Uma unesifiso sokufundiswa kwezenkolo nefilosofi yemfundiso, njengoBuddha, khona-ke ngokuqinisekile uzodinga ukuvakashela indawo engcwele kaBuddha kanjena eNepal, njengedolobhana laseLumbi. Yize kunjalo, kulapha, ngokusho kwezinganekwane, isikhulu sikaSiddhartha Gautama, izwe elaziwayo, izwe elaziwa ngaphansi kwegama likaBuddha, okungukuthi, "likhanyiselwe" noma "livuswa".
Asikho isikhumulo sezindiza eLumbini, fika edolobheni (okungabizwa ngokuthi amadolobhana) kusuka eKathmandu noma ePokhara ngebhasi. Ibhasi lima edolobheni laseBhairava, ukusuka lapho ibhasi lendawo elimibalabala lingafinyelelwa khona nguLumbi. Isikhathi esendleleni singamahora ayisishiyagalombili, imali yokugibela ingaphezulu kwamadola ayishumi. Ukuhambela izindleko ze-Bass zasendaweni ezingaphansi kwama-dollar angama-0,5.
Yini ethokozisayo le ndawo futhi yini ongayibona lapha? ELumbini kunamanxiwa esigodlo, esazalwa futhi sahlala siye kuNkosana eneminyaka engamashumi amabili nanhlanu, ngaphambi kokuba agqoke imfucumfucu yakhe futhi wahamba wazulazula ngokufuna iqiniso nokukhanyiselwa. Kuma-Pilgrim amaningi avela emhlabeni wonke, i-shrine iyinto echibini lokubhukuda, lapho, ngokwezinganekwane nasezinganekwaneni, umama wakhe, iNdlovukazi uMaya Devi, enza ukugeza ngemuva kokuzalwa kweBuddha. Ekuvuyiseni kwakhe kokugcina, uBuddha wakhetha enye yemindeni ebaluleke kakhulu yalesosikhathi - inkosi evela ebukhosini bakaShakya nomunye wabesifazane abafanelekile nabathandekayo besikhathi sabo. Ngokuhlonipha lona wesifazane, sibonga uBuddha, maphakathi ne-Lumbini, ethempelini elikhulu likaMaya Devi wakhiwa (nangaphambi kokuzalwa kweNdodana yeNdlovukazi, wayazi ukuthi uzozalwa emuhle indoda, njengoba ibona iphupho lesiprofetho).
E-Lumbini, abahambi bangabona amathempeli amahle kakhulu bukaBuddha (noma abakwa-Stupas), owakhiwa ngu-Architect amazalo ahlukene lapho kukhulekelwa khona ubuBuddha. Amathempeli asevele akhiwe amazwe anjengeCambodia, Thailand, China, Germany. Ukwakhiwa kwamathempeli kuthwala ukufakwa kwamasiko ezizwekazi kazwelonke zamazwe akhiwa ngalo. AmaBuddha anoma yimuphi umhlaba angaqhubeka nesiko elikhazimulayo futhi wakhe ithempeli likaBuddha eLumbini.
I-Lumbini itholakala cishe emngceleni neNdiya, ingxenye ayekade ngayo ngaphambili. Abahambi abane-visa yokungena ukuze bavakashele eNdiya (okuyindlela, yizakhamizi cishe kuwo wonke amazwe, kufaka phakathi amazwe e-CIS, angavulwa e-Embassy of India eKathmandu), ngoba edolobheni elingcwele le I-Varanasi nezinye zezindawo ezithakazelisa kakhulu zaseNdiya ezivela eLumbini zingafinyelelwa emahoreni ambalwa ngebhasi.