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In Burma, Magha Puja is called the '''Full Moon of [[Traditional Burmese calendar|Tabaung]]''' or '''Tabaung Full Moon Day''' ({{my|တပေါင်းလပြည့်နေ့}}). Tabaung is the last month of the year in the traditional Burmese calendar. The country's largest pagoda festival, the [[Shwedagon Pagoda]] Festival, begins during the new moon of the month of Tabaung in the [[traditional Burmese calendar]] and continues until the full moon.<ref name="mizz">{{cite news|url=http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/6630-banned-festival-resumed-at-shwedagon-pagoda.html|title=Banned festival resumed at Shwedagon Pagoda|date=22 February 2012|work=Mizzima News|accessdate=23 February 2012}}</ref> The festival begins with a ''nakyake shitsu'' ceremony for offerings to the [[List of the twenty-eight Buddhas|28 Buddhas]] (from Taningara to Gautama), followed by a 10-day, nonstop recital of the Pathana, Buddhist scriptures on the 24 causes of worldly phenomena.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/no409/n011.htm|title=Shwedagon Tabaung festival|last=Thein|first=Cherry|date=10 March 2008|work=Myanmar Times|accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref> |
In Burma, Magha Puja is called the '''Full Moon of [[Traditional Burmese calendar|Tabaung]]''' or '''Tabaung Full Moon Day''' ({{my|တပေါင်းလပြည့်နေ့}}), is a traditional merit-making day for Buddhists.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.myanmar.com/newspaper/nlm/Mar20_04.html|title=Meritorious deeds performed at religious edifices throughout nation on Fullmoon Day of Tabaung|date=19 March|work=New Light of Myanmar|accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref> Tabaung is the last month of the year in the traditional Burmese calendar. The country's largest pagoda festival, the [[Shwedagon Pagoda]] Festival, begins during the new moon of the month of Tabaung in the [[traditional Burmese calendar]] and continues until the full moon.<ref name="mizz">{{cite news|url=http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/6630-banned-festival-resumed-at-shwedagon-pagoda.html|title=Banned festival resumed at Shwedagon Pagoda|date=22 February 2012|work=Mizzima News|accessdate=23 February 2012}}</ref> The festival begins with a ''nakyake shitsu'' ceremony for offerings to the [[List of the twenty-eight Buddhas|28 Buddhas]] (from Taningara to Gautama), followed by a 10-day, nonstop recital of the Pathana, Buddhist scriptures on the 24 causes of worldly phenomena.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/no409/n011.htm|title=Shwedagon Tabaung festival|last=Thein|first=Cherry|date=10 March 2008|work=Myanmar Times|accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref> |
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Other pagoda festivals are held on this day, including the Shwe Settaw Pagoda Festival in [[Magwe Region]]'s [[Minbu Township]] and the Alaungdaw Kathapa Pagoda Festival, near the [[Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park]] in [[Sagaing Region]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/2011/news/568/news56810.html|title=Pilgrims flock to Shwesettaw for Tabaung|author=Moh Moh Thaw|date=28 March 2011|work=Myanmar Times|accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://mmtimes.com/2012/news/608/news60809.html|title=Trustees ready remote Alaungdaw Kathapa for festival season|last=Thein|first=Cherry|date=2 January 2012|work=Myanmar Times|accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref> |
Other pagoda festivals are held on this day, including the Shwe Settaw Pagoda Festival in [[Magwe Region]]'s [[Minbu Township]] and the Alaungdaw Kathapa Pagoda Festival, near the [[Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park]] in [[Sagaing Region]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/2011/news/568/news56810.html|title=Pilgrims flock to Shwesettaw for Tabaung|author=Moh Moh Thaw|date=28 March 2011|work=Myanmar Times|accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://mmtimes.com/2012/news/608/news60809.html|title=Trustees ready remote Alaungdaw Kathapa for festival season|last=Thein|first=Cherry|date=2 January 2012|work=Myanmar Times|accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref> The Full Moon of Tabaung also coincides with the [[Pa'O people|Pa-O]] National Day, traditionally set on the day of King Suriyachanda’s birth.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=971|title=Pa-O: The Forgotten People|author=Nandar Chann|date=May 2004|work=The Irrawaddy|accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:14, 8 March 2012
| Māgha Pūjā Day | |
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| Also called | Makha Bucha Day Tabaung Full Moon Day |
| Observed by | Theravada Buddhists |
| Type | Buddhist |
| Date | Full moon day of the 3rd lunar month |
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Māgha Pūjā, Makha Bucha, or the Full Moon of Tabaung (Khmer: មាឃបូជា; Lao: ມະຄະບູຊາ; Burmese: တပေါင်းလပြည့်နေ့, Thai: มาฆบูชา (Pronunciation)) is an important Buddhist festival celebrated in Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos on the full moon day of the third lunar month (this usually falls in February). The third lunar month is known in the Thai language as Makha (Pali: Māgha); Bucha is also a Thai word (Pali: Pūjā), meaning "to venerate" or "to honor". As such, Makha Bucha Day is for the veneration of Buddha and his teachings on the full moon day of the third lunar month.
The spiritual aims of the day are: not to commit any kind of sins; do only good; purify one's mind.
Māgha Pūjā is a public holiday in Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos and Thailand - and is an occasion when Buddhists tend to go to the temple to perform merit-making activities.
Origin
Māgha Pūjā day marks the four auspicious occasions, which happened nine months after the Enlightenment of the Buddha at Veḷuvana Bamboo Grove, near Rājagaha in Northern India. On that occasion, as recorded in the commentary to the Mahāsamayasutta, DN-Comm 20) four marvellous events occurred:
- There were 1,250 Arahata, that came to see the Buddha that evening without any schedule.
- All of them were Arhantas, the Enlightened One, and all of them were ordained by the Buddha himself.
- The Buddha gave those Arhantas principles of the Buddhism, called "The ovadhapatimokha". Those principles are: - To cease from all evil,- To do what is good,- To cleanse one's mind;
- it was the full-moon day.
The Buddha gave an important teaching to the assembled monks on that day 2,500 years ago called the 'Ovādapātimokha'[1] which laid down the principles of the Buddhist teachings. In Thailand, this teaching has been dubbed the 'Heart of Buddhism'.
Observances
Burma (Myanmar)
In Burma, Magha Puja is called the Full Moon of Tabaung or Tabaung Full Moon Day (တပေါင်းလပြည့်နေ့), is a traditional merit-making day for Buddhists.[2] Tabaung is the last month of the year in the traditional Burmese calendar. The country's largest pagoda festival, the Shwedagon Pagoda Festival, begins during the new moon of the month of Tabaung in the traditional Burmese calendar and continues until the full moon.[3] The festival begins with a nakyake shitsu ceremony for offerings to the 28 Buddhas (from Taningara to Gautama), followed by a 10-day, nonstop recital of the Pathana, Buddhist scriptures on the 24 causes of worldly phenomena.[4]
Other pagoda festivals are held on this day, including the Shwe Settaw Pagoda Festival in Magwe Region's Minbu Township and the Alaungdaw Kathapa Pagoda Festival, near the Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park in Sagaing Region.[5][6] The Full Moon of Tabaung also coincides with the Pa-O National Day, traditionally set on the day of King Suriyachanda’s birth.[7]
Thailand
- In the evening of Magha full-moon day, each temple in Thailand holds a candlelight procession called a wian tian (wian meaning circle; tian meaning candle). Holding flowers, incense and a lighted candle, the monks and congregation members circumambulate clockwise three times around the Uposatha Hall - once for each of the Three Jewels – the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.
- Tum Boon: Making merit by going to temples for special observances and join in the other Buddhist activities.
- Rub Sil': Keeping the Five Precepts. Practise of renunciation: Observe the Eight Precepts, practise of meditation and mental discipline, stay in the temple, wearing white robes, for a number of days.
References
- ^ D.ii.49, Dh.183
- ^ "Meritorious deeds performed at religious edifices throughout nation on Fullmoon Day of Tabaung". New Light of Myanmar. 19 March. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Banned festival resumed at Shwedagon Pagoda". Mizzima News. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ Thein, Cherry (10 March 2008). "Shwedagon Tabaung festival". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ Moh Moh Thaw (28 March 2011). "Pilgrims flock to Shwesettaw for Tabaung". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ Thein, Cherry (2 January 2012). "Trustees ready remote Alaungdaw Kathapa for festival season". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ Nandar Chann (May 2004). "Pa-O: The Forgotten People". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- Magha Puja
- Dharmic stories calendar 2009; Source Tripitaka From Yodkaew; Jurarath Wichanadhi
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