Buddha's Birthday is one of the great Buddhist holidays, but perhaps few people know the origin and meaning of this important day. For every Buddhist, Buddha's birthday is an extremely important day. Today's article, we will learn about this day together! What day is Buddha's birthday? For Buddhism, there are three biggest holidays in that year: Enlightenment Day, Vu Lan Day and Buddha's Birthday. Every year, on the full moon day of the fourth month (April 15) of the lunar calendar, is the day to celebrate the birth of Buddha Shakyamuni. Buddha's Birthday is the anniversary of the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha in Lumbini garden, called Vesak in Pali, Vaisakha in Sanskrit, which is the 15th day of the fourth lunar month in 624 BC. This is a major holiday in the Buddhist tradition. Together we will learn about the historical origin and profound meaning of this great holiday. When will Buddha's birthday 2022 fall on? According to the records left, Buddha's birthday is on the 15th day of the fourth lunar month every year. In this 2022, Buddha's birthday will fall on Sunday, May 15, 2021 of the solar calendar. right-phat-dan-2022 Buddha's birthday 2022 The origin of Buddha's birthday The 15th day of the fourth lunar month, 635 BC. Shakyamuni Buddha was born in Lumbini garden in the Kapilavad country called Prince Siddhartha. He is the son of King Tinh San and Queen Ma Gia. Growing up in a magnificent palace, enjoying a rich and fulfilling life. When he grew up, he obeyed his parents' orders to marry Princess Gia Du Da La and gave birth to a prince named Rahula. Later, when he had the opportunity to leave the palace to travel, he witnessed with his own eyes birth, old age, illness, and death in the human world. With compassion and compassion for sentient beings, He always guarded his heart and wished to find a way to save himself and save sentient beings from the cycle of birth and death. He chose to leave the palace far away for his wife, children, and parents to find the path to liberation. right-duc-phat-dan-birth on Buddha's birthday After six years of ascetic practice, many stages of enlightenment in the jungle, and 49 days and nights of sitting in meditation under the Bodhi tree, pure in mind, the year of the Buddha At the age of 30, he attained enlightenment and became a Buddha, the unsurpassed, righteous and perfect enlightenment. After that, he spent 50 years of his life going around preaching the Dharma, bringing enlightenment to everyone. When he was 80 years old, in the forest of ta la song life, he passed away and entered Nirvana. The annual Buddha's Birthday is held on the full moon day of the fourth month in Buddhist countries to commemorate the birth of Buddha. According to Theravada and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, Buddha's birthday is the day of the Three Gorges (the anniversary of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana). Buddha's Birthday is also known as Vesak, Three Gorges is celebrated on different days depending on the concept of China. For Northern Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism, Buddha's Birthday is the anniversary of the birth of Buddha Shakyamuni. Countries influenced by Northern Buddhism such as China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam often choose the 8th day of the fourth lunar month every year as the day to hold the great vesak festival. As for the countries that follow Theravada Buddhism, choose the full moon day of the fourth lunar month or the full moon day of May of the solar calendar to organize this event. Meaning of Buddha's Birthday Celebration of Buddha's birthday is the most sacred time in which we can honor the moral values ​​and ideas of Buddhism. The Dhamma and the Four Noble Truths are the way to the cessation of suffering as evidenced by the Buddha's own life history. On the occasion of the Buddha's Birthday PL.2564-DL2020, His Holiness the Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha sent a message to all Buddhists with a profound meaning of this great holiday. Everyone in the world can become a Buddha, a wise and enlightened being, regardless of gender, origin, caste, young or old, age, married or not, if that person knows practice in accordance with the correct Dharma, according to the correct study map. This is the outstanding advantage of Buddhism: There are countless Buddhas, from the past, to the present and the future, not just a single Buddha as the leader, the Buddha Shakyamuni. and all other species must worship in a negative spirit of supplication and supplication. The Buddha is not a god or an imaginary god who specializes in blessing or punishing. Therefore, those who make offerings to, believe, and worship the Buddha in the spirit of begging and supplication in a negative way, whether at the temple or at home, do not get the desired results. Therefore, if you ask for a lot, you will be disappointed; if you pray a lot, you will be sad; if you believe a lot, you will suffer a lot. On the contrary, those who live in accordance with the spirit of the Buddha's teachings, whether at home or ordained, whether worshiping the Buddha or not, will have peace and happiness in the present, enlightenment and liberation in the future. after. Before the Buddha appeared in this world, life was often full of suffering, uncertainty, struggle, fraud, not just the present time. Therefore, the teachings of Buddhism are often likened to a boat, called the boat of wisdom, helping people to overcome the ocean of suffering, the river of delusion, pass through the eight winds of life, to the shore of enlightenment and liberation. The Buddha still lives in this world, still encounters many tribulations of life, but his mind is still at ease, no need to wait for the time to go to the west to ecstasy or to go straight to heaven! This is the very essence of Buddhism. Buddhism is a religion, so there are also forms of making offerings, prostrations, and prayers to help those who are suffering in this world to find the way, in the initial steps. If people, whether at home or monastic, come to Buddhism but only know the forms of making offerings, prostrations, and prayers, just stand there for many years, think that is enough, refuse to take another step, that step is: find out what the Buddha taught to apply in daily life, where is the correct Dharma, then suffering is still suffering. How many other people? Buddhist ceremonies, most importantly Buddha's Birthday, aim to lead people to the Way, to ease the sufferings of life. And the most important purpose is: "Enter the door of the Way", not just entering the temple door, or still wandering around outside, content with all forms of worship and rituals. prostrations, lottery concerts, commercial pilgrimages, campaigns to print books to pray for rebirth, to save relics, to call for donations to create large pagodas and statues, without paying attention to studying and cultivating count, Don't know what is the righteous law? Entering the path means knowing how to practice and study according to the Buddha's teachings in the scriptures, to achieve enlightenment and liberation, not blind cultivation, who tells you how to do it, who says how to listen to it, extremely superstitious. superstitious! dai-le-vesak-to-chuc-hang-nam annual vesak festival Things to do on Buddha's birthday On Buddha's birthday, Buddhists follow the Buddha's example not to create karma , vegetarianism, clean house, beautifully decorated Buddha altar. This is also the day when Buddhists gather to go to the temple to celebrate Buddha's birthday, go to the temple to help do meritorious deeds, listen to the teachings of the teachers about life, and reflect with themselves to know that they need to be purified. change and purify the soul towards good. In these days, we also get to review the history and origins of Buddhism, express gratitude and respect for the great merits of the Buddha while in this world. In Vietnam, this is a big and important holiday of the year, the festival is held in all ethnic groups, solemnly organized by the Vietnam Buddhist Church. On this day, large and small temples are decorated with flags and flowers, tidy up, organize jubilant festivals, people often call this day the Buddha's birthday season, the whole country joins the joy of the whole world. Happy Buddha's birthday. The Buddha once advised sentient beings: "Let's live a good life against the unwholesome, live a lack of desire, be content to eliminate desire". Living and working according to the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, that is the way to end suffering at the root, helping people to remove sorrows and direct their minds to beautiful things. In honor of our guru, on the annual Great Vesak.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.7/5/2022.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.