Today is Birthday of one of the Indian's greatest spiritual leaders who transformed the way we think and live. Buddha work and fought for the poor and under privilege people.
In secular India Buddha Purnima is no more a national holiday or mentioned in any media. Today secular Indian celebrates foreigner festivals, a national holiday for the unrelated Indian festival and praise foreigner gods who have not contributed for the Indian community or people. Let us awake them.
2576th Birth Anniversary of Gautama Buddha
Buddha Purnima during Vaishakha month is celebrated as birth anniversary of Gautama Buddha. Gautama Buddha whose birth name was Siddhartha Gautama was a spiritual teacher on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.
The time of Gautama Buddha's birth and death is uncertain. However, most historians date his lifetime between 563-483 B.C. Most people consider Lumbini, Nepal as birth place of Buddha. Buddha died at the age of 80 at Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh.
For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important pilgrimage site related to the life of Gautama Buddha. The other three important pilgrimage sites are Kushinagar, Lumbini, and Sarnath. It is believed that Gautama Buddha obtained Enlightenment at Bodhagaya and he first taught the Dharma at Sarnath.
It is believed that Gautama Buddha obtained Enlightenment and passed away on the same day. Buddha Purnima is also known as Buddha Jayanti, Vesak, Vaishaka and Buddha's Birthday.
The time of Gautama Buddha's birth and death is uncertain. However, most historians date his lifetime between 563-483 B.C. Most people consider Lumbini, Nepal as birth place of Buddha. Buddha died at the age of 80 at Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh.
For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important pilgrimage site related to the life of Gautama Buddha. The other three important pilgrimage sites are Kushinagar, Lumbini, and Sarnath. It is believed that Gautama Buddha obtained Enlightenment at Bodhagaya and he first taught the Dharma at Sarnath.
It is believed that Gautama Buddha obtained Enlightenment and passed away on the same day. Buddha Purnima is also known as Buddha Jayanti, Vesak, Vaishaka and Buddha's Birthday.
Buddha Purnima
14th
May 2014
(Wednesday)
(Wednesday)
The Forgotten Land of Buddhism
· Your hearts shall give rise to great joy, Since you know that you yourselves Shall become Buddhas.
· We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.
· Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
· All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
· Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.
· Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death, can erase our good deeds. - Gautama Buddha
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