Buddha Purnima: How we can celebrate this day by worshipping the lord!

Happy Buddha Jayanti!

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The birth of Lord Buddha is widely celebrated as Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima. We all are aware about the fact that how prince Siddhartha Gautam transformed into 'Gautam Buddha' by denouncing the worldly pleasures and embracing spirituality, seeking real enlightenment of the soul.

Buddhism followers usually celebrate this day as the most important festival in the year. Today, let's take a look at how we too can worship the lord, whose teachings have been guiding the mankind for betterment and peace!

Firstly, it is celebrated in many Asian and foreign lands too, such as Cambodia, Japan, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines and Australia, Canada, USA to name a few, however in different ways may be.

What we can do:

In India, on this day Buddhists start their celebration by paying a visit to common Viharas, where they observe a longer-than-usual, full-length Buddhist sutra, similar to a service.

Dressed usually in white attire, on this day non-vegetarian food is not consumed.

Instead, people make Kheer, and distribute it as legend has that a woman named Sujata had offered Gautama Buddha a bowl of milk porridge.

So, pray to the lord with purest of feelings—as there's else which will connect you with Buddha eternally!