The Burmese month of Kason (April/May), the second month of the Burmese year, has arrived and 'Kason la pyei', the Full-moon of Kason marks a vital date for Burmese individuals, when all is said in done, and Burmese Buddhists, specifically. It is a month of remembrance and expectation. Why this is so you will learn while perusing this article.
Just somewhere in the range of two weeks have gone since 'Yippee' (water) assumed a critical part in Burmese individuals' life. That was when in Tagu (March/April) amid 'Thingyan' or 'Water Festival' - the 'Burmese New Year' - the general population poured bunches of water more than each other to wash away all physical foulness and soil and the profound sins and wrongs keeping in mind the end goal to enter with a spotless body and soul into the New Year. Then we are adapting to the warmth of the late spring admirably well. All my garments are dry again and I have recouped from the chilly I had discovered amid that time.
Furthermore, now, once more, whoopee plays in more routes than one a vital part in and for the lives of the general population of Burma who are in their larger part - somewhere in the range of 86% - Buddhists.
Once more, they pour and toss water; just this time not more than each other (so you should not stress, we will remain dry) out of earthen pots (atar pots) they have purchased prior (at the full moon of Kason they can get them actually at each pagoda corner) however finished a tree (or its underlying foundations) of the sort 'Ficus' that has a place with the group of 'Moraceae' and is named 'Ficus religiosa'. This tree is regularly known as 'Banyan tree', 'Bo tree' or 'Bodhi tree' and is a fig tree, all the more correctly the 'Indian fig' tree. Particularly on the full-moon day of Kason this sacrosanct tree is of incredible importance to Burmese Buddhists as it is firmly identified with Gautama Buddha. Keeping in mind the end goal to comprehend why this is thus, we need to movement around 2,500 years back in time.
Before we begin to time-travel and shaft ourselves once more into the season of around 500 B.C., I should indeed attract your consideration regarding the way that it is frequently to a great degree troublesome if not difficult to isolate recorded actualities from myth and legend especially, with regards to Siddhartha Gautama and his life. Those records of his life that still exist were generally passed on by the Buddha's supporters as oral customs and recorded long after his demise by frequently worshiping devotees. Thus it is in all probability that they don't generally mirror the recorded truth. Subsequently, not every person may concur with the greater part of the subtle elements of my compositions. Be that as it may, I have done my absolute best to discover reality, which as per the chronicled 'certainties' accessible to me could be as per the following.
On the morning of the full-moon day that is praised by Burmese Buddhists as the full-moon of Kason, Siddhartha Gautama, the child of the leader of the Indian 'Sakya' warrior standing (which represents the name 'Sakyamuni', 'Sage of the Sakya', a name Siddhartha Gautama was likewise known by) sat under a Bo tree close Gaya (now Buddha Gaya in the north-eastern Indian territory of Bihar) south of Patna (exhibit day Bihar's capital) when he had his 'Incredible Enlightenment' that uncovered to him the method for salvation from torment. This he attempted to discover for a long time by searching for as he is said to have put it: "Who created these penitentiaries of faculties, distress, loaded."
On this full-moon day under the Bodhi tree he is said to have pronounced: "I know thee, never might you assemble again these dividers of torment." He made the 'information' he had gained over the span of his Enlightenment the premise of his following around 45 years of lecturing and instructing as a religious savant while going as a homeless person. He was around 80 years of age when he kicked the bucket in Kusinagara in Nepal subsequent to being harmed.
Legend has it that A) the day he was conceived as Prince Siddhartha Gautama in ca. 563 B.C., B) the day of his 'Awesome Enlightenment' under the Bodhi (Tree of Enlightenment) in ca. 533 B.C. also, C) the day of his demise, i.e. his passing on to 'Nibbana' or 'Parinibanna' (a condition of nor being existent nor non-existent that to reach is Buddhism's definitive objective) as 'Buddha', which means the 'Illuminated One' in ca. 483 B.C. fell all on a full-moon day, the day celebrated by the Burmese Buddhists as full-moon day of Kason. Hence this day is additionally called 'Thrice Blessed Day' or 'Three-crease Anniversary'. Consequently the 'Full-moon Day of Kason' marks the three headliners of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha's life and thusly it is commended in a fitting way by Burmese Buddhists everywhere throughout the nation.
Individuals of any age, ladies and men alike go to 'Payas' (Pagodas), 'Zedis' (Stupas) and 'Kyaungs' (Monasteries) in parades to water the hallowed Bodhi tree, give contributions, influence offerings, to keep statutes or practice contemplation, appreciate the organization of different admirers, the music made by 'doh bats', (society music gatherings) going with the parades and individuals even move a couple of ventures to their music. The festivals are set apart by great deeds, melodies and music, moves, joy, trust and numerous devotees make a desire while pouring water on the Bodhi tree from your atar pot to water the tree in this sweltering late spring and increase religious benefits. I too have made a desire, which is that you will make the most of my articles.
The 'Leading body of Trustees' in Yangon sorts out and directs an official function to praise this day with regards to which a colossal parades is driven around the considerable plated 'Shwedagon Stupa'. The general population driving this parade are clad in the attire of divine creatures, for example, 'Thagyamin' (King of Celestials), the 'Galon/Garuda King' (a legendary being half human and half winged creature) and the 'Naga' (Serpent King). This much to the religious, the recognition part of the full-moon day of Kason. Be that as it may, shouldn't something be said about the envisioning part specified before?
All things considered, on the off chance that you recall accurately I have said that in Kason water is in more than one path essential to the Burmese. What's more, water is the subject of reckoning. Burmese ranchers place it into the accompanying words: "Water in the lakes retreats in Tagu and the entire land is dry in Kason."
Fatigued of the searing sun amid high summer that now arrives at an end the two individuals and nature are aching for water and are anticipating the primary rains that envoy the rainstorm that will start in June and bring the water so seriously required in this horticulture nation. What's more, the principal light showers, that are radically changing the regular habitat, are falling around the full-moon day of Kason.
Presently everything turns green and bright, the air is cool and clear and individuals - particularly, obviously, kids - are joyfully moving in the principal showers, likewise called 'Mango showers' as they deliver the tasty mangoes which will soon be ready and accessible in wealth. Along these lines, I trust you have appreciated the festival of the full-moon of Kason and have gotten comfortable with what it is that makes this celebration so full of importance to the Burmese individuals. I recommend that we have a rest now in light of the fact that soon we will praise the following celebration, the 'Full Moon of Waso' in the long stretch of Waso (June/July) that denotes the start of the 'Buddhist Lent.
I am German by birth yet am living since 25 years in Burma/Myanmar and know the nation, its kin, its way of life and its history exceptionally well. This has made me an expert on Burma. In the wake of resigning in 2012 I turned essayist and am composing books on Burma the nation I am advantaged to call home. Kindly do likewise observe my Professional Photos and my profile.
Just somewhere in the range of two weeks have gone since 'Yippee' (water) assumed a critical part in Burmese individuals' life. That was when in Tagu (March/April) amid 'Thingyan' or 'Water Festival' - the 'Burmese New Year' - the general population poured bunches of water more than each other to wash away all physical foulness and soil and the profound sins and wrongs keeping in mind the end goal to enter with a spotless body and soul into the New Year. Then we are adapting to the warmth of the late spring admirably well. All my garments are dry again and I have recouped from the chilly I had discovered amid that time.
Furthermore, now, once more, whoopee plays in more routes than one a vital part in and for the lives of the general population of Burma who are in their larger part - somewhere in the range of 86% - Buddhists.
Once more, they pour and toss water; just this time not more than each other (so you should not stress, we will remain dry) out of earthen pots (atar pots) they have purchased prior (at the full moon of Kason they can get them actually at each pagoda corner) however finished a tree (or its underlying foundations) of the sort 'Ficus' that has a place with the group of 'Moraceae' and is named 'Ficus religiosa'. This tree is regularly known as 'Banyan tree', 'Bo tree' or 'Bodhi tree' and is a fig tree, all the more correctly the 'Indian fig' tree. Particularly on the full-moon day of Kason this sacrosanct tree is of incredible importance to Burmese Buddhists as it is firmly identified with Gautama Buddha. Keeping in mind the end goal to comprehend why this is thus, we need to movement around 2,500 years back in time.
Before we begin to time-travel and shaft ourselves once more into the season of around 500 B.C., I should indeed attract your consideration regarding the way that it is frequently to a great degree troublesome if not difficult to isolate recorded actualities from myth and legend especially, with regards to Siddhartha Gautama and his life. Those records of his life that still exist were generally passed on by the Buddha's supporters as oral customs and recorded long after his demise by frequently worshiping devotees. Thus it is in all probability that they don't generally mirror the recorded truth. Subsequently, not every person may concur with the greater part of the subtle elements of my compositions. Be that as it may, I have done my absolute best to discover reality, which as per the chronicled 'certainties' accessible to me could be as per the following.
On the morning of the full-moon day that is praised by Burmese Buddhists as the full-moon of Kason, Siddhartha Gautama, the child of the leader of the Indian 'Sakya' warrior standing (which represents the name 'Sakyamuni', 'Sage of the Sakya', a name Siddhartha Gautama was likewise known by) sat under a Bo tree close Gaya (now Buddha Gaya in the north-eastern Indian territory of Bihar) south of Patna (exhibit day Bihar's capital) when he had his 'Incredible Enlightenment' that uncovered to him the method for salvation from torment. This he attempted to discover for a long time by searching for as he is said to have put it: "Who created these penitentiaries of faculties, distress, loaded."
On this full-moon day under the Bodhi tree he is said to have pronounced: "I know thee, never might you assemble again these dividers of torment." He made the 'information' he had gained over the span of his Enlightenment the premise of his following around 45 years of lecturing and instructing as a religious savant while going as a homeless person. He was around 80 years of age when he kicked the bucket in Kusinagara in Nepal subsequent to being harmed.
Legend has it that A) the day he was conceived as Prince Siddhartha Gautama in ca. 563 B.C., B) the day of his 'Awesome Enlightenment' under the Bodhi (Tree of Enlightenment) in ca. 533 B.C. also, C) the day of his demise, i.e. his passing on to 'Nibbana' or 'Parinibanna' (a condition of nor being existent nor non-existent that to reach is Buddhism's definitive objective) as 'Buddha', which means the 'Illuminated One' in ca. 483 B.C. fell all on a full-moon day, the day celebrated by the Burmese Buddhists as full-moon day of Kason. Hence this day is additionally called 'Thrice Blessed Day' or 'Three-crease Anniversary'. Consequently the 'Full-moon Day of Kason' marks the three headliners of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha's life and thusly it is commended in a fitting way by Burmese Buddhists everywhere throughout the nation.
Individuals of any age, ladies and men alike go to 'Payas' (Pagodas), 'Zedis' (Stupas) and 'Kyaungs' (Monasteries) in parades to water the hallowed Bodhi tree, give contributions, influence offerings, to keep statutes or practice contemplation, appreciate the organization of different admirers, the music made by 'doh bats', (society music gatherings) going with the parades and individuals even move a couple of ventures to their music. The festivals are set apart by great deeds, melodies and music, moves, joy, trust and numerous devotees make a desire while pouring water on the Bodhi tree from your atar pot to water the tree in this sweltering late spring and increase religious benefits. I too have made a desire, which is that you will make the most of my articles.
The 'Leading body of Trustees' in Yangon sorts out and directs an official function to praise this day with regards to which a colossal parades is driven around the considerable plated 'Shwedagon Stupa'. The general population driving this parade are clad in the attire of divine creatures, for example, 'Thagyamin' (King of Celestials), the 'Galon/Garuda King' (a legendary being half human and half winged creature) and the 'Naga' (Serpent King). This much to the religious, the recognition part of the full-moon day of Kason. Be that as it may, shouldn't something be said about the envisioning part specified before?
All things considered, on the off chance that you recall accurately I have said that in Kason water is in more than one path essential to the Burmese. What's more, water is the subject of reckoning. Burmese ranchers place it into the accompanying words: "Water in the lakes retreats in Tagu and the entire land is dry in Kason."
Fatigued of the searing sun amid high summer that now arrives at an end the two individuals and nature are aching for water and are anticipating the primary rains that envoy the rainstorm that will start in June and bring the water so seriously required in this horticulture nation. What's more, the principal light showers, that are radically changing the regular habitat, are falling around the full-moon day of Kason.
Presently everything turns green and bright, the air is cool and clear and individuals - particularly, obviously, kids - are joyfully moving in the principal showers, likewise called 'Mango showers' as they deliver the tasty mangoes which will soon be ready and accessible in wealth. Along these lines, I trust you have appreciated the festival of the full-moon of Kason and have gotten comfortable with what it is that makes this celebration so full of importance to the Burmese individuals. I recommend that we have a rest now in light of the fact that soon we will praise the following celebration, the 'Full Moon of Waso' in the long stretch of Waso (June/July) that denotes the start of the 'Buddhist Lent.
I am German by birth yet am living since 25 years in Burma/Myanmar and know the nation, its kin, its way of life and its history exceptionally well. This has made me an expert on Burma. In the wake of resigning in 2012 I turned essayist and am composing books on Burma the nation I am advantaged to call home. Kindly do likewise observe my Professional Photos and my profile.
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