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Today is a very special and important day for all the Buddhists in all over the world. Because today is the Vesak Full Moon Poya Day simply means it's a celebration of Buddha's birthday and marks his enlightenment. Actually Vesak is one of the most important Buddhist festivals. This time we have to celebrate the Vesak festival at our homes itself due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Today I started my day with a good deed. In the morning I gave a meal for the stray dogs in our lane. Because there are many stray dogs in our lane who are roaming here and there without having a owner. My sisters and me prepared a special meal for the dogs and share the meal among them. I saw that they ate them very happily and after eating wagged tails with their innocent eyes. At the end I felt the sense of real happiness!!

Due to the bad situation in the country we all have to stay home and we were not allowed to go to the temple as usually. So I also stayed home whole the day and celebrated the Vesak at home with my family members. We used to make Vesak lanterns from our childhood. So this time also we decorated our home with five colorful Vesak lanterns which made by us.

We decided to hang Vesak lanterns in trees and light up them with candles. So we lighted up them and hanged them in trees in a beautiful way. Alas! All of a sudden there was pouring down a rain with a heavy wind. I hadn't much time to enjoy the beauty of Vesak. We took off them from the trees and got inside the home in a hurry.

After few minutes rain was flew away and again we hanged the Vesak lanterns. Also I lighted clay oil lamps around our pond and wall. It's very nice to see. I saw tiny fish were fleeing near the oil lamps. They were glittered on the light of lamps.

Not only that most beautiful thing is lighting Vesak buckets with candles and hanging them in trees. That also very interesting and view was just amazing! I realized that all the Vesak celebrations are combined with nature.

Meanwhile I saw that there was a Vesak lantern burning out. I felt sad at that moment. But that's the Vesak! Vesak teaches us the reality of life. To make a lantern we put a great effort and finally the made lantern will be burnt into ashes. We all must understand that everything in the world is temporary as our lives, nothing is permanent. That's the universal truth although we don't like to accept it.

At the same time I realized that bucket also teaches the same thing because that doesn't also last a long time as they burn into ashes by the candles soon after lighting. Again reminds us the temporariness of everything. We can apply same thing even on the oil lamps. Once the oil is finished it doesn't last.

In a nutshell my message for everyone is that we should live with a good understanding of life. We always should keep in our minds that everything is temporary and there is nothing called permanent. That's the Buddha's eternal teaching for the world.

To conclude this I must thankful to @damithudaya for having this wonderful contest for us. Finally I would like to wish you all a Happy Vesak!!

Thank you ❤