May 6, 2012

Buddha Jayanti.

Today is Buddha Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. Lord Buddha, the founder of Buddhism was born in 623 B.C in Nepal. He is also taken as 9th re-incarnation of  Lord Bishnu in Hinduism. He attained Nirvana at the age of 80. Lord Buddha advocated the Eightfold Path consisting of precepts like right conduct, right motive, right speech, right effort, right resolve, right livelihood, right attention and right meditation to gain mastery over suffering
There are many Buddhists all around the world, ranging from 200 to 500 millions.
Happy Buddha Jayanti to the people of the world.
May his teachings help people live together in peace and harmony.
Peace on Earth!!!

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