Janapriya.net » Buddhism http://www.janapriya.net Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:19:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Vesak Festival, 2008 http://www.janapriya.net/2008/05/19/vesak-festival-2008/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vesak-festival-2008 http://www.janapriya.net/2008/05/19/vesak-festival-2008/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 16:25:21 +0000 Ruwan http://janapriya.net/blog/2008/05/19/vesak-festival-2008/ It has been a while since I actively done something for Vesak. This time, I decided to make some Vesak Lanterns. It took me an entire day to complete 5 of them. I felt great at the end. Most importantly, my parents are happy to see them. It reminds me, how we (my family) celebrated Vesak in old days!

For curious minds, Vesak [1] [2] [3] is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and is celebrated on the full moon in May. It celebrates the Buddha’s birthday, day of Enlightenment and also marks his passing away.

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[1] http://www.buddhanet.net/vesak.htm

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak

[3] http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/holydays/wesak.shtml

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