Glad moments of celebration are in the offing on Buddha Poornima this month on 7th May. Hence, this day provides an excellent opportunity to inculcate some of the qualities of Gautam Buddha in our lives!
This day is called Buddha Poornima (i.e., full moon day). Hence, let’s become as ‘pure and sparkling’ as the full moon!
The term ‘Buddha’ means ‘The Enlightened One’. Hence, let’s also fill ourselves with the light of spiritual knowledge to get ‘enlightened’ like him!
Gautama Buddha took birth approximately 2250 Years ago; yet, his actions continue to inspire and benefit millions today. Similarly, let’s also make our life and actions so ‘elevated’ that they continue to inspire everyone around for a lifetime!
Buddhism says there’s a Buddha within each one of us. This just means all of us have the original divine virtues of ‘peace, love and happiness’ within us, and we just need to keep them in awareness in order to keep their experience emerged!
It’s said that Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment on the same day (after a few years) as the day he started his tapasya. Hence, in a way, the moment we get spiritual knowledge and keep it in awareness, we’re ‘liberated’ from bondages and sorrows!
Gautama Buddha is always shown in a meditative pose. Hence, let’s also practice ‘meditation’ daily (i.e., connect to the self and to God) to become free from sorrows!
A powerful Mind
Buddhism contains the eightfold path of right living i.e., right thinking, right speech, right action, etc. Hence, today, let’s adopt the ‘right that all the other right ways are followed. And for this, let’s do the following:
· Listen to spiritual knowledge daily.
· Keep churning spiritual knowledge in our mind.
Some keep a Laughing Buddha at their homes, for keeping obstacles away. Hence, today, let’s realize that it’s only an ‘empowered state of mind’ (rather than possession of physical objects), which can protect us from the influence of obstacles!
Gautama Buddha was a prince, and his journey of disinterest and dispassion started after he saw the miserable conditions of poverty and sorrow outside his place. Hence, let’s also become ‘compassionate’ (i.e., understanding towards everyone around us, by realizing the following:
Everyone is always right from their own personal perspective (i.e., no one ever says this is wrong; hence, let me do the same!)
Everyone is right on the basis of his/her journey, experiences and sankars (e.g., if a soul has seen someone drowning in the last birth, he’ll definitely fear water, now; hence, we need to empower and transform them with love rather than force).
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