However, it did not take a while to
change his life drastically. While passing through his city he started
observing different types of sufferings mankind were going through. He
felt those sufferings in him. Buddha saw sickness, old age and death. He
also saw a monk who donated all he had and searching for welfare of
mankind all his life. Buddha chose to become like the monk.
He wanted to find the end to those
sufferings. One day he quietly walked out of the palace in search of
remedies of those illnesses. He started to meditate under a tree. It
took him a very long time to understand the facts of life. He attained
nirvana at the age of 80.
He found sorrow and desire are the main cause of all the evil and suffering of every living being.
In 1950 at the first conference of the
world Fellowship of Buddhists was held in Sri Lanka. In the conference a
resolution was passed to celebrate Buddha’s Birthday on the full moon
day of Baishakh i.e. May. It was requested to all the heads of the
states to celebrate the full moon day of Baishakh i.e. May and declare a
public holiday in honor of Buddha.
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