The 2565th Buddha Jayanti is being celebrated on Wednesday to commemorate the contribution made by Siddhartha Gautam, who is believed to have been born as the ninth incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
Buddha Jayanti is celebrated every year on the full moon day of Baisakh Shukla. As Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and Mahaparinirvana (death) fall on the full moon day of Baisakh Shukla, Buddhists around the world, including Nepal, celebrate Buddha Jayanti with emotional reverence and devotion to the Buddha. "Non-violence is the cornerstone of peace and friendship" The 2565th birth anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha, the bearer of many such classic messages is being celebrated across the country wishing for peace.
Due to the prohibitory orders to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus (Covid-19), Buddhists are said to be confined to chaityas, monasteries, monasteries, and other places with limited Buddhist gurus.
Last year, a lockdown was issued to avoid corona, so only certain religious leaders gathered at Buddha Jayanti houses and places including Chaityas, Gumbas, and Bihar.
There was a tradition of celebrating Buddha Jayanti by organizing various programs in Lumbini, Swayambhu, Buddhist, and other places. It has been decided to celebrate the festival by sitting in these places with a limited number of religious leaders.
Bouddhanath Area Development Committee, Buddhist Ghyang Guthi, and other organizations have decided to offer worship among a limited number of people. Executive Director of the Committee, Basant Kumar Lama, says that devotees are invited to worship, recite, meditate and celebrate Diwali on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti at home. Under normal circumstances, Buddha Jayanti was celebrated with a procession with the participation of thousands of people.
Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini Park on the full moon day of Baisakh Shukla 563 BC, i.e. 2565 years before today. Siddhartha Gautam, who was born as a prince, was worried about the suffering of the people. At the age of 29, he left the palace for penance.
On the full moon day of Baisakh Shukla in 528 BC, he attained enlightenment under the Peepal tree (Bodhi tree) at Bodhgaya. After attaining enlightenment, he was called Gautam Buddha, Buddha Bhagwan, etc. The eight ways to quench the thirst to destroy misery are the knowledge that the Buddha has received. He shared the knowledge that there are eight paths: right determination, the right vision, right speech, right karma, right livelihood, right exercise, right memory, and right meditation.
This knowledge was first imparted to the five-class monks at Mrigdavan in Sarnath through discourses. After imparting such knowledge for 45 years, at the age of 80, he attained Mahaparinirvana in Kushinagar on the full moon day of Baisakh Shukla in 483 BC.
Lord Gautam Buddha is known as the pioneer of peace in the world and the star of Asia. The Buddha taught peace, non-violence, friendship, and compassion to the common man through eight paths. That is why the Buddha's philosophy has taken the form of a sect, or path in the world.
A public holiday has been observed in the United Nations since 2002 on the birth anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha, the pioneer of world peace.
