Essay on Buddha Purnima

 

 Essay on Buddha Purnima

Buddha Purnima is the greatest festival for followers of Buddhism. According to the Hindu calendar, Buddha Purnima is celebrated on the full moon of Vesak month. That is why it is also called ' Vesak Purnima '. This is the birth anniversary of Gautam Buddha. It is believed that the birth of Lord Buddha, the attainment of knowledge and Mahaparinirvana were on the same day, that is, Vesak Purnima.

Followers of Buddhism celebrate Buddha Purnima with great fanfare all over the world. Buddha is considered the ninth incarnation of Hindu God Lord Vishnu. So, for Hindus also, this day is considered sacred. A variety of celebrations are held on this day. On the day of Buddha Purnima, lamps are burnt in Buddhist houses and houses are decorated with flowers. The scriptures of Buddhism are constantly played. On the day of Buddha Purnima, many works of charity and dharma-karma are done.

Buddha Purnima is the holiest festival of Buddhist people. Buddha Purnima is also known as Buddha Jayanti, Vesak, Vashaka and Buddha’s birthday. Buddha Purnima is celebrated in remembrance of Lord Buddha. It is celebrated every year on the full moon night (according to the Hindu calendar, usually in April or May).

At the same time, other countries like Vishaka, Bua in Thailand, Vaisak in Indonesia and Vesak in Sri Lanka and Malaysia are called. It is celebrated extensively in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

The festival is celebrated throughout South-East Asia, but the way to celebrate it varies from country to country and region to region.

Lord Buddha was the founder of Buddhism and is also considered to be the ninth incarnation of Vishnu. It was the occasion of Buddha Purnima in which three important events of buddha God's life took place, that is, his birth, his knowledge and his death (Nirvana). It is believed that Gautam Buddha gained knowledge and passed away on the same day.

Gautam Buddha's Divine Life Story 

Lord Buddha was born in 563 B.C. as Siddhartha Gautam in the house of King Shuddodhan of Shakya Kul. He was a real historical man who was the prince of Shakya. The state is a small area along today's modern India and Nepal.

At the age of sixteen, Siddhartha married a beautiful woman and had a son. There was a wonderful twist in his life when Siddhartha was twenty-five years old. He walked out of the palace for the first time. He saw people fighting the world's miseries (old age, sickness and death).

He had abandoned his wife, son and immense wealth for the discovery of knowledge. He travelled in many places for years and at the age of twenty-five, he arrived at Bodh Gaya, where he sat under a people's tree. And after forty days of meditation, he attained nirvana, a state of permanence.

Celebrations and Rituals of Buddha Jayanti or Purnima

The main festival of Buddha Jayanti is in Bodh Gaya. For the people of Buddhism, Bodh Gaya is the most important pilgrimage centre related to the life of Gautam Buddha. The Bodh Gaya Shrine marks the place of Enlightenment of Buddha. Bodh Gaya is a small town in the district of Bihar in India. Devotees donate to temples on the day of Buddhist full moon.

Here Buddhist devotees from all over the world gather to pay their esteemed tributes to Lord Buddha in large numbers. In addition to decorating the temple and surrounding area with colourful Buddhist flags, Buddhists decorate their home with lights, candles and lamps.

After the morning prayer, there are colourful processions of monks, worship with large offerings, distribution of sweets. On this day you can hear the prayers, sermons, reverberating of Buddhist texts in the homes, reading monasteries, religious halls and houses of the Buddhist people.

On this day Buddhist people bathe and wear only white clothes.  People dedicate incense, flowers, candles and fruits to the idol of Lord Buddha. The Mahabodhi tree, also known as the "Peeple's Tree" or the holy fig tree, is worshipped and offerings are made. It is considered to be the tree under which Lord Buddha received knowledge.

Traditionally, Buddhists are pure vegetarians. Therefore, all Buddhism people make pure-vegetarian food in their homes on this holy day. Kheer ( rice dessert) is mainly prepared on houses. Freeing birds from cages is considered auspicious in most places on this day. They listen to the interpretation of Buddha's life and teachings throughout their day.

Teachings of Buddha

Gautam Buddha gave importance to the notion of balance in his teachings. He stressed that it is necessary to avoid the extreme of enjoyment as it is necessary to avoid the extreme of yoga, that is, austerity. The very consciousness of the indulgence is the disappearance of conscience and the virtues become dormant. As a result, destruction is camped on the threshold of the person's heart and mind. Similarly, the extreme body of austerity becomes weak and morale weakens. As a result, enlightenment is achieved, because it is just as a dream to build a magnificent building on the foundations of sand. A large part of the sufferings that man suffers from is of the sufferings that man has created with his ignorance, misknowledge, or false visions, the death of those sorrows is possible only through his right knowledge, and they cannot be overcome by one's blessings or blessing. Knowledge of truth or reality is the right knowledge. Therefore, the pursuit of truth is essential for the salvation of sorrow. Search can be of unknown truth. If the truth has become known by a scripture, proceeds or preacher, it is not discovered. So Buddha rejected the truth described by his predecessor or by tradition and searched for it himself afresh. Buddha himself did not commit anywhere. He said, "Don't even quietly assume my point that Buddha has said it." Doubt him and test him through various trials. Test him on the test of life, match your experiences, accept if you know right, otherwise leave". That was the reason why his religion was free from mystics, with human sensitivities and touching the heart directly.