back which still stands

[impermanentoo]

The Bodhi tree is special as it's the symbol of enlightenment. it's a reminder for us to work hard for enlightenment

[lucadg]

true, the real one is in Sri Lanka. But this is the real place and this tree is an offspring of the real one. Anyway, I am not Buddhist.

[gucken78]

i`m sorry, you`re right ... lanka!

[haribolshanti]

Tashidelhe!

this is not the same tree buddhas was sitting under. the real tree is gone 'cause of religious intollerance

[gucken78]

the original one had been taken to burma!

this one is somethin like its grand- grandchild.

[haribolshanti]

burma?

[gucken78]

no, i was wrong. the sapling is from lanka.

[lucius215]

@gucken78 i was told the same thing.

[indoguju]

Im going there in December..im going to cry..its overwhelming

[MegaSandaruwan]

@indoguju how wonder, i went there last week, i also cried too...

[robsino]

Om Muni Muni Mahamuni Shakyamuni Svaha! I prostrate

[incufish23]

Wow thats wonderful you got get in the fence and get close to the Vajra Throne. Thank you very much for the video its my dream to go there. Hope your experience was very rich and rewarding.

Om muni muni mahamuni shakyamuni svaha

[incufish23]

Wow its one of my dreams to be where you were! Its very wonderful you got to go and share this video with us, I know getting right by the Vajra Throne inside the fence is difficult, but I hope you came away with a very rich experience at Bodhgaya.

Om muni muni mahamuni shakyamuni svaha

[AliceNekoAlenky]

Is that the original tree? it doesn't seems to have more than 2000 years, but well the faith is what counts =)

[lucadg]

It is not. The original has died, they took a part of it to Sri Lanka and then they took a part of that one from Sri Lanka back to India. So, it is the same tree.

[robsino]

perhaps its from the same family? Son's of the original tree?

[BEAR1630]

OM MANE PADME HUM