Jai Bhim Network

I hope you all are doing good. We all are celebrating 119th Birth Anniversary of Boddhisatva Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (Bheem Jayanti) and most of us are busy in planning/arrangements of this Great Day.
We all are aware that, we already have less Festival in a year. People are getting attracted by Hindu Festival or some other special days and still celebrating Hindu festival(i.e. Diwali, Holi, Garbha, Rakshabandhan, Mahashivratri etc.).

Rashtriya Pariwarik Dhamma Sangoshti (RPDS) are telling to people about, what are our Festivals? what is our Culture? Dos’/don’ts for Festival? etc etc through workshop, since more than two decades.

What we can do on Bheem Jayanti/Buddha Jayanti (Vesak Poornima)?

1.) On Jayanti Day, we must involve in public program at Buddha Vihar till noon only(try to avoid Public program in evening, we have other days for it).

2.) On this evening/night, we should fill our Home with Candle, Lighting and Should play the Buddha-Bheem Songs.

3.) We should prepare sweets/namkins/snacks during a day time (or 1 day before) and in evening we should invite the nearest and dearest people for snacks. Don’t Forget to invite to our Non-Buddhist Friends on this days. Let them know that Today is our Festival.

4.) We should NOT schedule any program in Evening, publicly. (If we see, on EID evening Muslim brothers are always in Home n not in Madarsa/masjid, on Diwali Hindus are in Home and not in Mandir, on X’mas Christians brothers are in Home and not in Church)

5.) We should do shopping prior to 14th April Day.

6.) We should clean/paint/decorate the house prior.

7.) Rangoli should be design infront of House/Buddha Vihar/Public place like Buddhas/Babasahebs statue Premises.

8.) Those who are away from Home should reach to their home town to celebrate the festival with their family.

9.) Those who don’t have holiday they MUST apply for Holiday on 14th day and Celebrate it.

10.) We should wear new Cloths (white in morning) on that day.

11.) We should NOT arrange any personal program like Engagement, Marriage Ceremony, Inauguration of Home/Shop etc or not even Paritran PaaTh.

12.) Panchasheel Flag and Panchasheel Toran should be hang on House/Lane/Buddha Vihar/Public place like Buddhas/Babasahebs Statue premises.

13.) Daan/Donation should be given for program @ Vihar/Bhikkhu Sangha. And Donate books to children.

I know most of us are following the same, requesting to those who are not. If we start follow it, our neighbors will also start doing it.

“बहुजनो  कि मुल समस्या सामाजिक-आर्थिक समानता (उन्नती) हि नही  बल्की बौद्ध धम्म की सांस्कृतिक पुनर्स्थापना करना भी है |”

In Mission….

With Metta,
Sunil B.