Asalha Puja: All you want to know about the Buddhist festival
Hindustan TimesAsalha Puja also known as Asadha Puja or Dhamma Day is an important Theravada Buddhist festival that falls on the full moon day of the eighth lunar month and celebrates Buddha's first sermon in Deer Park at Sarnath, 10 km away from Varanasi, after his enlightenment. Asalha Puja 2022 falls on July 13 After spending seven weeks in the bliss of emancipation post his enlightenment, Buddha was in a fix about passing his knowledge to the humans considering it was too deep and profound for a common person's understanding. Asalha Puja is the day when Buddha chose his first disciple Kondanna who was also ordained as the first Buddhist monk. The day commemorates the first sermon delivered by Buddha after his enlightenment to the five ascetics at a forest near Varanasi.
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