ANOTHER DAY OF MURDER OF A GREAT BHIKKHU
Deepdanutsav is NOT a day of CELEBRATION for Buddhists
Some Buddhists have replaced Diwali with the CELEBRATION of what they call Deepdan Utsav.
Diwali is a spring festival. Then why is it celebrated in
winter?
Deepdanutsav (symbolic representation: a lit candle/s or dipa) is NOT A DAY OF CELEBRATION for Buddhists but a day of thinking, reflection, learning, teaching & meditating (as should most days be)..
Dipa= light
(wisdom/knowledge) and
Dana= giving
without expecting a reward
So Deepa-dana is
"freely imparting/sharing/giving knowledge/wisdom without expecting
anything in return. It's NOT an utsav, NOT a festival to be celebrated.
It was a day in the
Buddhist calander when the Enlightened Ven Maha Moggallana was killed. Celebrate Diwali in any
form and you'll be celebrating the murder of a great bhikkhu who served the
Buddha, Ven Bhante Moggallana
On this day, let's pay
a tribute to the great Bhikkhu by contemplating on a Sutta dedicated in his
name, the MOGGALLANA SUTTA
https://www.dhammatalks.org/
It is my understanding
that Diwali is chosen to be celebrated on this day in the month of Karthik
(oct/nov) to divert attention from the above facts. (The Brahmanic festival of
Diwali according to some intellectuals is supposed to fall in the month of
vaisak)
Deepdanutsav on Kartik
Amawassya is also said to be a day when the Buddha first visited his
pre-enlightenment family home., which is no big reason to celebrate. BTW this
happened in the month of Phalgun' around March. This is the main error even in
the video attached to this post, which again diverts attention from the murder
of Ven Moggallana.
Furthermore, if anyone has any reference of Babasaheb Ambedkar celebrating this day, please forward it to me. If not, then please spread this message.
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