BUDDHA: THE UNIQUE SAGE OF MOTHER INDIA

His seven messages which can make our lives meaningful and glorious

- Jasbir Singh

Only one polestar shines in the sky of nature but many polestars have shone on the spiritual sky of India, each one of which is unique, incomparable, unmatched, attractive and spinning in its own way.

Whether it is Maryada Purushottam Ram, Trilokinath Krishna, Patanjali, Gorakh, Buddha, Mahavira, Guru Nanak or Kabir. All of them are shining beads of India's spiritual rosary. Among them, Buddha's place is also very high. If the wish of Buddha's earthly father Shushodhana to make his son the king had been fulfilled, then this earth would have been deprived of a great spiritual wealth. It is believed that Buddha's birth (2565 years ago), his Attainment of knowledge and his Mahaparinirvana, all these three events happened on the full moon day of Vaishakh, therefore Buddha Purnima is also celebrated as a Trigun Paavan Parv. He was born in Lumbini (present Nepal), he attained Enlightenment in Bodhgaya (Bihar) and his Parinirvana was in Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh).

It is said that the glory that initiation saw during the time of Buddha could never be experienced again on earth. The golden age of sannyaas that Bihar saw during the time of Buddha and Mahavira was amazing. It is said that when Buddha used to walk, thousands of sannyasis used to walk with him. The winds of the area in whichever village or town Buddha stayed used to change. Stories say that wherever Buddha used to go, thefts used to stop, murders used to decrease. In today's era, this may sound like a story, but perhaps it really happened. Thousands of monks and hermits used to walk with Mahavira. And both were almost contemporaries. The whole of Bihar was filled with hermits. That is why it got the name Bihar. 'Bihar' means 'the path of hermits', a Vihara place where hermits go, pass, wander, and touch its soil.

Although Buddha's entire life and conduct is full of inspiration, yet his seven messages can fill our lives with meaning, glory and freedom from sorrow.