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	Buddha Purnima,Buddha Purnima Festival,Buddha Purnima in India,Buddha Purnima The Buddhist Festival
		Buddha Purnima,Buddha Purnima Festival,Buddha Purnima in India,Buddha Purnima The Buddhist Festival
		Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti, the birth anniversary of the Buddha, is celebrated in April/May. Referred as the Saga Dasa in Sikkimese and Vishakha Puja in the Thervada tradition, it is the most important of all the Buddhist festivals.
		In the monasteries of Sikkim, the lamas recite the scriptures and the devotees light oil lamps in front of the statue of the Buddha.
	www.culturopedia.com /Festivals/buddha_purnima.html (221 words)

	Buddha Purnima 2005, Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Birthday 2005
		Buddha Jayanti or also known as Buddha Purnima is the most sacred festivals of Buddhist.
		Lord Buddha is considered the ninth avatar (incarnation) of Vishnu (Preserver in the Hindu Holy Trinity of Creator-Preserver-Destroyer).
		The teachings of the Buddha are solely to liberate human beings from the misery and sufferings of life.
	festivals.iloveindia.com /buddha-purnima (0 words)

	Buddha Purnima,Buddha Jayanti,Buddha Purnima Festival,Buddha Purnima India
		Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima is marked as the most important day, commomerating the three most significant events in the life of Gautama Buddha that occurred on the same day.
		As he grew into manhood, Siddhartha was caught by the sufferings of the world (old age, disease and death being important of them), left his riches to become an ascetic and sought higher truth.
		After years of study, meditation and sacrifice, he is known to have found the Nirvana and became the Buddha or the completely enlightened.
	www.surfindia.com /festivals/buddha-purnima.html (0 words)

	Buddha Purnima - Buddha Purnima Information.
		Buddha's overflowing love for the downtrodden and destitute acted as one of the greatest factors for social harmony and justice to the weaker sections in the society.
		At the end, an old and poor woman trekked slowly to the presence of Buddha, offered a small pomegranate and collapsed at his feet, Buddha ordered the bell of honor to be rung in her name for that day, to the utter surprise of the king and his subjects.
		Buddha, like Mahaveera, denounced the animal sacrifices in the yajnas and yagas and himself stood as the very embodiment of compassion to all living beings.
	festivals.tajonline.com /buddha-purnima.php (909 words)

	Buddha Purnima: Buddha's Birthday Celebration (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Buddha was born as Siddhartha Gautama, in 563 BC, near the town of Kapilavastu, which corresponds to Lumbini in modern day Nepal in the Himalaya Mountains.
		As a part of the Buddha Purnima celebration, Buddhists drape the walls of their homes with brightly colored paper and cloths—often to depict the tales of Jataka (which are based on the incantations of Buddha).
		In addition to the three-fold significance (Buddha's birth, enlightenment and attainment of nirvana) of Buddha Purnima, it is also believed that on this same day Buddha's wife (Yashodara), his horse (Kantaka) and his charioteer (Channa) were born.
	www.fridgedoor.info /spring-celebrations/buddhist-buddha-purnima.php (721 words)

	Buddha Jayanti - Buddha Jayanti Festival India - Buddha Purnima Celebrations - Buddha Poornima
		Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti is the birth anniversary of the Lord Buddha.
		Buddha was born in B.C. 560 and died at the age of eighty in B.C. Buddhism went on to become a very popular religion in the subsequent centuries and even went abroad.
		It was on Buddha Poornima that he attained enlightenment and ultimately after preaching the five principles of life and the path of eight-fold truth for long, he attained 'Nirvana' or left the mortal world on this day itself.
	www.festivalsinindia.net /buddha-jayanti/index.html (423 words)

	Buddha Purnima: Message of peace - www.phayul.com
		Buddha Purnima is the greatest festival of the Buddhist community and is being observed with due solemnity almost all over the world.
		Buddha Purnima is a reminder of what Lord Buddha preached for the noble cause of the many.
		Buddha in his first sermon to the monks asked, "Go forth, O Bhikkhus, for the good of the many, for the happiness of the many." This message is wide, loud, and broad and to all and meant for the cause of happiness of all living beings, irrespective of caste, creed and race.
	www.phayul.com /news/article.aspx?id=350&t=1 (628 words)

	Buddha Purnima - Festivals in India, Festival Images - Family and Festivals at MaxAbout.com
		Buddha Purnima (Buddha Jayanti) is the birth anniversary of the Buddha which falls on the full moon day in the month of Vaisakh (April/May).
		Along with the Buddha statue, even the Bodhi tree (pipal tree) is worshipped as Buddha achieved enlightenment at the age of thirty-six bodhi tree in Gaya.
		Buddha Purnima all over Bihar, Pradesh, Sanchi and Kushinagar In Delhi the mortal remains of the Buddha are taken out at the National Museum public viewing.
	www.maxabout.com /family/festivals/buddha_purnima.aspx (773 words)

	Buddha Purnima Celebrations,Celebrations of Buddha Purnima,Traditions of Buddha Purnima,How to celebrate Buddha Purnima
		Buddha Purnima is the most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar.
		The basic tradition at Buddha Purnima is this that the Buddhists refrain from eating meat and eat kheer This is shared with the poor.
		Celebrations of Buddha Purnima have been extensively written about in poems and novels and depicted in paintings because Buddha Purnima is not only a day of rejoicing; it is also a day for reflection on the life and teaching of one of the greatest teachers the world has ever known.
	funmunch.com /events/buddha_purnima/buddha_purnima_celebrations.shtml (615 words)

	BUDDHA PURNIMA - The Thrice Sacred Day - Festival of India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gautam Buddha was born in 544 BC in Lumbini, Nepal.
		When the time was right, Buddha Kashyapa took the form of a six-tusked young white elephant and entered the body of Queen Mayadevi, wife of King Suddodhana of Lumbini, through the right side of her ribcage.
		In the monasteries of Sikkim, the lamas are engaged in recitations of the scriptures from early morning lamps in front of the statue of the Buddha.
	www.gurjari.net /ico/Festival/main.asp?item=B_001 (1054 words)

	Webindia123.com-Festivals -Buddha Purnima
		Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti, the birth anniversary of the Buddha, is the most important festival of the Buddhists and is celebrated with great enthusiasm.
		Gautam Buddha was born as a prince in 544 BC in Lumbini, Nepal on a Full Moon day in the month of Vaisakh.
		Since Buddha attained enlightenment sitting under a Bodhi (Pipal) tree, special care is taken in watering and tending Bodhi trees.
	www.webindia123.com /festival/april/buddha.htm (411 words)

	Buddha Purnima, Festivals of India - Nepal Safari - Explore Nepal's Wildlife
		Buddha's life abounds in such instances when he honored and upheld the purity and devotion of the lowliest in the society.
		Buddha's philosophical analysis of the basic problem of human suffering and misery helped to hold before the common man a purified and simplified Eight-Fold Path of Salvation, i.e., the right type of life-view, of intention, of speech, action, livelihood, effort, frame of mind and of concentration.
		Buddha passed into eternity after completing his Sahasra Chandra Darshana i.e., 1000 full moon days (80th year) on the full moon day of Vaishaakha - the day of his birth as also of his Enlightenment.
	www.nepal-safari.com /festivals_india/buddha_purnima.php (897 words)

	Atanu Dey on India’s Development » 2005 » May » 23
		According to tradition, the historical Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha was born during the full moon in the month of May, attained enlightenment on the same day in the 35th year of his life, and died on this day when he was about 80 years of age.
		My conjecture is that because Buddha Purnima is not celebrated in the West with the traditional gusto accorded to Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Santa Clause (the fat man is an event all by himself), Halloween, and other such secular holidays, Indians don’t have a clue that this day is of any importance.
		One of these years, when Buddha Purnima is added to the list of events enthusiastically promoted by the commercial interest of the West, the innate desire to ape the West will add Buddha Purnima to the current list of celebrations observed by Indians.
	www.deeshaa.org /2005/05/23 (413 words)

	Buddhist Channel \| Buddhism News, Headlines \| India \| Buddha Purnima
		Remembering the Buddha is best done by recalling his teachings and treading the path he showed.
		This, the Buddha felt, was a way to keep one away from any kind of extremism that can lead to the path of insanity.
		From the former, the Buddha expanded the truth of emptiness and articulated the three universal characteristics: "All volitional actions are empty/ there is no law that is permanent and unchangeable/ there is no I nor mine".
	www.buddhistchannel.tv /index.php?id=42,4065,0,0,1,0 (0 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 329 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The thrice-sacred memorable events of Buddha Purnima is of great significance to the Buddhist world as well as the people all over the world.
		After his Enlightenment, the Buddha delivered his first sermon as follows: "Go ye O Bhikkhus, for the gain of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, for the gain, for the welfare of men.
		Buddha encouraged and stimulated each person to develop himself and to work out his own emancipation for man has the power to liberate himself from all bondage through his own personal effort and intelligence.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/05/03/d405031503115.htm (1007 words)

	Bodhgaya - Where Buddha attained enlightenment
		Buddha Gaya is located 7 miles south of Gaya and is one of the well visited Buddhist pilgrimage centers of the Indian subcontinent.
		The Bodhi tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment is considered to be the among the oldest and the most venerated tree in the world.
		Buddha Gaya is also home to the ancient temple of Buddha.
	www.templenet.com /Ganga/bodhgaya.html (406 words)

	Buddha Purnima - 23rd May, 2005
		It was on this day that Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born as Prince Siddhartha at Lumbini in Nepal in 560 B.C. It is also the day when He attained enlightenment at Gaya in India, after years of search and enquiry into the causes and remedy for sorrow in the world.
		The Buddha Purnima celebrations at Brindavan (Bhagawan's ashram at Whitefield, Bangalore) this year was jointly organized by devotees from Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Taiwan.
		She recalled the words from the Dhammapada preached by Lord Buddha, "Hatred cannot be appeased by hatred, but by Love", and said that this very same teaching was now ingrained in her heart by the grace of Lord Sai.
	www.saibaba.ws /reports/2005/buddhapurnima.htm (730 words)

	Buddha Purnima, festivals of India, Buddha Purnima tour
		The Buddha is regarded as the ninth incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
		On Buddha Purnima, Buddhists refrain from eating meat and eat kheer or rice cooked in milk and sugar, which they share with the poor.
		Legend has it that on the full moon day of Vaishakh544 BC, the Buddha's mother, Queen Mahamaya, happened to be on her way from the capital Kapilavastu to her parents' home in Devdaha.
	www.indian-visit.com /fair-festivals/festivals-of-india/buddha-purnima-india.html (1038 words)

	Buddha-dev
		In the Donasutta Buddha declared himself to be neither a deva, nor gandharva, nor yaksa, nor human being.
		The Mahasamghika sect declared all forms of Buddha besides the lokottara (transcendental form, or dharmakaya) to be magical or ficticious (their view of the historical Buddha).
		Buddha, to the wondering monk Vachgotta's question on the existence or non-existence of the soul, said nothing; to Ananda he explained: "If I had answered him that there is a soul, that would have confirmed the doctrine of the Sramanas and Brahmanas who believe in the immortality of the soul.
	www.salagram.net /Buddha-dev.html (1097 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 692 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist Community, will be celebrated in the country today, marking the advent, nirvana (enlightenment) and departure of Lord Gautam Buddha.
		Lord Buddha was born at Kapila Bastu in Nepal in 563 BC, got nirvana at the age of 35 in Gaya in the Indian state of Bihar and departed from this world at the age of 80 (483BC).
		Buddha Purnima will be celebrated at all monasteries across the country through a daylong programme.
	www.thedailystar.net /2006/05/11/d60511013121.htm (133 words)

	MANTRA ON NET : Festivals Of India: Buddha Purnima (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gautama, the Buddha was born in 544 BC in Lumbini, Nepal.
		The Buddha, who is considered the ninth avatar of Vishnu, reached Nirvana also on the full moon day of Vaishakh.
		Therefore Buddha Purnima marks the three major events in the life of this great apostle of peace.
	www.mantraonnet.com /buddha-purnima.html (347 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Buddha Purnima (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Buddha Purnima the main religious festival of the Buddhist community, observed on Baishakhi purnima, the day of the full moon in Baishakh (mid-April to mid-May).
		Three important events in the life of Buddha are believed to have occurred on this day: his birth in 623 BC, his gaining enlightenment in 588 BC, and his death in 543 BC.
		According to Buddhist tradition, Buddha, after his previous incarnation as Santos Kumar, was living in paradise.
	banglapedia.net /HT/B_0638.HTM (323 words)

	Buddha purnima,Buddha purnima Buddhist Festival,Buddha purnima 2007,Buddha purnima Festival Tour,Buddha purnima Dalai ...
		The Enlightened One was finally persuaded to admit the women as bhikshunis or nuns.')">Vaishali --Five years after the Enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, Lord Buddha came to Vaishali, the capital of one of the first republican states in the world.
		This sacred edifice is like a grand banner unfurled by time to proclaim to the world the pious efforts of Buddha to solve the knots of human miseries to ascend above worldly problems and to attain transcendental peace through wisdom, good conduct and disciplined life.
		Inside the temple is the main sanctum, on an altar, is a colossal image of Buddha in a sitting posture touching the earth by his right hand.
	damaskrosetours.com /upcomming-events/Budhapurnima.html (641 words)

	Divine Discourse By Sai Baba - Sai Baba Of India
		Buddha taught that the principle of unity of the Atma was the only true principle in the world.
		Buddha taught that everyone was endowed with the same principle of divinity.
		Buddha taught that we should not have anger, we should not find others’ faults, we should not harm others, because all are the embodiments of pure, eternal principle of the Atma.
	www.saibabaofindia.com /budha_poornima_discourse_13th_may_2006.htm (2417 words)

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		The day is celebrated to commemorate the three major events in Buddha’s life – His birth (in Lumbini, Nepal in 623 BC); his enlightenment (Buddhatto) at the age of 35 years (in Buddha Gaya, India) and his death (Maha parinirvana) at the age of 80 years (in Kusinagar, India.)
		The tradition to celebrate Buddha Jayanti was lost in Nepal for centuries.
		Rana declared Buddha Purnima a public holiday for Buddhist government civil servants in 1946 at the request of Venerable Narada of Sri Lanka.
	www.lumbini.org.uk /Buddha_Jayanti.htm (748 words)

	India4u - Festivals
		Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Buddha is widely celebrated, on a full moon night in April/May. Buddha was born on the Full Moon day in the month of Vaisakh.
		Buddha was born under the shade of two sal trees at Lumbini.
		Celebrations of Buddha purnima have been extensively referred to in various poems and novels.
	www.india4u.com /festival/buddhist.asp (197 words)

	Buddha and His Gospel of Love
		Buddha was resting, but he overheard the words of his disciple.
		At the time of Buddha's departure from the physical body, there was a small coin with him, which he had carefully kept in tiny knots of his cloth.
		Will you allow me to eat you?" Buddha readily consented to the request of the demoness and said smilingly to her, "One need not be afraid of death.
	www.eaisai.com /baba/docs/d000521.html (3522 words)

	Buddha Purnima and buddhism
		Buddha Purnima is on 2nd of May, 2007
		Buddha Purnima is the most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar.
		Although Buddhists regard every full moon as sacred, the moon of the month of Vaisakh (April - May) has special significance because on this day the Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, and attained Nirvana when he died.
	www.theholidayspot.com /buddha_purnima (93 words)

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		Buddha Purnima commemorates the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha.
		A warm wish for all your near and dear ones.
	www.123greetings.com /events/buddha_purnima (0 words)

	NEWSLETTER : MAY 2006
		This day is of great significance for the follower of Buddhism, as it is believed that Lord Buddha was born, got enlightenment and also attained nirvana or salvation on this very day.
		Coincidentally, on his thirty-fifth birthday, again the full moon night of the month of Vaisakha, Prince Siddhartha, who had renounced the world five year earlier, ultimately found the answers to his queries ─ the existence of pain and suffering, their causes, the need to overcome them and the means of doing so.
		On Buddha Purnima, devout Buddhists gather in the local viharas (monasteries) for worship.
	www.indiaheritage.org /newlet/may06.htm (2144 words)

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