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Buddha‘s Birthday 佛誕節
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• Buddha's Birthday
• the birthday of the Gautama Buddha
traditionally celebrated in East Asia on
the eighth day of the fourth month in
the Chinese lunar calendar, is an
official holiday in Hong Kong, Macau,
and South Korea. The date varies from
year to year in the Western
• The birth of the Buddha (Buddha Purnima in India) is
often celebrated by Buddhists for an entire month.
This month, however is not the usual Gregorian
month, but rather the Month corresponding to the
Buddhist calendar. The actual day is called Buddha
Poornima (or Buddha Purnima), also traditionally
known as Vaishakh Poornima. Although the day
marks not just the birth of Shakyamuni Gautam
Buddha, but also the day of Enlightenment, and
Mahaprrinirvana. But as a gentle effect of West, the
event of Birth is given paramount importance.
• The event is celebrated by gentle and serene
fervour, keeping in mind the very nature of
Buddhism. People especially ladies go to common
Viharas, to observe a rather longer-than-usual, full
length Buddhist sutra, as something like a service.
The usual dress is pure white. Non-vegetarian food
is normally avoided, but a dish specially made is the
sweet rice porridge, called kheer. The story is about
the kheer that was a gift to Buddha by the childless
Sujata, which event was one major link in his
enlightenment.
• It is said that the Buddha originally followed the
way asceticism hoping to attain enlightenment
sooner, as was thought by many at that time. He sat
for a prolonged time with inadequate food and
water, which caused his body to shrivel so as to be
indistinguishable from the bark of the tree that he
was sitting under. Seeing the weak Siddhartha
Gautama, a child named Sujata placed a bowl of
milk in front of him as an offering. Realizing that
without food one can do nothing, the Buddha
refrained from harming his own body.