Shakyamurni Buddha Auspicious Prayer Day

Shakyamurni Buddha Mantra

Tadyatha Om Muni Muni Maha Muniye Svaha

October 23, 2014 is the auspicious Shakyamurni Buddha prayer day according to the Tibetan month calendar and the Buddha prayer day is to be done on the 29th of the Chinese lunar month calendar. There are certain days are considered auspicious day for certain practices, and on these particular days of the practices,  the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied 100 times. 

Gautama Buddha or Siddhartha Buddha was a spiritual teacher from India subcontinent , on whose teaching Buddhism was founded. The word Buddha is a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions, Gautama Buddha or Siddhartha GautamaBuddha is regarded as the supreme Buddha of our age. Buddha meaning the awakened one or the Enlightened one.  The Buddha may as well referred to as the Shakyamurni Buddha, Shakya (Sage of the Shakya Clan).  Once the Buddha summerized his teachings in one sentence: " I teach about suffering and the middle path to end it "   The lord Buddha has passed into nirvana at his age 81, at Kushinagar India.

The holy Nirvana Temple in Kushinagar India

The Buddha statue is signifies he is in his final nirvana stage 

I was paying the respect to the Lord Buddha in 2008

Dedication of merits

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