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ಬುದ್ಧ ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮೆ ಬಗ್ಗೆ

ಮಹತ್ವ

Buddha Purnima, known across Asia as Vesak, is the most important day of the Buddhist year. In the Theravada tradition, as handed down in the commentaries and kept in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and India, the full moon of Vesakha (Vaishakha) marks three events in the life of Siddhartha Gautama: his birth at Lumbini, his awakening under the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya, and his final passing (parinibbana) at Kushinagar. The Mahaparinibbana Sutta of the Digha Nikaya describes the last journey and passing of the Buddha.

In 1999 the United Nations General Assembly (resolution 54/115) recognised the Day of Vesak internationally, acknowledging the contribution of Buddhism to humanity. Some Puranas, among them the Bhagavata Purana (1.3.24), count a Buddha among the avataras of Vishnu; that is a Hindu reading which Buddhist traditions do not share, and the day is described here in its Buddhist meaning.

ಹೇಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

In India the great centres are Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar, with Lumbini just across the border in Nepal, and the day is a gazetted holiday of the Government of India. Theravada countries keep Vesak by their own lunar calendars, which can place it a day, and in some years a month, apart from the Hindu Panchang date. East Asian Mahayana traditions celebrate the birth separately, often on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month (8 April in Japan), and the Tibetan Saga Dawa falls on the full moon of the fourth Tibetan month.

ವಿಧಿವಿಧಾನಗಳು

Lay Buddhists visit viharas and stupas, offer flowers, lamps and incense, listen to the Dhamma and in many communities take the eight precepts for the day. Giving (dana) to monks and to the needy is central: in Sri Lanka roadside stalls (dansal) serve free food and streets are hung with Vesak lanterns. Bathing an image of the infant Buddha is a Mahayana custom, and at Bodh Gaya pilgrims gather in meditation and chanting around the Mahabodhi temple.

ದಿನಾಂಕವನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

In the Hindu Panchang Buddha Purnima is Vaishakha Purnima, the full moon ending the bright fortnight of Vaishakha, the same month name in the Amanta and Purnimanta calendars. The date shown is the day on which Purnima prevails at sunrise (udaya tithi), the first such day when it is present at two sunrises, and the day that contains it when it touches no sunrise. Buddhist calendars of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and Buddhist organisations in India, may announce a different day; follow your vihara.

ಮೂಲಗಳು

• United Nations: Day of Vesak (General Assembly resolution 54/115, 1999)
• Digha Nikaya 16, Mahaparinibbana Sutta
• Encyclopaedia Britannica: Vesak
• Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India: holiday lists for Central Government offices

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