ధమ్మచక్ర ప్రవర్తన దిన

🙏 ఎందుకు జరుపుకుంటారు

On Ashoka Vijayadashami, 14 October 1956, Dr Ambedkar took the Buddhist refuges in Nagpur and gave the 22 vows to about half a million people. Lakhs gather at Deekshabhoomi every year on Vijayadashami.

📖 దీని వెనుక కథ

Ambedkar chose Vijayadashami because tradition holds that Emperor Ashoka embraced the Dhamma on that day after the bloodshed of the Kalinga war. Rejecting caste discrimination, he called the Buddha’s path one of liberty, equality and fraternity. He passed away less than two months later.

🪔 ఎలా జరుపుకోవాలి

• Visit Deekshabhoomi or a local vihara
• Read the 22 vows and Ambedkar’s “The Buddha and His Dhamma”
• Take the Three Refuges and Five Precepts
• Support education for those left behind