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Message: <blockquote data-quote="netlife007" data-source="post: 16030023" data-attributes="member: 79514">If the postholes at Lumbini are indicative of a tree shrine, ritual activity could have commenced either during or shortly after the life of the Buddha,” the study authors wrote. - See more at: <img src="http://www.peaceinbuddha.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/08280.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Julia Shaw, archaeologist at University College London, applauded the research but noted in an e-mail that other ritual frameworks existed at the same time as early Buddhism, which could complicate the conclusions of the study.“It would be difficult to determine whether the tree shrine in question was intended for the worship of the Buddha or was part of a distinct cultic context,” she said.But Coningham said that it’s unlikely that this earlier structure belonged to a different spiritual tradition, other than Buddhism, because of the “continuity” of the site between the sixth century B.C. and third century B.C. structures. The Ashokan temple is clearly Buddhist, and the earlier shrine had the same footprint.“Often when you have sites of one religious activity overtaken by another, you actually get quite dramatic changes within orientation, within use of structure,” Coningham said.Moreover, before the sixth century B.C., the area where the site is was just cultivated land, he said.<img src="http://www.peaceinbuddha.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/10274.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The new archaeological research on the Buddha’s life will be featured in a National Geographic documentary called “Buried Secrets of the Buddha” premiering in February. The National Geographic Society partly funded the research.Buddha was born as Siddhartha Gautama, in the gardens of Lumbini in Nepal. His parents were wealthy. At age 29, he renounced his family and became a seeker, Coningham said. According to tradition, Buddha found truth when he sat down under a tree, which is now called the Bo tree.The Buddha happened to be born during a period of dramatic change, Coningham said. Coins were introduced, urbanization was occurring and a merchant class emerged.<img src="http://www.peaceinbuddha.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/11252.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />When the Buddha died at age 80, he recommended that all Buddhists visit Lumbini, study authors said.<img src="http://www.peaceinbuddha.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/15215.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Today, more than a million pilgrims visit Lumbini each year. The new research, in uncovering layers of history, adds new dimensions of interest to the site.</blockquote>

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