2007-05-19 16:44:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Why one - Take for the full year of 2007 -
Buddhist Holidays
Buddhist holidays & festivals provide people with occasions to celebrate and enjoy themselves. The majority of Buddhist festivals have religious connotations and are celebrated in a typical manner. On the day of the festival, people visit the local temple or monastery. They serve monks with food and undertake the Five Precepts. The afternoon is spent in feeding the poor people. In the evening, a ceremony in conducted, in which people circumambulate a stupa three times. The day comes to end with the chanting of Buddha's teachings and meditation.
The dates of Buddhist holidays vary from country to country, and between Buddhist traditions. Given below is a list of the major Buddhist holidays of 2007.
- Abhidhamma Day - Full moon day in October
- Anapanasati Day - At the end of one rains retreat (vassa)
- Asalha Puja Day (Dhamma Day) - Full moon day of the 8th
month of the lunar calendar (July)
- Avalokitesvara's Birthday (Kuan Yin) - Full moon day in
March
- Bodhi Day (Enlightenment Day)
- Buddhist New Year
- Kathina Ceremony (Robe offering ceremony) - Within one
month of the conclusion of the Vassa Retreat
- Losar
- Loy Krathong (Festival of Floating Bowls) - Full moon
night of the Twelfth Lunar month.
- Magha Puja Day (Fourfold Assembly or Sangha Day) - Full
moon day of the third lunar month (March)
- Parinirvarana Day
- Songkaran - Mid April
- Sangha Day
- The Elephant Festival - Third Saturday in November
- The Festival of the Tooth - Full moon night of August
- The Ploughing Festival - May
- Ulambana (Ancestor Day) - Thirteenth of July (lasts for three
days)
- Uposatha (Observance Day) - Four monthly holy days
- Wesak or Visakah Puja (Buddha Day) - First full moon day
in May -
2007-05-19 20:39:44 · answer #1 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Umm i think the buddism people celebrated 14 of January Mahayana Buddhist New Year
2007-05-19 23:49:40 · answer #2 · answered by cheerio_luver538561 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most significant holiday for the Buddhism religion is called "Buddha Day"(go figure!).It happens every May under the full moon.All the Buddhists around the world perform his ritual or something.For more info yadda yadda yadda check out this website.
2007-05-19 23:57:00 · answer #3 · answered by Mike 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess its buddha jayanti...i mean the b'day of gautam buddha....
2007-05-19 23:47:24 · answer #4 · answered by razmatttaz... 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋