Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, also known as the Buddha, is the patriarch worshiped by Buddhists all over the world. In the life of the Buddha, there were several crucial moments that were commemorated and praised by later generations of Buddhist believers. Today’s traditional festival will introduce to you the allusions of Sakyamuni’s monkhood day in the collection of Buddhist festivals.
The eighth day of the second lunar month is the day when Sakyamuni Buddha, the leader of the Saha world, became a monk. Sakyamuni, the name of Buddha, is the founder of Buddhism. He was originally the son of King Suddhodana of Kapilavastu in ancient India. His surname was Gautama and his given name was Siddhartha. Sakyamuni, free translation of "Nengrenjimo", also means "the saint of the Sakyamuni clan".
The specific time of Sakyamuni’s birth, becoming a monk, attaining enlightenment, and Nirvana are recorded in scriptures and related history books. It may be thought that the Buddha was born in 623 BC and became a monk at the age of 29. , became enlightened at the age of thirty-five, preached the Dharma for forty-five years, and attained nirvana at the age of eighty (that is, 543 BC). The records in Han Buddhism and Southern Buddhism are different. In ancient my country, some historical books record that the Buddha was born in the 24th year of King Zhao of Zhou Dynasty and entered Nirvana in the 53rd year of King Mu of Zhou Dynasty. This is more than 3,000 years ago.
In our country, it is generally believed that the fifteenth day of the second lunar month is the nirvana day of Sakyamuni Buddha, the eighth day of April is the birth day of the Buddha, and the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when the Buddha became enlightened.
As for the day when the Buddha became a monk, according to the "Jingde Lamp Record": "The Puyao Sutra says that when the Buddha was first born in the Ksāli king's family, he 'magnified the light of wisdom and illuminated the world in the ten directions, and golden lotus blossomed from the ground. Holding both feet, east and west and north and south, each walking in seven steps, pointing to the sky and the earth, shouting like a teacher, up and down and in the four dimensions, "No one can respect me", that is, on the 8th day of the fourth month of the Jiayin year in the 24th year of King Zhao of Zhou, to the fourth day On February 8, the twelfth year, I was nineteen years old. I wanted to become a monk, but I thought to myself: "What will happen again?" When I was wandering around the four gates, I saw four things, and I felt sad and happy, and I thought: "This Old age, sickness, and death will eventually make you tired of leaving. "So at midnight, one day, a man named Jingju crossed his hands at the window and said to the prince, "It's time to become a monk, and you can go!" The prince felt happy when he heard this. Go across the city and practice Taoism in Tante Mountain."
On the eighth day of the second lunar month, Prince Siddhartha finally embraced the compassion, relief and joy of saving the world and saving people. His wisdom left the city and became a monk. This was the beginning of his step-by-step path to enlightenment. Therefore, later generations regarded the eighth day of February as the day when Sakyamuni became a monk. Buddhist temples often hold corresponding rituals on this day. There are many Buddhist believers. to participate.
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