
Bodhi DayΒ is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that Shakyamuni Gautama Buddha is said to have attainedΒ enlightenment,Β also known asΒ bodhiΒ inΒ SanskritΒ andΒ Pali. According to tradition, Siddhartha had recently forsaken years of extreme ascetic practices and resolved to sit under aΒ peepalΒ tree, also known as a Bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa), and simply meditate until he found the root of suffering, and how to liberate oneself from it.