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Buddha Jayanti: A Journey Towards Knowledge and Peace

Buddha Jayanti: A Journey Towards Knowledge and Peace Date & Day Date: Monday, 12 May 2025 Tithi: Vaishakha Purnima (Full Moon Day of Vaishakha month) Occasion: Celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and Mahaparinirvana (death) of Lord Buddha. Who Was Gautama Buddha? Born as Prince Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini (Nepal) around 563 BCE. Belonged to the Shakya dynasty. Renounced worldly pleasures at age 29 after seeing old age, sickness, death, and a monk. Attained Enlightenment (Nirvana) under […]

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April 8, 2025

Parinirvana Day of Mahatma Buddh: What Parinirvana Means in Buddhism

Parinirvana is a Mahayana Buddhist festival that remembers the death of the Buddha when he reached Nirvana at the age of eighty. It is also known as Nirvana Day. Nirvana is believed to be the end of the cycle of death and rebirth. Buddhism teaches that Nirvana is reached when all want and suffering is gone. Parinirvana Day is celebrated by Mahayana Buddhists. How Buddhists celebrate Parinirvana ? Buddhists celebrate Nirvana Day by meditating or by going to Buddhist […]

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February 14, 2020