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Note on Abhidhamma Day 2021

The preamble explains the Abhidhamma Day celebrations in 2021 and the Kushinagar International airport inauguration on the same day. This article also gives an overview of the pilgrimage site Kusinara.

Abhidhamma Day was being commended on the twentieth of October 2021. The day denotes the finish of a multi-month stormy retreat – Varshavas or Vassa-for the Buddhist Monks and Nuns, during which time they stay at one spot in the vihara and religious community and pray. Abhidhamma Day is when Lord Buddha returned to earth from heaven. The introduction by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Kushinagar International Airport around the same time is a significant milestone. Kusinara is said to be one of the sites for Budhha. When he reached Kusinara, he realised that his end was approaching quickly. It is one of the four places for pilgrimage.

The story behind Abhidhamma day 

The day denotes the finish of a three-month blustery retreat – Varshavas or Vassa – for the Buddhist priests and nuns, during which time they stay at one spot and pray. It served as a retreat for priests and nuns by remaining in the vihara during the stormy season, a period of giving for the people to offer thanks to Sangh. It is alluded to as the “priest’s robe. “The Union culture service and International Buddhist Confederation, in relationship with the public authority of Uttar Pradesh, is putting together the Abhidhamma Day on the auspicious event of Ashwin Poornima. It is on the full moon of the seventh month of the Burmese lunar year, which begins in April and corresponds with the finish of the (first) Rains Retreat and the Pavāraṇa celebration. The seventh month compares to October. This day is generally celebrated in nations where The larger part of the populace polishes Buddhism. As per broadly held conviction, this is the day when Lord Buddha returned to earth from heaven. He is accepted to have gone to paradise to show Abhidhamma Pitaka (a container of unnecessary things) to his mom. The education required three months, after which Buddha returned to Earth. His devotees also mark the three-month time by remaining at one spot and asking.

Prime Minister attending Abhidhamma day at Kushinagar International Airport:

In relationship with the Government of Uttar Pradesh, the Union Ministry of Culture is coordinating the Abhidhamma Day on the twentieth of October 2021 at Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, on the promising event of Ashwin Poornima. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will take the occasion effortlessly within sight of prominent priests from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, South Korea, Nepal, Bhutan, Cambodia, and Ambassadors of different nations. The introduction by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Kushinagar International Airport around the same time is a significant milestone.  The day denotes the finish of a multi-month blustery retreat – Varshavas or Vassa-for the Buddhist Monks and Nuns. During this time, they stay at one spot in the vihara and religious community and ask. The Governor of UP, Smt Anandiben Patel; Chief Minister of UP Shri Yogi Adityanath; Minister of Law and Justice Sh. Kiren Rijiju; Culture and Tourism Minister Sh. G. Kishan Reddy; Minister of Civil avionics Sh. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and MoSs from the Ministry of Culture, Civil Aviation and Tourism will go to the program.

The highlight of the event:

The feature of the occasion is the Exposition of Holy Buddha Relic being brought from Waskaduwa Sri Subuddhi Rajvihara Temple, Sri Lanka, by the Mahanayaka of the sanctuary. In 1898, Archeologists from the Archeological Survey of India exhumed an enormous hill in the endowment of British landowner William Claxton Peppe in Piprahwa, Siddharth Nagar area U.P. It is 160 km from Kushinagar. They tracked down a major stone box, and inside this stone box, there were a few coffins, and these words were recorded on one coffin. A piece of the Buddha relics from this stupa was shipped off to the King of Thailand, and one more part was shipped off to the King of Burma. Mr. W.C. Peppe gave one more piece of relics to the Most Venerable Sri Subhuthi Mahanayake Thero as a badge of appreciation. Some portion of similar Relics implanted in three little lotuses, which are additionally encased in a precious stone ball, kept in a coffin estimating 30cm * 26.5 cm, which is fixed on a wooden stand, is being brought to Kushinagar for public work. The Prime Minister will offer supplications to the Holy Relic and visit the Mahaparinirvana sanctuary to offer blossoms and chives to the leaning back sculpture of Buddha.

Conclusion:

Abhidhamma Day was being commended on the twentieth of October 2021. The day denotes the finish of a multi-month stormy retreat – Varshavas or Vassa-for the Buddhist Monks and Nuns, during which time they stay at one spot in the vihara and religious community and pray.  It is on the full moon of the seventh month of the Burmese lunar year, which begins in April and corresponds with the finish of the (first) Rains Retreat and the Pavāraṇa celebration. The seventh month compares to October. The introduction by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Kushinagar International Airport around the same time is a significant milestone. Kusinara is said to be one of the sites for Budhha. On arriving at the town of Kusinara of the Mallas on the other side of the Hiranyavati waterway, the Buddha understood that his end was quickly drawing nearer.

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