In Nepal Buddha Jayanti is one of the main festival of Nepal. It is mainly celebrated by Buddhist but nowadays many people from many places celebrate Buddha Jayanti. It is well known as the birthday of lord Buddha. Lord Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha Gautam but he abandoned his luxurious life when he realized the misery of mankind and went in search of enlightenment. In this day people from all over the country went to Buddhanath and Swayambhunath to worship Lord Buddha to keep peace and Harmony in their life as well as for the country.
The belief and the practice of Buddhism in Nepal dates back to the time of Prince Siddhartha Gautam who was born in southern Terai region of the country in about 543 BC. When he was young prince Siddhartha Gautam left his enjoyable life and royal palace of his father. He was completely unaware of the tragedies of everyday life. One day he was shocked to see the sight of an old man, a cripple and a corpse.
The realization that there was more to life than the lavish and luxurious life he was leading, made him abandon all the worldly pleasure and search foe enlightenment and the true meaning of life. After meditating Lord Buddha finally attain enlightenment under a pipul tree. Henceforth, known as "Buddha" he began to preach "The Four Noble Truths" to all who would listen. In this "The Four Noble Truths" people suffers because of their desires and the root cause of all misery is desire. These desires and consequently all problems can be totally eliminated by following the "eightfold path" right news, right intent, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right meditation. He traveled place to place teaching and convincing hundred of followers. He died at the age of eighty.
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