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Buddha Purnima

  • Puja vidhi
  • 6 Wishes to send
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Buddha Purnima

Why it is celebrated

Buddha Purnima falls on the full moon of Vaishakh. In Buddhist tradition, Gautam Buddha was born, attained enlightenment and left his body on this same date. In Hindu homes too, Vaishakh Purnima is a day for a holy bath, daan and puja.

The story

About two and a half thousand years ago, Prince Siddhartha was born in Lumbini to King Shuddhodana and Queen Mayadevi. He had every comfort in the palace, but one day, out in the city, he saw an old man, a sick man, a funeral procession and a peaceful monk. A question rose in his mind: why is there suffering in life, and how can one be free of it?

To find the answer, he left the palace and spent years in hard austerities. When his body became very weak, a woman named Sujata offered him kheer. Siddhartha understood that neither too much pleasure nor too much hardship is right; the middle path is the true one.

Then, sitting in deep meditation under a peepal tree at Bodh Gaya, he attained enlightenment and came to be called the Buddha. He gave his first teaching at Sarnath, and all his life he shared a message of compassion, truth and non-violence.

Puja vidhi

  1. Take a morning bath in a holy river, or add a little Ganga jal to your bathwater at home.
  2. Worship Bhagwan Vishnu or listen to the Satyanarayan katha, as your family's tradition says.
  3. Offer water to a peepal tree and light a diya near it in the evening.
  4. Sit quietly in meditation for a while and remember the Buddha's message of compassion and truth.
  5. Give food, water, fruit or clothes as you are able, and put out grain and water for animals and birds.

Food

Kheer, simple sattvic food and seasonal fruit.

Wishes to send

  • Happy Buddha Purnima! May your heart stay full of compassion, peace and goodwill.

  • May the Vaishakh full moon bring calm and fresh light into your life. Happy Buddha Purnima.

  • May the Buddha's middle path teach us to live with balance and patience. Greetings on Buddha Purnima.

  • May the lamp of truth, non-violence and compassion glow in every heart. Buddha Purnima wishes to you and your family.

  • On this holy full moon: one good deed, one kind word and a little quiet meditation. Happy Vaishakh Purnima.

  • A peaceful mind is the greatest joy. Warm Buddha Purnima wishes. Namo Buddhaya.

For your status

  • Namo Buddhaya. Happy Buddha Purnima.

  • A calm mind, a kind heart.

  • The middle path is the true path.

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