Retracing Bodhisattva Xuanzang

21/01/2026

A Rare Living Pilgrimage — Join Us Online
(Co-organize by: UTAR Buddhist Research Centre, YBAM, YBBM, BRSM, MBKA)

拉曼大学佛教研究中心联合马佛青、马佛研、马居总、马基金会邀请Mr Arnand Deepak线上主讲上述课题（追溯玄奘大师的朝圣足迹）。Deepak 是首位在印度实地徒步，追随玄奘足迹的当代探索者。他历时数月，沿着玄奘大师记述的路线前行，即使在全球疫情最艰难的时期，仍以“正精进”的精神完成这段罕见的行脚之旅。这不仅是一段历史回溯，更是一场连接佛陀时代与当代世界的生命实践。欢迎您来聆听这段未被充分诉说的故事，感受朝圣、历史与慈悲在当代的真实交汇。

We warmly invite you to an inspiring online talk, “Retracing Bodhisattva Xuanzang: A Modern Pilgrimage,” featuring Mr Deepak Anand.

Deepak Anand is the first contemporary explorer to retrace the footsteps of Xuanzang across India—walking for months along the ancient paths described by the great master himself, even amid the challenges of the global pandemic. This is more than history; it is a living journey of right effort, resilience, and compassion, connecting the Buddha’s world with our own time.

✨ Join us to hear untold stories, personal reflections, and insights from this extraordinary pilgrimage.
📅 5 February 2026 (Thu) | ⏰ 8:30–10:00 PM
💻 Online via MS Teams / Zoom
🎟️ Free registration: https://forms.gle/wy1AR8ER6XnJc3XNA

👉 All are welcome. Come walk this path with us—step by step.

20/12/2025

20/12/2025

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10/12/2025

The Dhammadharini group is preparing to travel to Nepal/India for the Footsteps of Mahapajapati Pilgrimage!
Our friend Paula will be joining our group, and ordaining as a temporary Samaneri for the duration of the pilgrimage - she joined us here today to help pack.
So much gratitude to the generous friends who have donated all of the supplies we're sending for the temporary ordination program and other monastics ❤ 100 monastics will be participating, from all over the world.

For those interested in supporting the pilgrimage, that support is very much still welcome!
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31/10/2025

Join us Saturday November 1 from 8:30-10:30am PDT (California time) for a special online program leading up to the December 2025 Nepal-India Pilgrimage: Walking in the Footsteps of Mahapajapati Gotami.

Learn More Together with Pioneering Pilgrims & Experts: Book Author Wendy Garling & Researcher Deepak Anand

Event details and registration here: https://www.dhammadharini.net/event-details/special-online-event-december-2025-nepal-india-pilgrimage-walking-in-the-footsteps-of-mahapajapati-gotami

This special online event on Saturday November 1 is offered in conjunction with Dhammadharini's in-person "Walking in the Footsteps of the Bhikkhuni Arahants" event at Dharma College in Berkeley the next day, on Sunday November 2: https://www.dhammadharini.net/buddha-matha

Warm welcome to join us for either or both events!

25/10/2025

20/07/2025

We are honoured that our efforts to revive the legacy of Xuanzang and the sacred footsteps of the Buddha are featured as the cover story in THE WEEK (27 July, Mid-Year Special Edition).
Our project, Retracing Bodhisattva Xuanzang (RBX), is an ongoing labour of love and curiosity. We extend heartfelt thanks to all our patrons and supporters who have stood by the RBX project on this meaningful journey. Your encouragement fuels our pursuit to reconnect with this shared heritage.

Xuanzang's journey in India is reviving the country's forgotten Buddhist heritage. Deepak Anand, a researcher and heritage guide, has retraced the seventh-century Chinese monk's 3,000-kilometre trek across several Indian states, guided by Xuanzang's travelogue, to rediscover and revive long-forgotte...

17/04/2025

According to Xuanzang, Buddha spent one of his rainy seasons in Uren. Here is a story about the unfortunate condition of this very sacred site.

More than 1,300 years ago, Chinese monk Xuanzang recorded a hill near present-day Munger where the Buddha spent a monsoon retreat—today, that sacred mound in Uren lies forgotten and encroached. On World Heritage Day, it is time we reclaim this overlooked site not just as an archaeological remnant,...

21/02/2025

Participated in the celebration of the 2nd Mahāprajāpatī Gotamī Parinibbāna Day.

Our sincere thanks to Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Deemed University, Nalanda, for the commemoration of Parinibbāna of Mahāprajāpatī Gotamī (MPG) in the very locality where MPG attained Parinibbāna. As per the Buddhist texts, Mahātherī Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, along with the courageous 500 Shākyan Therīs, entered Parinibbāna in Vaishalī. According to 7th CE monk scholar Xuanzang, the vicinity of the village Birpur should be the Kśetra (area) of the Parinibbāna of Mahāprajāpatī Gotamī Therī. It is gratifying to witness the beginning of the resuscitation of the ‘Mahāprajāpatī Gotamī Therī Parinibbāna Kśetra’. We thank the Vietnamese Nunnery (Vaishali) and the Buddha World School (Vaishali) for participating. We are grateful to the people of ‘Mahāprajāpatī Gotamī Therī Parinibbāna Kśetra’, i.e. the village Birpur, for taking time out of their busy schedules and welcoming us with enthusiasm and great warmth.