<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This short clip explains how Nepal plans to turn the Buddha\u2019s birthplace in Lumbini into \u201ca global hub for peace and a center for <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/buddhism' target='_blank'>Buddhist<\/a> learning,\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-28744451\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to \u00a0the BBC<\/a>, the site of the temple contains the \u201cremains of what is believed to be the earliest ever Buddhist shrine within the main Maya Devi temple.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This short clip explains how Nepal plans to turn the Buddha\u2019s birthplace in Lumbini into \u201ca global hub for peace and a center for Buddhist learning,\u201d According to \u00a0the BBC, the site of the temple contains the \u201cremains of what is believed to be the earliest ever Buddhist shrine within the main Maya Devi temple.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":5041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25,18,24],"class_list":["post-5021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-birthplace-of-the-buddha","tag-buddhism","tag-lumbini"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Inside the Buddha's Birthplace in Lumbini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This short clip explains how Nepal plans to turn the Buddha's birthplace in Lumbini into "a global hub for peace and a center for Buddhist learning,"\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/08\/inside-the-buddhas-birthplace-in-lumbini.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inside the Buddha's Birthplace in Lumbini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This short clip explains how Nepal plans to turn the Buddha's birthplace in Lumbini into "a global hub for peace and a center for Buddhist learning,"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/08\/inside-the-buddhas-birthplace-in-lumbini.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Religions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-08-12T12:28:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-08-22T20:55:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2014\/08\/lumbini_nepal_large.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"George G. 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