Magha Puja commemorates a time when 1,250 enlightened monks, disciples of the historical Buddha, spontaneously came together to pay respect to the Buddha. This was significant because:
All the monks were arhats.
All the monks had been ordained by the Buddha.
The monks came together as if by chance, without any planning or prior appointment
It was the full moon day of Magha (the third lunar month).
When the monks were assembled, the Buddha delivered a sermon called the Ovada Patimokkha in which he asked the monks to do good, to abstain from bad action, and to purify the mind.
Video taken from Youtube Buddha Dhamma Indonesia - Mendut Buddhist Monastery
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