User:Wilbawe Senavi/sandbox

ෆ්‍රොෆට් මොහොමඩ්ට ප්‍රථමයෙන් බුදුරජාණන්වහන්සේ මාතංඝ බෝධිසත්වයින්ලෙස චන්ද්‍රයා දෙපලුකීරීමේ ප්‍රාථිහාර්ය ඉන්දියාවේ බරණැස් නුවරදී පෑ සේක!මේ පිලිබද විස්තර ජාතක පොතේ ඇත!

Lord Buddha performed the Splitting of the Moon miracle FIRST,well before than Prophet Mohommad's claimed.

Lord Buddha performed this miracle at Varanasi in India as Bodhisatva Matanga and records of this historical event still available in Jathaka Tales of Lord Buddha's previous lives!

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LEGENDS AND THEORIES OF THE BUDDHISTS,page 51

....He (Bodhisatva Matanga(Lord Buddha's previous life)then returned to the village through the air. When his wife asked him why he had become a priest, he said she must inform the people of Benares, that on the seventh day from that time her husband would appear as Maha Brahma, and cleave the moon in two. On the day of the full moon he appeared as he had said, illuminating by his bright ness the whole of the city, 120 miles in extent. In the presence of the citizens, he caused the moon to cleave into and then descending went thrice round the two portions, city through the air. On seeing this those who were worshippers of Maha Brahma went to the house of Matanga....