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In Thailand, where Vesak Day is known as Visakha Buja Day (Visakha Puja Day), Buddhists usually make merits by going to temples, vowing to keep the Buddhists precepts, offering food to monks, listening to Dhamma Talks and practicing Vipassana meditation in the temples.
In Thailand five full-moon Uposatha days are of special significance and are called puja: [36] Visakha Puja or Visakha Uposatha [37] or Vesak ("Buddha Day") is the most sacred Buddhist holiday. It is the anniversary of the Buddha's birth, awakening and parinibbana. [38]
In Thailand, Buddha's birthday is celebrated as Visakha Puja and is a public holiday. People gather at temples to hear sermons, give donations and chant prayers. People gather at temples to hear sermons, give donations and chant prayers.
Visakha Puja; Asalha Puja; Chotrul Duchen, a festival celebrated in Tibet as an Uposatha day and falls on around the same day as Māgha Pūjā; First Full Moon Festival, a festival celebrated in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam as an Uposatha day and to mark the end of the Lunar New Year, falling on or around the same day as Māgha Pūjā
Visakha Puja in Thailand; W. Wan Khao Phansa; Wan Ok Phansa This page was last edited on 8 March 2024, at 20:55 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Magha Puja: Magha Pujwronga is an important religious festival celebrated by Buddhists in Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Laos on the full moon day of the third lunar month (this usually falls in February or March) Buddha Jayanti: In South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam and China, it is celebrated in April 8 in Lunar calendar.
Visakha was born into a prominent and wealthy family in what was then the kingdom of Magadha. She met the Buddha at the age of seven when he was visiting her hometown and attained sotapanna, a stage of enlightenment, after hearing him preach. Visakha and her family later moved to the city of Saketa (present day Ayodhya) in the kingdom of Kosala.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier begins his two day state visit to Thailand, the first state visit by a German president in 22 years. [15] 31 January: The Constitutional Court rules that the Move Forward Party and its leaders, including Pita, violated the constitution through its aim to amend Thailand's lèse-majesté. The court also ...