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Today is Binara Full Moon Poya Day:
Inauguration of the Bhikkhuni Order
When Queen Mahamaya died seven days after the
birth of Prince Siddhartha, Maha Prajapathi Gothami, her sister,
became his stepmother. When the Buddha was at Nigrodharama in
Kapilavasthu, Maha Prajapathi Gothami met Him and sought to enter
the Order. But the Buddha's response was negative.
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Tissa Maha Vihara - the great stupa of the South
Sakyamuni Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, after
attaining Enlightenment and realising the gift of eternal truth, was
mainly concerned with spreading the message of the Dhamma to
humanity for the welfare and happiness of all living beings.
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