Visakha Bucha Day

Visakha Bucha Day

by Ariyapoom poonphol

Visakha Bucha Vocabulary

Lord Buddha แปลว่า พระพุทธเจ้า

​The Buddha’s Birth แปลว่า ประสูติ

​Full moon day แปลว่า วันพระจันทร์เต็มดวง หรือวันขึ้น 15 ค่ำ

Four Noble Truths   แปลว่า    อริยสัจ 4

​Dukkha แปลว่า ทุกข์

​Samudaya แปลว่า สมุทัย

​Nirhodha แปลว่า นิโรธ

​Magga   แปลว่า มรรค

Visakha Bucha Day

Instructions:Read the passage before and answer the question

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Visakha Bucha Day: It is an important day for Buddhists, marking the birth, enlightenment and death of the Lord Buddha.

It falls on the full moon of the sixth lunar month.

On this day, the Thais make merit and take part in candlelit processions in the monasteries.

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Buddhists celebrate Visakha Day as the most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar. It is a day of threefold significance for on this day, in the year 623 B.C., Lord Buddha was born a prince, son of King Suddhodana and Queen Sirimahamaya at Lumpini Grove, midway between Kapilavetthu and Devadaha, on the borders of Nepal.

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Thirty five years later after a strenuous search for truth, the Prince attained the Noble Truths and become the enlightened one on the full-moon night of Visakha. After 45 years of teaching, the Lord Buddha at the age of 80, passed away at Kusinara on the full-moon night of the sixth lunar month. In view of the miraculous coincidence of the three greet events: the Birth, the Enlightenment and the Demise, Visatha Bucha Day is observed as the most sacred day by Buddhists throughout the world.

Questions

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1.​Visakha Bucha Day: It is an important day for .......................... ?

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​2.Visakha Bucha Day falls on which day ?

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​3.What activities do Buddhists do on Visakha Bucha Day ?

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​4.For how many years the prince has been trying to find the truth and has attained the Noble Truth and became an Enlightenment on the full moon of Visakha?

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