Posted: September 16th, 2017
buddhist holidays
buddhist holidays
Paper instructions:
Describe a Budhist holiday and provide a link to a video related to this holiday. Reply to at least 2 other students’ post.
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Buddha’s Birthday is known as Vesak and is one of the major festivals of the year. It is celebrated on the first full moon day in May, or the fourth lunar month which usually occurs in May or during a lunar leap year, June. In some countries this has become an occasion to not only celebrate the birth but also the enlightenment and parinirvana of the Buddha.
Paper instructions:
Describe a Budhist holiday and provide a link to a video related to this holiday. Reply to at least 2 other students’ post.
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Buddha’s Birthday is known as Vesak and is one of the major festivals of the year. It is celebrated on the first full moon day in May, or the fourth lunar month which usually occurs in May or during a lunar leap year, June. In some countries this has become an occasion to not only celebrate the birth but also the enlightenment and parinirvana of the Buddha.
On Vesakha day, devout Buddhists and followers alike are expected and requested to assemble in their various temples before dawn for the ceremonial, and honorable, hoisting of the Buddhist flag and the singing of hymns in praise of the holy triple gem: The Buddha, The Dharma (his teachings), and The Sangha (his disciples).
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post 2.
In countries that practice Mahayana, which is a main branch of Hinduism that originated in India, there is a celebration called Ancestor Day, or Ullambana. On the first day of the eighth month, the gates of hell are said to open and ghosts visit the world for 15 days. People make food offerings to ease the suffering of these ghosts, and on the fifteenth day, which is Ullambana, people visit cemeteries to make offerings to their own ancestors. This celebration is practiced in many places such as Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, but there is also a Ghost Festival in China, called Yu Lan, that is celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month, and a festival in Japan called Obon, which lasts for three days and also honors the dead. When this festival is held varies in different parts of Japan, but people who celebrate it typically preform a dance called the Bon-Odori, which you can watch on youtube. Here’s one example of the dance:
post 2.
In countries that practice Mahayana, which is a main branch of Hinduism that originated in India, there is a celebration called Ancestor Day, or Ullambana. On the first day of the eighth month, the gates of hell are said to open and ghosts visit the world for 15 days. People make food offerings to ease the suffering of these ghosts, and on the fifteenth day, which is Ullambana, people visit cemeteries to make offerings to their own ancestors. This celebration is practiced in many places such as Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, but there is also a Ghost Festival in China, called Yu Lan, that is celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month, and a festival in Japan called Obon, which lasts for three days and also honors the dead. When this festival is held varies in different parts of Japan, but people who celebrate it typically preform a dance called the Bon-Odori, which you can watch on youtube. Here’s one example of the dance:
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