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| LHABAB
DHEUCHEN |
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| God :
Lord Buddha |
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| Symbolises :
Descent of Lord Buddha from
the heaven |
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| Religion :
Buddhism |
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| This festival symbolises the descent of Lord
Buddha from the heaven. Lha - means "Heaven" Bab - means "Descent" |
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| According to legend, Queen Maha Maya, the
mother of Lord Buddha, did not live long, took rebirth in Trayastrimsa or the
heaven of the thirty Gods. After attaining Enlightenment, Lord Buddha through
spiritual powers came to know about the whereabouts of his mother and at the
age of forty one ascended to heavens alongwith thousands of his followers. Lord
Buddha stayed in heaven for three months during which he devered sermons to his
mother and other celestial beings. Lord Buddha had left behind on earth one of
his disciples, Maugalyayana, as his representative. This disciple and other
devotees of the Lord could not bear the long separation and longed to hear his
preachins. Maugalyayana, who possessed miraculous powers, was exhorted to go up
to the heaven to request the Lord to return back to the earth. The gods were
not willing to let Lord Buddha return to earth but Maugalyanana suggested that
as the earthly beings did not have the powers to visit heaven, the celelstial
beings could come to the earth to attend his preachings.Lord Buddha finally
relented and descended to the earth at a place called sankasya along a triple
ladder that was prepared especially for the occasion by Viswakarma, the God of
Machines. |
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