Buddhist Lent falls on the first day after the full moon of the eight lunar month. Buddhist Lent refers to a period of the lunar months during the rainy season when Buddhist monks are committed to staying and meditation. This is a time for serious contemplation and meditation.
According to legend, the history of this tradition dated back to the time of early Buddhism in ancient India, when the Lord Buddha decreed that his followers should avoid all unnecessary travel during this period. This was decided in order to protect the villagers' new crops from being unintentionally damaged or trampled. Traditionally , Buddhist Lent is celebrated in the early morning when people begin to arrive at the temple and offer the food they prepared to the monks.
the precepts can be given as often as several times during the day with a public sermon. People join in the merit making and take a vow to keep either five or eight precepts such as refraining from killing, stealing, wrong sexual conduck, lying and drinking alcohol.
Also this day is considered a very important time for laymen to ordain their sons into the monkhood in order to get the maximum benefit from the Buddhist teachings.
During the Buddhist Lent season, according to Lanna culture, Buddhist Holy Day fall on the 8th day and the 15th day of the full moon and waning moon of each month, and it is the custome for villagers to spend most of their time in the temple making merit.
During their sermons, monks recount the Jataka Tales, Buddhist parables of wisdom and morality taken from the stories of the previous lives of Lord Buddha and his followers.
These tales taught worshippers how to live their life with honesty, morality and self-sacrifice.
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