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Buddhists nationwide make merit on Asalha Puja Day
KHON KAEN (NNT) – During the religious holidays of Asalha Puja Day and Buddhist Lent Day, people are going out to make merit at temples, while many buy Lent candles in tribute to the occasion. At the municipal fresh market in Phichit, a large number of people bought Lent candles, offerings, inner garments, and yellow robes for the making of merit on Asanha Puja and Buddhist Lent Day.
Asalha Puja falls on the sixth lunar month (typically July) and commemorates Buddha’s first sermon after enlightenment. The festival offers a chance for Buddhists to reflect on the sermon’s four noble truths: there is suffering, suffering is caused by attachment, there is a plane beyond attachment, and the way to that plane is the Noble Eightfold Path. While there are many strains of Buddhism, all strains accept the four noble truths as central doctrine—making Asalha Puja one of the religion’s most important celebrations, this year on July 5.
The Buddha found his old companions at a deer park near Benares on the full moon day of the eighth lunar month (around July), or Asalha Puja Day, and gave them his first discourse, the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta.
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