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Rude Awakenings

Amaravati Publications
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, HP1 3BZ
United Kingdom,
www.amaravati.org

Amaravati Publications is a part of The English Sangha Trust Ltd, UK registered charity no. 231310

First published by Wisdom Publications 2006

This electronic edition published 2012

Digital Edition 1.0

ePub ISBN 978-1-870205-54-2

Copyright 2010 Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott,
Chithurst Monastery

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The mindful exert themselves they are not attached to any home Like swans - photo 2

The mindful exert themselves;
they are not attached to any home.
Like swans that abandon the lake,
they leave home after home behind.
Dhammapada

Dedicated to our teacher,
Luang Por Sumedho,
and to our parents:
Charlie, Win, Bert, and Dot.


Where Are You Going

A Pilgrimage on Foot to the Buddhist Holy Places

Part 1:
Rude Awakenings

Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott

Amaravati Publications


Further resources

This book and many others from Venerable Ajahn Chah, Ajahn Sumedho, and their disciples are freely offered and available in various electronic formats as well as in print. You can find them via our monasteries and through the websites listed below, along with other resources such as audio talks, meditation instruction and retreats. Everything is free of charge, and everyone is welcome.

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Note to the reader

In order to make this e-book readable in a variety of electronic formats a simplified form of representing Pali words has been used; some of the diacritical marks have therefore not been included in this edition.

To check the spelling of any particular Pali word, please consult the Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary, the Buddhist Publication Societys Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, or other resources available on the Internet.

Ajahn Sucitto and Nick at Harnham Buddhist Monastery in England just prior to - photo 3

Ajahn Sucitto and Nick at Harnham Buddhist Monastery in England just prior to their departure. It was this photograph that the authors handed out during the pilgrimage.

Preface

What follows is the narrative of a pilgrimage around the Buddhist holy places of India and Nepal made in the winter 199091. We made the pilgrimage on foot over six months, but recording it has taken more than ten years. While our journey took us to all the main pilgrimage sites, it was also a pilgrimage through the sacred and profane of two very different mens lives and the lessons learned from making this pilgrimage together.

We wrote this account to honour the peoplemany of them humble Indian and Nepali villagerswho supported us in the pilgrimage. We also wished to communicate some of the grittier realities of practising the Buddhist spiritual life on the roadwith the understanding that this is where, in the time of the Buddha, it all began. Thus this pilgrimage is also a down-to-earth analogy for spiritual practise as we understand it. The living thing is both tougher and more wonderful.

Early in the writing we realised that both our voices needed to be heard. Alternating authors fit better the Buddhist understanding that realities depend on perspective. It also freed us to be really honest with our thoughts about each other. The completed account we called Where Are You Going? something we were asked over and again as we walked through India. We present here the account of the first three months, and although this is just half our journey, it retains all the difficulties and comedy of the pilgrimage plus a climax and a resolution.

Sources and references for works quoted in this book are contained in the chapter notes at the back. The narratives Indian locale and Buddhist context required the use of some foreign and technical terms, and to make this easier for the reader, we have appended a glossary. Quotes attributed to the Buddha are set in italics. Modern place names follow the use by the Survey of India, and Buddhist terms use the Pali-language version from the Theravadan texts unless the Sanskrit version is well known.

We hope you enjoy this book, but more than that we hope that by reading it you may share in the insights our journey gave us into ourselves.

Ajahn Sucitto
Nick Scott
Chithurst Monastery April 2005


The First Moon:
The Middle Land

Map of the Ganges Plain 1 Pilgrims Way Ajahn Sucitto Chomp chomp chomp - photo 4

Map of the Ganges Plain

1 Pilgrims Way Ajahn Sucitto Chomp chomp chomp Slurp Something devilish - photo 5

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