{"id":1269,"date":"2021-02-15T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T08:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2021-01-27T17:02:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:02:02","slug":"parinirvana-day-15-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2021\/02\/15\/parinirvana-day-15-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Parinirvana Day 15 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1272 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2021\/01\/buddha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2021\/01\/buddha.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2021\/01\/buddha-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/>Parinirvana Day is an annual festival, observed in some Mahayana countries, that remembers the death of the Buddha when he reached the age of 80. When the Buddha died, Buddhists believe that he entered a state called Parinirvana, which means Nirvana without end. It is considered one of the most auspicious days for Buddhists all over the world. Nirvana is believed to be the end of the cycle of death and rebirth. Buddhism teaches that Nirvana is reached when all want and suffering is gone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1271 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2021\/01\/buddha-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"182\" \/>Passages from the recitations of Nibbana Sutta (Hinayana) and Nirvana (Mahayana) describing the Buddha&#8217;s last days of life are often read on Parinirvana Day. Buddhists may\u00a0celebrate Nirvana Day\u00a0by meditating or by going to Buddhist temples or monasteries. In monasteries,\u00a0Nirvana Day\u00a0is treated as a social occasion. Food is prepared and some\u00a0people\u00a0bring presents such as money, household goods or clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Four Noble Truths<\/p>\n<p>The Buddha attained Nirvana when he came to understand the\u00a0Four Noble Truths.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1273\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2021\/01\/four-noble-truths.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parinirvana Day is an annual festival, observed in some Mahayana countries, that remembers the death of the Buddha when he reached the age of 80. When the Buddha died, Buddhists believe that he entered a state called Parinirvana, which means Nirvana without end. It is considered one of the most auspicious days for Buddhists all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2021\/02\/15\/parinirvana-day-15-february\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Parinirvana Day 15 February&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":1270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-celebration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1274,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions\/1274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}