ASALHA POYA DAY The Asalha Puja day is the day Lord Buddha preached the first Discourse to the Five Ascetics at Isipatana in the Dear Park Benares. Such a day in Sri Lanka, is called Dhammacakka day, while some call it the Day of the Proclamation of the Noble Eightfold Path. Usually, it is held on the full Mood Day of the sixth lunar month (July). All Buddhists in every part of the world annually celebrate such an important day of the Asalha Month. After having attained full Enlightenment, the Lord Buddha determined to teach the world. But he thought that the Truth or DHAMMA, discovered by him is profound, sublime, difficult to understand and not easy to preach to lustful and ignorant persons. Were he to teach the truth, others would not understand him, fatigue and weariness would be his. So his mind was inactive and there was no wish to teach anyone. But he realized that there at least a few who had only a little dust in their eyes and where capable of cultivating virtue and developing wisdom together with understanding the suffering of beings, and he wish to relieve them of their burden. Out of great compassion for the many, he decided to devote himself to the dissemination of the truth which he found. On deciding to present the Truth to the world he surveyed the persons worthy of his teaching. He at first found that two great teachers, Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta, were worthy of being taught but they were now dead. After these two great teachers, he sought out his old companions in struggle, the Five Ascetics namely Anna Kondanna, Vappa, Bhaddiya, Mahanama and Assaji, who had been of the greatest assistance to him during the practice of self-mortification. Then he knew that these five were staying at Isiptana, the Sages’ Resort, where he went these five made known to them his discovery of the Truth. The day on which the Proclamation of the truth sixth lunar month. It is at present called Asalha Puja the celebration of which is held in the Full Moon Day of the sixth month the year. The importance if this day is due the fact that it is 1. The day on the first Discourse was preached by the Lord Buddha 2. The day on which the first monk was ordained; 3. The day on which the Proclamation of the Doctrine to the world was made by the Lord; 4. The day on the Triple Gem was completed, and 5. The day on which the First Disciple attained the dustless, stainless eye of Truth. May the Blessings of the Triple Gem be with you all. ! ඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි...!
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 10:29:15 +0000
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