As the sun rose on the eighth day, the Buddha saw the morning star (Venus) and Woke Up. ****************************************************** Bodhi Day – The eighth day of the 12th month “Siddhartha, after spending six years living the life of an aesthetic and serving under six teachers, still did not find what he was searching for. He tried many different disciplines, such as surviving by eating only one grain of rice per day, but soon realized that this was not the answer. Because he could not find the answers to his questions he vowed that he would sit under the Bodhi tree (sometimes called Pipal tree, Peepul tree, Pippul tree, or Bo tree in certain texts) until he had his answers. Siddhartha fasted and meditated under this tree for a week, and on the morning of the eighth day came to several realizations which were to become the principles of modern Buddhism. It was here, as Siddhartha meditated and gazed upon Venus rising, that the basis of The Noble Eightfold Path and Four Noble Truths were born. “From this point forward he was referred to as the Buddha -- The Enlightened One. He was also known as Shakyamuni (the sage of the Shakya clan) Buddha.” youtu.be/Hki9U5-g75g doityourself/stry/bodhi-day#b
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