Namaste & Welcome to Embassy of Nepal!

***INVITATION FOR ALL***

	Embassy of Nepal , Kuala Lumpur would like to cordially invite you and your family to celebrate this year's Lord Buddha's 2555th Birthday.
	When: 17 May 2011 on Tuesday at 5:00 pm.
	Where: At Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. (click here to view location map)

 

 Buddha Purnima and Budhism

KAPILVASTU IS THE BIRTH PLACE OF LORD BUDDHA. WHICH IS SITUATED IN NEPAL. BUDDHA JAYANTI OR BUDDHA PURNIMA IS THE MOST SACRED FESTIVALS OF BUDDHIST . BUDDHA PURNIMA (BUDDHA BIRTHDAY) IS CELEBRATED IN REMEMBRANCE OF LORD BUDDHA. 17 MAY 2011 IS THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF LORD BUDDHA. IT FALLS ON THE FULL MOON OF THE FOURTH LUNAR MONTH (MONTH OF VAISAKH) I.E. APRIL OR MAY. THIS DAY COMMEMORATES THREE IMPORTANT EVENTS OF BUDDHA'S LIFE

 

• HIS BIRTH IN 623 BC.

• HIS ENLIGHTMENT I.E. ATTAINMENT OF SUPREME WISDOM, IN 588 BC.

• HIS ATTAINMENT OF NIRVANA I.E. THE COMPLETE EXTINCTION OF HIS SELF AT THE AGE OF 80.

 

ACCORDING TO THE BUDDHISM, SORROW AND DESIRE ARE THE MAIN CAUSE OF ALL THE EVIL AND SUFFERING OF THIS WORLD. 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. IT IS ONLY AFTER FOLLOWING THIS PATH ONE CAN REACH THE ULTIMATE AIM OF NIRVANA. NIRVANA IS THE TRANSCENDENTAL STATE OF COMPLETE LIBERATION.