Meak Bochea

Meak Bochea Day in Cambodia

In Cambodia, Meak Bochea Day is an important religious festival.  It is observed on the full moon in the third month of the Khmer calendar, which generally lands in later February or early March.  Meak Bochea Day commemorates the final sermon given by Buddha, in which he summarized the “heart of Buddhism” in three principles: ceasing from all evil, doing only what is good, and cleansing the mind. The group that assembled that day, around 2,500 years ago now, to hear him preach are sometimes called the “Fourfold Assembly” because of four factors that were in place: the 1,250 listeners were all “enlightened ones,” they were all ordained by Buddha himself, they came, according to the tradition, without being summoned, and it was a full moon in the month of Magha.  It is also said that, on this day, Buddha correctly predicted the day of his own death, which occurred three months later. The day of his death was also the day of his birth and of his professed enlightenment experience. It is also celebrated in Cambodia as Visak Bochea Day.  In Buddhism, a full moon day is considered a holy day and is considered the perfect time to repent of sins and “make merits.” The added historical significance of the full moon on Meak Bochea Day turns it into a day of penitence, of doing good deeds for merits, and of remembering the teachings of Buddha. To these ends, many attend local temples and pagodas on this day to perform merit-making acts. They also strive to purify their minds, avoid all sins, and adhere to all of the Buddha’s commands. Those commands include avoidance of drinking alcoholic beverages, killing, stealing, and lying. 

Activities

Should you be visiting Cambodia on Meak Bochea Day, some activities you may wish to take part in include:

See a Buddhist temple ceremony. There will be processions in which candles, incense sticks, and lotus flowers are carried around the temple three times. The first time is meant to honor Buddha himself, the second to honor his teachings (Dharma), and the third to honor monastic life (Sangha). You can view the ornately decorated temples and watch the worshipers. In some cases, you may be permitted to view the ceremonies and the inside of the temple.

At Oudong Mountain, hundreds of monks and government officials gather to perform Meak Bochea Day rituals. It is like the ceremony mentioned above but on a grander scale and of special significance. Oudong is located about 28 miles north of the capital city of Phnom Penh.

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XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W]

                           [/C] [/I] [/-I] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/G] [/H] [/R] [/T]

                           [/U] [/K] [/N] [/O] [/X] [/Y] [/-Y] [/Z] [/B] [/J]

                           [/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...] [/COMPRESS]

  source       Specifies the file(s) to copy.

  destination  Specifies the location and/or name of new files.

  /A           Copies only files with the archive attribute set,

               doesn't change the attribute.

  /M           Copies only files with the archive attribute set,

               turns off the archive attribute.

  /D:m-d-y     Copies files changed on or after the specified date.

               If no date is given, copies only those files whose

               source time is newer than the destination time.

  /EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...

               Specifies a list of files containing strings.  Each string

               should be in a separate line in the files.  When any of the

               strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be

               copied, that file will be excluded from being copied.  For

               example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude

               all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the

               .obj extension respectively.

  /P           Prompts you before creating each destination file.

  /S           Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.

  /E           Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.

               Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T.

  /V           Verifies the size of each new file.

  /W           Prompts you to press a key before copying.

  /C           Continues copying even if errors occur.

  /I           If destination does not exist and copying more than one file,

               assumes that destination must be a directory.

  /-I          If destination does not exist and copying a single specified file,

               assumes that destination must be a file.

  /Q           Does not display file names while copying.

  /F           Displays full source and destination file names while copying.

  /L           Displays files that would be copied.

  /G           Allows the copying of encrypted files to destination that does

               not support encryption.

  /H           Copies hidden and system files also.

  /R           Overwrites read-only files.

  /T           Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not

               include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes

               empty directories and subdirectories.

  /U           Copies only files that already exist in destination.

  /K           Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes.

  /N           Copies using the generated short names.

  /O           Copies file ownership and ACL information.

  /X           Copies file audit settings (implies /O).

  /Y           Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an

               existing destination file.

  /-Y          Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an

               existing destination file.

  /Z           Copies networked files in restartable mode.

  /B           Copies the Symbolic Link itself versus the target of the link.

  /J           Copies using unbuffered I/O. Recommended for very large files.

  /COMPRESS    Request network compression during file transfer where

               applicable.

  /SPARSE      Preserves the sparse state when copying a sparse file.

The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.

This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line.

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