
So I Have Heard From the Blessed One: Anirudh Speaks to the Buddha
Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
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The Vulture Peak, the Place Where the Budha Could Hardly Have Imagined
This is vulture peak, where the chinese monk facian would walk thousands of miles to reach nearly 800 years later. It was a journey that we followed in season two, episode five - of echoes on its peak. Buddha and ananda turn off into a path leading into a bamboo grove full of snoring monks. But a few, including devadata, are still awake and watch with sharp eyes as budha and ananda walk past. If you look at it just right, it resembles a vulture with its wings folded. Do you recognize it? This is vultur pek: silent, resounding with the chirping of insects,. totally unaware of the unfolding
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