Question

2. Read the following passage carefully
On Buddha Purnima Buddhists refrain from eating meat and eat kheer which they share with the
poor. They set up stalls in public places which provide clean drinking water. Their special forms of
charity include kindness to animals: they buy caged birds and set them free and pay
butchers
to let go animals meant for slaughter
hung on Diwali, on Buddha Purnima Buddhists make
Just as in some homes paper lantems are !
Some people also drape the walls of their homes with paper or cloth depicting incidents from the
Jataka tales which are based on incarnations of the Buddha prior to his birth as Prince Gautama.
Different Buddhist countries have different ways of celebrating this great day. In Sri Lanka, the
celebrations are very similar to Diwali. All homes are brightly iluminated and even the poorest
light at least one oil-lamp
In Japan, Buddhists have fixed the eighth of April as the Buddha's birthday. On this day, they
make replicas of shrines with spring flowers and place a small idol of the Buddha on them. They
bathe and consecrate these idols with great reverence.
In Burma, the Buddhists set a day apart every month in honour of the Buddha. Since the Buddha
attained enlightenment sitting under a Bodhi tree, special care is taken in watering and tending
Bondhi trees
Celebrations of Buddha Purnima have been extensively written about in poems and novels and
depicted in paintings because Buddha Purnima is not only a day of rejoicing, it is also a day for
reflection on the life and teachings of one of the greatest teachers the world has ever known.
1 What do Buddhists do on Buddha Purnima?
II
How do they decorate their houses on this occasion?
III
How is Buddha Purnima celebrated in Sri Lanka?
IV.
What do Japanese Buddhists do on Buddha Purnima?
V
Why are Bodhi trees given special care?​

Answer 1

Answer:

attained enlightenment sitting under a Bodhi tree, special care is taken in watering and tending

Bondhi trees

Celebrations of Buddha Purnima have been extensively written about in poems and novels and

depicted in paintings because Buddha Purnima is not only a day of rejoicing, it is also a day for

reflection on the life and teachings of one of the greatest teachers the world has ever known.

1 What do Buddhists do on Buddha Purnima?

II

How do they decorate their houses on this occasion?

III

How is Buddha Purnima celebrated in Sri Lanka?

IV.

What do Japanese Buddhists do on Buddha Purnima?

V

Why are Bodhi trees given special care