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List of holy cities - Tibetan Buddhism. More important then anything inherent to the places is the presence of the holiest leaders, the highest lamas, who are considered reincarnations of their predecessors. Lhasa, seat of the Dalai Lama (now in exile in Dharmsala, India) in the Potala palace, also national (and under Chinese rule regional) capital of Tibet Shigatse, seat of the Panchen Lama, also the country's second city Tsurphu, (later in exile Rumtek in Sikkim, India), seat of t ...

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List of holy cities: Encyclopedia II - List of holy cities - Buddhism

List of holy cities - Buddhism

Bodh Gaya where Gautama Buddha's attained Enlightenment
Sarnath where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha was founded
Kushinagar where Gautama Buddha attained Parinirvana, and was cremated
Lumbini commonly recognized as the birth site of Gautama Buddha
Anuradhapura which contains the 2300 year old holy Bo tree relic Sri Maha Bodhi
Kandy which is the site of the Dalida Maligawa, the Temple of the Tooth

List of holy cities - Tibetan Buddhism

More important then anything inherent to the places is the presence of the holiest leaders, the highest lamas, who are considered reincarnations of their predecessors.

Lhasa, seat of the Dalai Lama (now in exile in Dharmsala, India) in the Potala palace, also national (and under Chinese rule regional) capital of Tibet
Shigatse, seat of the Panchen Lama, also the country's second city
Tsurphu, (later in exile Rumtek in Sikkim, India), seat of the Karmapa Lama, not a proper city, rather a monastic site fairly close to Lhasa

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