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Indian pilgrimage of Pure-land Buddhist:Sep27,2012---Oct07,2012(part5) Day07(Oct03):During several days in the dusty atmosphere my wife got a fever today and leave in the hotel room to rest.Vaishali was the capital city of the Licchavi, one of worlds first republics, in the Vajjian Confederacy (Vrijji) mahajanapada, around the 6th century BC.Gautama Buddha preached his last sermon before his death in ca 483 BCE, then in 383 BCE the Second Buddhist council was convened here by King Kalasoka.It was during a stay in Vai?ālī, whither he had gone from Kapilavatthu, that Mahapajapati Gotami followed the Buddha with five hundred other Sakyan women, and, with the help of ānandas intervention, obtained permission for women to enter the Order under certain conditions.[18] Amrapāli, also known as Ambapālika or Ambapali, was a nagarvadhu (royal courtesan) of the republic of Vaishali ,Vajji Confederationin,one of the Ganasangha of ancient India around 500 BC.[1] Following the Buddhas teachings she became an arahant. She is mentioned in the old Pali texts and Buddhist traditions, particularly in conjunction with the Buddha staying at her mango grove, Ambapali vana which she later donated to his order, and wherein he preached the famous Ambapalika Sutta.Vimalakīrti,lived in Vaishali,is the central figure in the Buddhist Vimalakīrti Nirde?a Sūtra, which presents him as the ideal Mahayanist lay practitioner and a contemporary of Gautama Buddha (6th to 5th century BCE).We go to Relic Stupa first. Here the Licchavis reverentially encased one of the eight portions of the Masters relics, which they received after the Mahaparinirvana. After his last discourse the Awakened One set out for Kushinagar, but the Licchavis kept following him. Buddha gave them his alms bowl but they still refused to return. The Master created an illusion of a river in spate which compelled them to go back. This site can be identified with Deora in modern Kesariya village, where Ashoka later bui