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Yesterday was the Buddhist holiday of Vesak, or "Buddha Day." A day of observance and reverence of the Buddha's life and death. On this day, and during other specific phases of the moon, followers of the religion take care to abstain from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, false speech, taking intoxicating drugs, eating past the "forbidden hour" ( Noon ), sleeping in a high place and abstinence from dancing, music, visiting shows, flowers, make-up, the wearing of ornaments and decorations

>> After spending my day bored out of my mind, listening to the Patimokkha ( a list of rules observed by monks ) the Dhammapada ( Root of the Truth ) and documentaries on the Buddha I was inspired to draw this image of him. This was a time when the Buddha was practicing asceticism as was popular in his time, before his enlightenment. The Buddha would constrict himself to one grain of rice a day.