In Buddhism, Buddhists around the world always celebrate Visàkha Pujà every year. We Buddhists absolutely remember what the Lord Buddha has done for us. Visàkha Pujà Day records the three important incidents in the life of Lord Buddha on the same day - the full moon of the sixth lunar month. The three significant separate events are:
1. The Buddha's Birth - the Buddha was born into a royal warrior clan in the Lumbini Garden (in an area of Northern India known today as Nepal). In the morning of the Visakha full moon day, 80 years before the Buddhist Era. He was given name Siddhattha five days after his birth. As we have known thus: "During the period of pregnancy Maya was carefully guarded by 40,000 deities, while numberless divine personages stood watch over the royal palace and the royal city. As her time drew near its close, she wished to visit her parents in the city of Koli. The road was levelled; trees were planted; all the luxuries required for an eastern journey were provided, a cushioned litter of gold was her conveyance, and a thousand nobles were her bearers. Attended by a host of followers, she came to a garden of sal trees in bloom. She rested awhile to enjoy the fragrance of the flowers and the songs of the birds, she raised her hand to catch a bough of a tree; it bent of its own will; and without pain, or pollution, Buddha was born. Maha