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Raksha Bandhan (or Raksha Bandhana) is a Hindu festival that celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters, and families, on the full moon of the Hindu month of Shravana (Shravan Poornima), or around July and August. This day is…

The Significance of Nikini Poya Day Nikini (August) is the eighth Full Moon Poya of the year. Since the ancient India, every full moon day has been very significant for Buddhists to practice Buddha Dhamma. The Buddhist adopted all…

Buddhists around the world commemorate the Vaiśākha festival in such a glamorousway because the three special events of Gautama Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment, and Parinirvāna took place on this day. It is not only the Buddhist people of…

The Bodhisatta was once a thief. A man had died before recovering a loan of one thousand coins. Later, as this man’s wife lay on her deathbed, she told her son to go collect the debt. And just after he picked up the money, his mother died.…

The Bodhisatta was once Indra, king of the gods. A wolf lived on a rock along the Ganges River, and when a flood arose, his rock became an island. Since he was cut off from the shore without food, the wolf planned to follow the precepts for…

The Bodhisatta was once a king, virtuous and generous. He had gone off to fight a battle in a border region, and when he was defeated, he escaped on his horse to safety in a small village. When he arrived there, wearing full battle armor,…

It is very important to cultivate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. Out of this goodness, happiness in you will enhance and it will reflect on others and they too will become happy people. Positive and negative…

The Bodhisatta was once an ox. His owner was a poor, elderly woman who treated him like her child and always fed him the best rice. The Bodhisatta wanted to earn some money to help her, so he made it a habit to roam about looking for work.…

The Bodhisatta was once a deer who led a large herd in the forest. When he got old, he put his two sons, Lakkhana and Kala, in charge of the herd, each having half in their care. During the crop season, people set many traps around their…

The Bodhisatta was once a king’s warhorse, and he lived a life far more luxurious than most humans. His food was served in a golden dish worth one hundred thousand coins and his stall was perfumed with the four odors and decorated with…