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Buddha‘s Birthday 佛誕節 Team mate:5 7 9 12 25 30 • Buddha's Birthday • the birthday of the Gautama Buddha traditionally celebrated in East Asia on the eighth day of the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, is an official holiday in Hong Kong, Macau, and South Korea. The date varies from year to year in the Western • The birth of the Buddha (Buddha Purnima in India) is often celebrated by Buddhists for an entire month. This month, however is not the usual Gregorian month, but rather the Month corresponding to the Buddhist calendar. The actual day is called Buddha Poornima (or Buddha Purnima), also traditionally known as Vaishakh Poornima. Although the day marks not just the birth of Shakyamuni Gautam Buddha, but also the day of Enlightenment, and Mahaprrinirvana. But as a gentle effect of West, the event of Birth is given paramount importance. • The event is celebrated by gentle and serene fervour, keeping in mind the very nature of Buddhism. People especially ladies go to common Viharas, to observe a rather longer-than-usual, full length Buddhist sutra, as something like a service. The usual dress is pure white. Non-vegetarian food is normally avoided, but a dish specially made is the sweet rice porridge, called kheer. The story is about the kheer that was a gift to Buddha by the childless Sujata, which event was one major link in his enlightenment. • It is said that the Buddha originally followed the way asceticism hoping to attain enlightenment sooner, as was thought by many at that time. He sat for a prolonged time with inadequate food and water, which caused his body to shrivel so as to be indistinguishable from the bark of the tree that he was sitting under. Seeing the weak Siddhartha Gautama, a child named Sujata placed a bowl of milk in front of him as an offering. Realizing that without food one can do nothing, the Buddha refrained from harming his own body.