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Dear Members,
Experience the Indian Pilgrimage and visit 4 major pilgrimage sites Lord Buddha had been to more than 2,500 years ago!
Date: 5 Nov to 15 Nov 2010* (Arrival to Singapore 16 Nov, Tuesday morning)
Itinerary: 4 Major Buddhist Pilgrimage sites (Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Kushinagar), Rajgir, Nalanda University, Sirvasti, Kolkatta
Cost Per Participant: S$2,150 (early bird sign ups before and on 19 Sep), $2,300 (after 19 Sep)
Dhamma Teachers: Ayya Upekkha & Ayya Analaya
Limited to 30 Participants.
Tentative Itinerary
5-Nov: Flight to Kolkata on Singapore Airlines
5-Nov: Flight to Kolkata on Singapore Airlines
6-Nov: Kolkatta Day-trip (Victoria Memorial, Museum, River side), Night train to Varanasi
7-Nov: Varanasi/Sarnath (Sarnath, Dhamekh Stupa, Chaukandhi Stupa, Museum)
8-Nov: Sravasti (Jethvan, Angulimaal Stupa)
9-Nov: Lumbini (Mayadevi Temple, Sacred Gradens)
10-Nov: Kushinagar (Rambhar Stupa, Mahaparinirvaan Temple, Mata Ka Kuan)
11-Nov: Rajgir (Nalanda University)
12-Nov: Rajgir (Vulture’ Peak ,Venu Vana)
13-Nov: Bodhgaya (Mahabodhi Temple)
14-Nov: Bodhgaya (Sujata Village,Great Buddha Statue,Mahabodi Temple). Night train to Kolkata
8-Nov: Sravasti (Jethvan, Angulimaal Stupa)
9-Nov: Lumbini (Mayadevi Temple, Sacred Gradens)
10-Nov: Kushinagar (Rambhar Stupa, Mahaparinirvaan Temple, Mata Ka Kuan)
11-Nov: Rajgir (Nalanda University)
12-Nov: Rajgir (Vulture’ Peak ,Venu Vana)
13-Nov: Bodhgaya (Mahabodhi Temple)
14-Nov: Bodhgaya (Sujata Village,Great Buddha Statue,Mahabodi Temple). Night train to Kolkata
15-Nov: Kolkata on free & easy. Flight to Singapore on Singapore Airlines
Bhikkhuni Upekkha
Bhikkhuni Upekkha, a Singaporean citizen, received her monastic training at Yuan Guan Buddhist College in Taiwan for two years. Though originally trained as a Mahayana Bhikkhuni, she has since been learning the Theravada Forest Practice under Ajahn Sujato for the past one year. Being the only long-term, fully ordained Bhikkhuni at Santi Forest Monastery (Australia), she plays an exemplary role to female novices and Anagarikas who are training to become fully ordained Bhikkhunis – a revival of the lineage that was broken in the Theravada tradition sometime around the 10th century.
She has done the Indian pilgrimage twice.
Samaneri Anālayā
An Australian citizen of Irish and Australian parentage, Samaneri Anālayā was raised as a Roman Catholic and lived in Perth most of her life.
In 2004, she became a Buddhist after being introduced to meditation and hearing Ajahn Brahm's Dhamma talks in Perth. After her first retreat in 2005 with Ajahn Brahm, she decided that she wanted to devote the rest of her life to practice of Dhamma. She took leave from her job in 2006 to do volunteer work, including helping Ajahn Brahm coordinate the 2006 Global Buddhism Conference. She resigned from her job in 2008 and spent the Rains retreat at Santi Forest Monastery. Soon after she became an anagarikā at Santi and took samaneri ordination in February 2010 with Korean-trained, Australian nun Chi Kwan Sunim as preceptor and Bhante Sujato as her teacher.
Cost includes:
1. Return air tickets (SQ Economy Class) with taxes to/from Kolkata
2. Accommodation on Twin Sharing Basis in 4 star hotels
3. All tours, transfers, Sightseeing in AC Transport
4. All meals
5. Entrance fees to the Monuments
6. Train Fares
PACKAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
1. Visa Application fees for India and Nepal (Please apply for your own Indian Visa - multiple entry. We will apply for the Nepal visa when we arrive to the border)
2. Personal Expenses (e.g. mini-bar, telephone charges, laundry charges, tips to guide/driver).
3. Any services or expenses not mentioned above
Flight Details:
Singapore Airlines
SQ516 Singapore-Kolkata 5 Nov 2100-2235
SQ517 Kolkata-Singapore 15 Nov 2350-0630*1