What day is the eighth day of the second lunar month?

The eighth day of the second lunar month is the day when Sakyamuni Buddha became a monk. The eighth day of the second lunar month is the birthday of the six ancestors, and the eighth day of the second lunar month is also the birthday of the charity emperor (also known as the "charity bodhisattva").

Buddha became a monk at the age of 29 (or19,25). One night in the middle of the night, he left the city and came to the Anama River. He shaved off his beard and took off his ornaments. Then he went south to Mohadu, the center of India's new culture at that time, where many new thinkers gathered.

It is reported that he attracted the attention of Huang Wang when he became a king in the capital. The king advised him to give up becoming a monk and give him an army, but he refused. Shaving one's hair and holding a bowl was the fashion of becoming a monk at that time, expressing opposition to Brahmins.

The reason why Sakyamuni became a monk;

The influence of the national situation: At that time, in the era of sixteen countries' hegemony, the minister of the Kapilovi Kingdom of the Sakyamuni nationality (Khshatriya in the east) was subordinate to the State of Casaro (Brahmin in the west), and the Sakyamuni nationality was constantly threatened by strong neighbor aggression, and its position was very fragile. As the prince of the declining tribe, facing the bleak prospect of the country, he intends to strive for the position of ideological authority for Kaplovi, thus consolidating Khrushchev's rule.

The influence of Shamanism: In India at that time, under the religious atmosphere of emphasizing liberation, the pursuit of philosophical thought was quite common. The appearance of different forms of monks is the opposite of Brahmins. Meditation in dense forests is an Indian tradition. This originated from the era of the Book of Forests, which was earlier than Upanishads, and has become a trend in Indian upper class by the time of Buddha.

Growing environment and personality: I lost my mother when I was young, and I had a strong tendency of introspection and keen sensibility when I was young. Legend has it that when he went out with his father for a farm sacrifice, he sat alone under a tree and reached the realm of first Zen. He saw that insects were dug up by farmers and pecked away by birds, which made him feel that all beings were miserable. This profound reflection on human suffering has not been eliminated even after marriage and having children.

The so-called "four-door tour" incident: he went out of the city to see the old man, the sick man and the dead man respectively, and finally decided to become a monk after meeting the monk. It is generally believed that this is a symbolic expression of Sakyamuni's motivation to become a monk.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Buddhist Festival

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Sakyamuni