Bodhi Day

Bodhi Day
Official nameBodhi Day
Rōhatsu (臘八)
Shaka-Jōdō-e (釈迦成道会)
Jōdō-e (成道会)
Alaw ng Bodhi
Observed byMahayana Buddhists
TypeBuddhist
SignificanceThe enlightenment of Gautama Buddha
DateDecember 8
FrequencyAnnual
Related toLaba Festival (in China)
Rohatsu (in Japan)
Other related festivals:
Vesak (in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos)
Buddha Enlightenment Mudra
Buddha Enlightenment Mudra

Bodhi Day is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that Gautama Buddha (Shakyamuni) is said to have attained enlightenment,[1] also known as bodhi in Sanskrit and Pali. According to tradition, Siddhartha had recently forsaken years of extreme ascetic practices and resolved to sit under a peepal tree, also known as a Bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa), and simply meditate until he found the root of suffering, and how to liberate oneself from it.[2]

  1. ^ "Buddhist Holidays". Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  2. ^ "Life of Buddha". Archived from the original on 2011-11-26. Retrieved 2010-10-17.