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Asalha Puja, also known as Dharma Day, is one of Theravada Buddhism's most important festivals, celebrating as it does the Buddha's first sermon, the Sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath, [4] in which he set out to his five former associates the doctrine that had come to him following his enlightenment.
A Buddhist monk reciting prayers in Thailand The funeral pyre at Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Mai, for Chan Kusalo, the patriarch of northern Thailand As in most other Theravada nations, Buddhism in Thailand is represented primarily by the presence of Buddhist monks, who serve as officiants on ceremonial occasions, as well as being responsible for ...
[8] [1] In Thailand, the Pāli term Māgha-pūraṇamī is also used for the celebration, meaning 'to honor on the full moon of the third lunar month'. [9] Finally, some authors referred to the day as the Buddhist All Saints Day. [10] [11] In pre-modern times, Māgha Pūjā has been celebrated by some Southeast Asian communities.
Bell tower (Thai: หอระฆัง; RTGS: ho rakhang) is one category of the Thai architectural structure in a wat for signaling the monks to do their praying ceremony. The bell tower wakes the temple residents early in the morning and calls the monks together for devotions and meals.
Ordination ceremony in the ordination hall of Wat Bowonniwet in Thailand. The ordination hall (Pali: sīmā) is a Buddhist building specifically consecrated and designated for the performance of the Buddhist ordination ritual (upasampadā) and other ritual ceremonies, such as the recitation of the Pāṭimokkha.
In Thailand, the Vessantara Jataka Festival is known as Thet Mahachat (Thai: เทศน์มหาชาติ), from Maha Jati or "Great Birth", in Central Thailand,. [14] It is also known in Isanas Bun Phawet (Bun Phra Wes), Bun Duan Sii (' Merit-making of the fourth month') or Thet Phawet in Isan . .
Chak Phra (Thai: ชักพระ, pronounced [t͡ɕʰák pʰráʔ]) is a Buddhist festival that is celebrated annually in Southern Thailand and Northern Malaysia. [1] The name "Chak Phra" could be translated as “Pulling the Buddha”, “pulling of the Buddhist monks”, [2] [3] or “pulling of ceremonial Buddha image carriages”.
Naga Prok attitude Buddha statue in the ubosot of Wat Shvetachatra Woravihara, Bangkok. Naga Prok attitude (Thai: ปางนาคปรก; RTGS: pang nak prok), translated as "sheltered-by-the-naga Buddha", [1] is an attitude of Buddha in Burmese, Khmer, Lao and Thai art in which the Buddha, seated in either the meditation or maravijaya attitude, is sheltered by or covered with a multi ...