HAPPY VESAK DAY!!!!! (2012)

WISHING ALL

A VERY

HAPPY VESAK DAY!!!!!

Vesak Day is one of the most important dates on the Buddhist calendar, signifying the birth, enlightenment & passing away of Buddha.

Conducted annually during the full moon in the month of May or at the purnama sidhi, Vesak commemorates three most important events in the life of Siddharta Gautama known as the Tri Suci Waisak.
The first important event is the Birth of Prince Siddharta at the Lumbini Gardens in 623 BC. The second episode is the enlightenment (nirvāṇa) in which Prince Siddharta became the Buddha in Bodhgaya at the age of 35 in 588 BC & the third is the passing away (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha at Kusinara at the age of 80 in 543 BC. Thus...Vesak is also known as simply Buddha’s day.

The lighting of an oil lamp or candle symbolises the dispelling of “darkness” or ignorance to attain “enlightenment” or wisdom.

The chanting of sutras by the temple monks filled the halls & altar rooms, as the glow from burning incense & oil lamps lit up decorated statues of Buddha all around the world.