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佛节日的意义每年5月月圆日(我国农历4月半),是南方佛教国家(緬甸、鍚蘭、泰国、柬埔寨、老撾等)的大节日。佛教的教主釋迦牟尼是在这天诞生的,非常巧合,他的成道日也是在这一天,而他的涅槃(逝世)日又是在这一天。对于这一个具有三重意义的紀念日,人們給它一个名字,叫做“VAISAKH PURNIMA”,这是巴利文(古印度文之一种),用通俗話来翻译,就是“佛节日”。今年和明年的佛节日比平常不同,根据南方佛教国家的計算,今年和明年是釋迦牟尼佛涅槃2,500年紀念,今年是第2,500个年头,明年是2,500周年。有的国家在今年举行紀
The Significance of the Buddha Festival Every year on the full moon in May (April in Chinese lunar calendar), it is a big festival for southern Buddhist countries (Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, etc.). It is very coincidental that Buddha Shakyamuni was born on this very day. His founding day is also on this day, and his Nirvana (death) day is again on this day. For this third anniversary, people give it a name, called “VAISAKH PURNIMA”, which is Pali (a type of ancient Hindi) that is translated as a “Buddha’s Day” in popular language. This year and next year’s festival of Buddhism is different than usual. According to the calculations of southern Buddhist countries, this year and next year is the year 2,500 for the Sakyamuni Buddha, which is the 2,500th year of this year and the 2,500th anniversary of next year. Some countries hold this year