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statues, two-storey kuti built around square ponds
and some with niches inside. The Mohra Muradu is
said to contain some of the finest clay carvings of
the Buddha statues at Taxila. The group also visited
the Taxila Museum, where they were able to see the
art, Buddhist artefacts, and life of the ancient city of
Taxila in different periods, including the golden relic
box containing the two relics of the Buddha's teeth,
which was a privilege. The day also included a visit to
the Dharmarajika Stupa, a world Buddhist Heritage
site said to have been built by King Ashoka in the 3rd
century BC to enshrine the Buddha's relics. The YBAM
representatives ended the day's journey with good
karma by chanting the Buddha's name or mantras,
doing penance, circumambulating the stupa, and 马佛青宗教顾问兼佛光山新马泰印教区总主持觉诚法师（左）瞻
礼斯瓦特大佛。
sharing of merits. Venerable Jue Cheng (left), Religious Advisor of YBAM cum Chief Abbess of
Fo Guang Shan Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and India, visited
On the second day of the visit, the group went to the the Jahanabad Buddha Site.
Peshawar Museum, the largest museum of Gandhara from those of the Buddha statues in Central India. The
culture in the world, located in Peshawar, the city day also included a visit to Takht-i-Bahi, considered
of flowers on the border between Afghanistan to be the most magnificent Buddhist monument in
and Pakistan. The museum has a collection of over Gandhara. The complex consists of four main parts:
40,000 items. Among the Buddhist sculptures, most the stupa courtyard, the monastery rooms, the
of them are Buddha statues or narrate about the temple complex, and the Tantric monastery complex.
stories of the life of the Buddha and Buddhist tales. Takht-i-Bahi is in a very good state of preservation as
Buddha statues in Gandhara period were modelled it is situated on the top of a hill, which has protected
on the Greek sculptures of Apollo, and were not only it from vandalism.
robust and well-presented, with distinctive features
and a strong sense of three-dimensionality, but also On the last two days of the visit, the group travelled
include details such as the halo on the back of the to the Swat Valley, the site of the ancient Uddiyana
head and the Mediterranean-style curls and buns in kingdom and the birthplace of the Guru Rinpoche
the sculptural motifs, which were distinctly different Padmasambhava, which was visited by Master Fa-

大队于法王塔堆石发愿。
The group piled stones at Dharmarajika Stupa to make a vow.

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