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Dhammachakra Anuvartan Din or Dhammachakra Anuvartan Diwas (translation: Dhamma Wheel's Promulgation Day) is a Buddhist festival in India. This is the day to celebrate the Buddhist acceptance of B. R. Ambedkar and his approximately 3,80,000 followers on 14 October & 2,20,000 followers on 15 October 1956 at Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur.
This first pivotal sermon, often referred to as “setting into motion the wheel of dhamma,” is the teaching which is encapsulated for Buddhists in the Four Noble Truths: there is suffering ; suffering is caused by craving ; there is a state beyond suffering and craving; and finally, the way to nirvana is via the Noble Eightfold Path. All the ...
The dharmachakra is a symbol in the sramana religion of Budhha Dhamma. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Wheel symbolism was also used in Indian temples in places that underwent a religious transformation from Buddhism, [ 25 ] [ 26 ] such as Jagannath temple, whose deity is believed by some scholars to have a Buddhist origin .
The first turning is traditionally said to have taken place at Deer Park in Sarnath near Varanasi in northern India.It consisted of the teaching of the four noble truths, dependent arising, the five aggregates, the sense fields, not-self, the thirty seven aids to awakening and all the basic Buddhist teachings common to all Buddhist traditions and found in the various Sutrapitaka and Vinaya ...
[2] [3] The season during which a monastery may hold Kathina is one month long, beginning after the full moon of the eleventh month in the Lunar calendar (usually October). It is a time of giving, for the laity to express gratitude to bhikkhus (Buddhist monks). [4] [5] Lay followers bring donations to temples, especially new robes for the monks.
A Dharma talk (Sanskrit) or Dhamma talk (Pali) or Dharma sermon (Japanese: Hōgo (法語), Chinese: 法語) is a public discourse on Buddhism by a Buddhist teacher. [ 1 ] In Theravāda Buddhism , the study of Buddhist texts and listening to Dhamma talks by monks or teachers are common and important practices.
For lay practitioners unable to participate in the events of a local monastery, the uposatha is a time to intensify one's own meditation and Dhamma practice, [18] for instance, meditating an extra session or for a longer time, [19] reading or chanting special Buddhist texts, [20] recollecting [21] or giving in some special way. [19]
Dhammacārī Initiation is designed to encourage the students of Dhamma to study and practice Dhamma deeply and more seriously. Additionally, they are encouraged to teach Dhamma School for children, give introductory talks on Buddhism, give public Dhamma talks on simple topics, conduct basic meditation sessions and organize Dhamma study groups.