🌿 Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi — The Living Link of Enlightenment 🌿 In the sacred city of Anuradhapura stands the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, one of the most revered trees in the world. More than 2,300 years old, it is the oldest living tree with a recorded human history. This sacred Bodhi Tree was grown from a sapling of the original Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya, India, under which Prince Siddhartha attained Enlightenment and became the Buddha. The sapling was brought to Sri Lanka around 288 BCE by Sanghamitta The

“Centers for Peace and Friendship,” a series introducing SGI culture centers and facilities around the world. The Soka Bodhi Tree Garden is a hub for cultural exchange and the study of Buddhism on the outskirts of Delhi. The garden is home to the biggest cluster of Bodhi (Peepul) trees in India—4,000 in all—and was established on September 12, 1993, by Bharat Soka Gakkai (BSG). On his visit to India one year before in 1992, SGI President Daisaku Ikeda envisioned that the garden, situated on a va