Thursday 15 August 2019



Discovery of the place where the Buddha ate pork in the country of Pava in Cundas Mango grove.This video is of Sugauli Bazaar in Bettiah district. In the Mahaparinirvana sutta the Buddha asks Cunda the blacksmith who lives in Parsa (mispronounced as Pava) village.. Cunda is directed by the Buddha to feed him the pork and not the disciples. They are given spinach which is locally known as Saag. After eating the pig meat the Buddha directs Cunda not to feed it to his disciples and to bury the left over in the ground. This is exactly what Sugauli means. The word can be broken up into 'Sugar-khauli' which means to eat pig meat. This was his last meal. The bazaar will certainly be on a stupa.


Here is the youtube link of Sugauli bazaar where the Buddha ate pork after which he got dysentry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwxZ6U8DRcI

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