Also known as Buddha's Day, Vesak celebrates the birth, death, and enlightenment of the Buddha on the full moon of the fourth lunar month. This is called by other names in other countries, including ...

Vesak is the most important event in the Buddhist calendar as it celebrates the birth, enlightenment and the parinirvana of Lord Buddha. This time it is all the more significant due to the ...

Vesak is a Buddhist festival that is usually celebrated in May or early June. It celebrates Buddha’s birthday. For some Buddhists, it also marks his enlightenment, which is when he found out ...

Read on to find out more about Buddha and the Vesak festival. Buddhists do not believe in a single god who created the world and everything in it. In fact, most Buddhists believe in the teachings ...

Candi Muarajambi is one of the largest Buddhist temple compounds in the world. Built by a former civilization, the complex ...

The Colombo Young Men's Buddhist Association released a special issue of "The Buddhist" for Vesak this year. Apart from articles and poems on the Dhamma in English and Sinhala as in previous ...

The ceremony symbolizes a new and pure beginning. During Vesak, Buddhists devotees pay special attention on the teachings of Lord Buddha, especially the five principles called as ‘Panchsheel’. On this ...

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