The Significance of Vesak - Buddha Day

Extract from: http://www.buddhanet.net/vesak.htm The significance of Vesak lies with the Buddha and his universal peace message to mankind. As we recall the Buddha and his Enlightenment, we are immediately reminded of the unique and most profound knowledge and insight which arose in him on the night of his Enlightenment. This coincided with three important events which took place, corresponding to the three watches or periods of the night. During the first watch of the night, when his mind was calm, clear and purified, light arose in him, knowledge and insight arose. He saw his previous lives, at first one, then two, three up to five, then multiples of them .. . ten, twenty, thirty to fifty. Then 100, 1000 and so on.... As he went on with his practice, during the second watch of the night, he saw how beings die and are reborn, depending on their Karma, how they disappear and reappear from one form to another, from one plane of existence to another. Then during the final watch of the night, he saw the arising and cessation of all phenomena, mental and physical. He saw how things arose dependent on causes and conditions. This led him to perceive the arising and cessation of suffering and all forms of unsatisfactoriness paving the way for the eradication of all taints of cravings. With the complete cessation of craving, his mind was completely liberated. He attained to Full Enlightenment. The realisation dawned in him together with all psychic powers. This wisdom and light that flashed and radiated under the historic Bodhi Tree at Buddha Gaya in the district of Bihar in Northern India, more than 2500 years ago, is of great significance to human destiny. It illuminated the way by which mankind could cross, from a world of superstition, or hatred and fear, to a new world of light, of true love and happiness. May you be blessed with enlightenment and happiness :)

Time & Us

By the time you read this post, look at your clock, another second has gone, another minute has passed, your surrounding seems motionless but your clock is ticking away. Life have just gone in the next few moment without us knowing. So fast, without us knowing, we aged, without us knowing, people come and go, without us realising, the world is never the same as yesterday. Sometimes I wonder...just wonder, what have you really achieve before you leave this world that can bring along...I have only one answer; virtue...gain it while you still can...

What is Life

What is life about? Life Is Forever Eternity? Well in real life it doesn't seems so easy and straight forward. We experience joy, sadness, anger, disappointment, hurt, fear, anxiety etc etc...none of these ever spell forever eternity and just how these eternity comes about in our world? To me, it means finding peace and happiness in ourselves. Its not easy but believe me, we are going to face all these till the day we leave this world. So the word LIFE to me means; Life Is Forver Experienciing...