April 15th is the day when we celebrate the enlightenment of our precious Teacher and Founder of Buddhism in our world, Buddha Shakyamuni. We remember Buddha’s great kindness in attaining enlightenment and teaching perfect methods to bring peace and happiness into our busy lives. By practising these methods sincerely, we can become enlightened just like our Teacher, which is the real potential of our human life. You can read more about Buddha’s enlightenment here. Many NKT Centers around the world do a special fasting and purification practice to celebrate, called Drop of Essential Nectar.