Rabin Man Shakya
Portland, May 19 (Nepal Oregon News): Buddha's birthday is a Buddhist festival which is celebrated by Buddhists across the world commemorating the birth of Prince Siddhartha at Kapilvastu, Lumbini in Nepal.
A virtual program was organized by Dance Mandal Hong Kong Sangha on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 to celebrate Shakya Muni Tathagata's 2565th birthday.
Addressing the zoom gathering, Guru Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya, co-founder of Nritya Mandala Mahavihara said that Buddha Purnima is the most sacred and most important festival in the Buddhist world.
Underlining the importance of Lord Buddha's teachings, priest of the Mahavihara Vajracharya said that the Buddha's preachings are more alive, more practical and more relevant today more than ever at a time when our world is mired into different problems of wars, civil wars, violence and pandemic etc.
Talking about life of Buddha, Vajracharya gave a detailed description of Buddha's life from his birth at Kapilvastu, Nepal up to his enlightenment and Nirvana, by displaying useful and interesting pictures about Buddha's life.
On the occasion, Eliza Lau, Dr Tina Ho and Saldon Wu of Hong Kong Dance Mandal threw light on how Buddha's birthday is celebrated in China and Hong Kong. As Eliza said, usually, in Hong Kong, people visit Buddhist monastery and give a bath to child Buddha's idol.
Also, during the zoom event, Uppa Shakya from Hermiston, Oregon presented a lovely Charya dance "Pancha Buddha".
The virtual program was followed by 108 Refuge Dance by Prajwal Vajracharya, Gabriel Quitslund and Aniruddha Shakya at the Mahavihara followed by all the zoom participants from Oregon, California and Hong Kong. Daya Shakya expressed his views about Buddha based on Chitta Dhar Hriday's "Sugat Saurav".
Meanwhile, in a Facebook post on May 18, 2021, Dr Tina Ho of Dance Mandal Hong Kong Sangha wrote:"Thank you our teacher Prajwal R. Vajracharya to celebrate Buddha's birthday with us this morning. According to Newari calendar, we will have another Buddha's birthday celebration on next Tuesday too. Welcome!"
(Rabin Man Shakya is a Nepali journalist in USA)
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