[Buddha-l] Buddha's birthplace in India (Piprahwa)?

[Richard Hayes]

On May 16, 2013, at 21:23, Kdorje at aol.com wrote:

> The government of Nepal is in the process of constructing a large Peace  
> Park at the site across the border at Lumbini, with temples being built by  
> Buddhists of different traditions around the world. It draws tens of thousands 
> every year, and will attract more as it is completed, bringing in much 
> needed  revenue to one of the poorest parts of south Asia.

No doubt the tourist industry has an interest in maximizing profits. But to those who understand and strive to live by the teachings allegedly spoken by the Buddha, it surely makes no difference at all where (or even whether) he was born.