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cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Celebrations in each country subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Celebrations_in_each_country-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Asia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Asia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Asia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Asia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bangladesh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bangladesh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Bangladesh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bangladesh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bhutan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bhutan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Bhutan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bhutan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cambodia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cambodia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.3</span> <span>Cambodia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cambodia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mainland_China" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mainland_China"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.4</span> <span>Mainland China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mainland_China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hong_Kong" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hong_Kong"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.5</span> <span>Hong Kong</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hong_Kong-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-India" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#India"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.6</span> <span>India</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-India-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indonesia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indonesia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.7</span> <span>Indonesia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indonesia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Japan_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Japan_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.8</span> <span>Japan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Japan_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Malaysia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Malaysia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.9</span> <span>Malaysia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Malaysia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mongolia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mongolia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.10</span> <span>Mongolia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mongolia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Myanmar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Myanmar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.11</span> <span>Myanmar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Myanmar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nepal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nepal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.12</span> <span>Nepal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nepal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-North_Korea" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_Korea"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.13</span> <span>North Korea</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-North_Korea-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Philippines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Philippines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.14</span> <span>Philippines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Philippines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Singapore" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Singapore"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.15</span> <span>Singapore</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Singapore-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_Korea" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Korea"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.16</span> <span>South Korea</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_Korea-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sri_Lanka" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sri_Lanka"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.17</span> <span>Sri Lanka</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sri_Lanka-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Taiwan_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taiwan_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.18</span> <span>Taiwan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taiwan_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Thailand" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Thailand"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.19</span> <span>Thailand</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Thailand-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Vietnam" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vietnam"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.20</span> <span>Vietnam</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vietnam-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_names_in_languages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_names_in_languages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.21</span> <span>List of names in languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_names_in_languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Outside_Asia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Outside_Asia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Outside Asia</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.4</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8" title="গৌতম বুদ্ধের জন্মদিন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গৌতম বুদ্ধের জন্মদিন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="बुद्ध पूर्णिमा – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="बुद्ध पूर्णिमा" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Рожден ден на Буда – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Рожден ден на Буда" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumplea%C3%B1os_de_Buda" title="Cumpleaños de Buda – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cumpleaños de Buda" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budhonasko" title="Budhonasko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Budhonasko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anniversaire_de_Bouddha" title="Anniversaire de Bouddha – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Anniversaire de Bouddha" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B6%80%EC%B2%98%EB%8B%98_%EC%98%A4%EC%8B%A0_%EB%82%A0" title="부처님 오신 날 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="부처님 오신 날" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="बुद्ध पूर्णिमा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बुद्ध पूर्णिमा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelahiran_Buddha" title="Kelahiran Buddha – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kelahiran Buddha" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compleanno_di_Buddha" title="Compleanno di Buddha – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Compleanno di Buddha" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B%D2%A3_%D1%82%D1%83%D2%93%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%BA%D2%AF%D0%BD%D1%96" title="Будданың туған күні – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Будданың туған күні" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budos_gimtadienis" title="Budos gimtadienis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Budos gimtadienis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Buddha_sz%C3%BClet%C3%A9snapja" title="A Buddha születésnapja – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="A Buddha születésnapja" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="बुद्ध पौर्णिमा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बुद्ध पौर्णिमा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Lahir_Buddha" title="Hari Lahir Buddha – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Hari Lahir Buddha" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox-above hd" style="background-color: transparent">Buddha Purnima</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_(8733836165).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg/250px-KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg/375px-KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg/500px-KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4925" data-file-height="2829" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="caption">Buddha's Birthday celebration in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, South Korea</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also called</th><td class="infobox-data">Buddha Jayanti <br /> Buddha's Birthday <br /> Vesākha <br /> बुद्ध पूर्णिमा <br /> बुद्ध पौर्णिमा <br /> ဗုဒ္ဓမွေးနေ့ <br />বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা <br /> ବୁଦ୍ଧ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣିମା <br /> Fódàn (佛誕) <br /> Phật Đản <br /> Chopa-il</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhists</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a> and Buddhists and some <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindus</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> (as <i><a href="/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak">Vesak</a></i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Buddhist, cultural</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Significance</th><td class="infobox-data summary">Commemoration of the birth of <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">varies by region: <ul><li>April 8 (Japan)</li> <li>Second Sunday in May (Taiwan)</li> <li>8th day of the 4th lunar month (mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, the Philippines and East Asia)</li> <li>first full moon of <a href="/wiki/Vaisakha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaisakha">Vaisakha</a> (South Asia and Southeast Asia)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2024 date</th><td class="infobox-data">15 May (China, Vietnam, the Philippines and East Asia) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>3 May (Myanmar)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4 May (Malaysia)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysMY_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysMY-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5 May (Sri Lanka)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysLK_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysLK-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>22 May (Cambodia)</li> <li>2 June (Singapore)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 June (Thailand)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4 June (Indonesia)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysID_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysID-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2025 date</th><td class="infobox-data">5 May (China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines and East Asia)<br /> <p>11 May (Cambodia)<br /> 15 May (Bangladesh)<br />23 May (India, Nepal)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br />26 May (Tibet, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>22 May (Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysMY_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysMY-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MYA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MYA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysSG_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysSG-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-THA_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THA-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>23 May (Indonesia, Sri Lanka)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysID_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysID-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysLK_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysLK-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2026 date</th><td class="infobox-data">24 May (China, Vietnam, the Philippines and East Asia) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>1 May (Cambodia)</li> <li>11 May (Myanmar, Thailand)<sup id="cite_ref-MYA_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MYA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-THA_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THA-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>12 May (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysID_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysID-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysMY_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysMY-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysSG_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysSG-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysLK_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysLK-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">annual</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Related to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak">Vesak</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Buddha's Birthday</b> or <b>Buddha Day</b> (also known as <b>Buddha Jayanti</b>, <b>Buddha Purnima</b>, and <b>Buddha Pournami</b>) is a primarily <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> festival that is celebrated in most of <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a>, commemorating the birth of the prince Siddhartha Gautama, who became the <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a> and founded <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>. According to Buddhist tradition and archaeologists, Gautama Buddha, c. 563-483 BCE, was born at <a href="/wiki/Lumbini" title="Lumbini">Lumbini</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buddha's mother was Queen <a href="/wiki/Maya_(mother_of_the_Buddha)" title="Maya (mother of the Buddha)">Maya Devi</a>, who delivered the Buddha while undertaking a journey to her native home, and his father was King <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Auddhodana" title="Śuddhodana">Śuddhodana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mayadevi Temple, its gardens, and an <a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Pillar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashoka Pillar">Ashoka Pillar</a> dating from 249 BCE mark the Buddha's birthplace at Lumbini.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The exact year of Buddha's birthday is based on the Sri Lankan convention, while several Asian <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">lunisolar calendars</a> ascribe to different lunar days. The date for the celebration of Buddha's birthday therefore varies from year to year in the Western <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>, but it is usually celebrated in either April or May. During leap years, the birthday may be celebrated in June. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>, the Buddha's birth is celebrated as part of <i><a href="/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak">Vesak</a></i>, a festival that also celebrates the Buddha's <a href="/wiki/Enlightenment_in_Buddhism" title="Enlightenment in Buddhism">enlightenment</a> (on the day of the full moon) and his <a href="/wiki/Mahaparinirvana" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahaparinirvana">mahaparinirvana</a>. In Tibetan Buddhism, Buddha's birth (7th day of the 4th Month) is celebrated separately from <a href="/wiki/Saga_Dawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Saga Dawa">Saga Dawa Duchen</a>, the annual festival celebrating his enlightenment and mahaparinirvana (15th Day of the 4th Month).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In East Asia, Vietnam and the Philippines, the enlightenment and death of the Buddha are observed as separate holidays. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Date">Date</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Date"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The exact date of Buddha's Birthday is based on the Asian <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">lunisolar calendars</a> and is primarily celebrated in <a href="/wiki/Baisakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Baisakh">Vaisakha</a> month of the <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist calendar</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Vikram Samvat</a> <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a>. This is the etymology behind the term <a href="/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak">Vesak</a>. In modern-day India and Nepal, where the historical <a href="/wiki/Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddha">Buddha</a> lived, it is celebrated on the full moon day of the Vaisakha month of the Buddhist calendar. In Theravada countries following the Buddhist calendar, it falls on the full moon, Uposatha day, typically in the 5th or 6th lunar month. In China, Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines, it is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. The date varies from year to year in the Western Gregorian calendar but usually falls in April or May. In leap years it may be celebrated in June. In Tibet, it falls on the 7th day of the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_and_Southeast_Asia_and_Mongolia">South and Southeast Asia and Mongolia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: South and Southeast Asia and Mongolia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddha%27s_statue_near_Belum_Caves_Andhra_Pradesh_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Buddha%27s_statue_near_Belum_Caves_Andhra_Pradesh_India.jpg/220px-Buddha%27s_statue_near_Belum_Caves_Andhra_Pradesh_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Buddha%27s_statue_near_Belum_Caves_Andhra_Pradesh_India.jpg/330px-Buddha%27s_statue_near_Belum_Caves_Andhra_Pradesh_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Buddha%27s_statue_near_Belum_Caves_Andhra_Pradesh_India.jpg/440px-Buddha%27s_statue_near_Belum_Caves_Andhra_Pradesh_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2273" data-file-height="3282" /></a><figcaption>Buddha's statue located near Belum Caves, Andhra Pradesh, India</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asian</a> countries (except <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>) as well as <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a>, Buddha's birthday is celebrated on the full moon day of the <a href="/wiki/Vaisakha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaisakha">Vaisakha</a> month of the Buddhist calendar and the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a>, which usually falls in April or May of the Western Gregorian calendar. The festival is known as Buddha Purnima, as Purnima means full moon day in Sanskrit. It is also called Buddha Jayanti, with Jayanti meaning birthday in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>. </p><p>The corresponding Western <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a> dates varies from year to year: </p> <ul><li>2020: May 7<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021: May 19 (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Tibet), May 26 (India, Indonesia, Nepal, Malaysia and Singapore)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="East_Asia,_Vietnam_and_the_Philippines"><span id="East_Asia.2C_Vietnam_and_the_Philippines"></span>East Asia, Vietnam and the Philippines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: East Asia, Vietnam and the Philippines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asian</a> countries as well as Vietnam and the Philippines,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buddha's Birth is celebrated on the 8th day of the 4th month in the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese lunar calendar</a> (in Japan since 1873 on April 8 of the Gregorian calendar), and the day is an official holiday in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>. The date falls from the end of April to the end of May according to the Gregorian calendar.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The primarily solar Gregorian calendar date varies from year to year, and in the year 2021, it was on May 19. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Taiwan">Taiwan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Taiwan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999 the Taiwanese government set Buddha's birthday as the second Sunday of May, the same date as <a href="/wiki/Mother%27s_Day" title="Mother's Day">Mother's Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Japan">Japan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SHAKA_GOICHIDAIKI_ZUE_1839_Buddha%27s_Birthday.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/SHAKA_GOICHIDAIKI_ZUE_1839_Buddha%27s_Birthday.jpg/220px-SHAKA_GOICHIDAIKI_ZUE_1839_Buddha%27s_Birthday.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/SHAKA_GOICHIDAIKI_ZUE_1839_Buddha%27s_Birthday.jpg/330px-SHAKA_GOICHIDAIKI_ZUE_1839_Buddha%27s_Birthday.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/SHAKA_GOICHIDAIKI_ZUE_1839_Buddha%27s_Birthday.jpg/440px-SHAKA_GOICHIDAIKI_ZUE_1839_Buddha%27s_Birthday.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2031" data-file-height="2867" /></a><figcaption>Illustration by <a href="/wiki/Hokusai" title="Hokusai">Hokusai</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As a result of the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a>, Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar in lieu of the Chinese lunar calendar in 1873. However, it took approximately until 1945, the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, for religious festivities to adopt the new calendar. In most Japanese temples, Buddha's birth is now celebrated on the Gregorian and Buddhist calendar date 8 April; only a few (mainly in Okinawa) celebrate it on the orthodox Chinese calendar date of the eighth day of the fourth lunar month.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Place">Place</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Archeological evidence from <a href="/wiki/Kapilavastu_(ancient_city)" title="Kapilavastu (ancient city)">Kapilvastu</a>, where Śuddhodana's palace was located, was uncovered in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, archaeologists from <a href="/wiki/Durham_University" title="Durham University">Durham University</a> reported that while working in Nepal they uncovered evidence of a structure at the birthplace of the Buddha dating to the sixth century BCE, using a combination of radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence techniques.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Celebrations_in_each_country">Celebrations in each country</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Celebrations in each country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This section focuses on Buddha's Birthday/Vesak celebrations across <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> and beyond as opposed to <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a> only.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia">Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bangladesh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Buddha's birthday is a public holiday in Bangladesh and the event is called Buddho Purnima (বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা). On the days preceding Purnima, Buddhist monks and priests decorate Buddhist temples with colourful decorations and candles. On the day of the festival, the President and Prime Minister deliver speeches addressing the history and importance of Buddhism, and of religious harmony in the country. From noon onwards large fairs are held in and around the temples and <a href="/wiki/Viharas" class="mw-redirect" title="Viharas">viharas</a>, selling Bengali food (largely vegetarian), clothes, and toys. Performances of Buddha's life are also presented. Buddhist monks teach celebrants about the Dharma and the <a href="/wiki/Five_precepts" title="Five precepts">Five Precepts</a> (panchashila). Buddhists then attend a congression inside the monastery where the chief monk delivers a speech discussing the Buddha and the <a href="/wiki/Triratna" class="mw-redirect" title="Triratna">Three Jewels</a> (tri-ratna), and about living the ideal life. Afterwards, a prayer to the Buddha is offered, and people then light candles and recite the Three Jewels and Five Precepts.<sup id="cite_ref-KK_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KK-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bhutan">Bhutan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bhutan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Bhutan, Buddha Parinirvana is a national holiday and is also celebrated as <a href="/wiki/Saga_Dawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Saga Dawa">Saga Dawa</a> on the 15th day of the Saga Dawa (fourth month of the Tibetan calendar). Observation of the holy month begins from 1st day of the Saga Dawa, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak_Month&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vesak Month (page does not exist)">Vesak Month</a> that culminates on the full moon day 15th of the month with celebrations of three holy events of Buddha's life; birth, enlightenment and Death (Mahaparinirvana). Throughout the Saga Dawa <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak_Month&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vesak Month (page does not exist)">Vesak Month</a> holy, virtuous and morally ethical activities flows in homes, temples, monasteries and public places. Devotees and followers follow strict vegetarian meals throughout the Saga Dawa month and avoid consumption of any non-vegetarian food. The Buddha parinirvana day also sees devotees visiting monastery to offer prayers and light butter lamps. People of various walk of life wear their national dress and go to monasteries to receive blessings from their guardian deity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cambodia">Cambodia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cambodia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Cambodia, Buddha's Birthday is celebrated as <i>Visak Bochea</i> and is a <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Cambodia" title="Public holidays in Cambodia">public holiday</a> where monks around the country carry the Buddhist flag, lotus flowers, incense, and candles to acknowledge Vesak. People also take part in alms-giving to the monks.<sup id="cite_ref-Vesak_in_Southeast_Asia_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vesak_in_Southeast_Asia-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mainland_China">Mainland China</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Mainland China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Mainland China, this day is generally and commonly called in <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a> 佛誕 (<i>Fódàn</i>), but also called "<i>Yùfú Jié</i> (浴佛節, "Bathing (Purifying) Buddha Festival"), <i>Guànfó Huì</i> (灌佛會, "Pouring on the Buddha Congregational Assembly"), <i>Lóng-huá Huì</i> (龍華會), <i>Huáyán Huì</i> (華嚴會)" or even " 衛塞節 (<i>Wèisāi jié,</i> "Vesak Day), 偉大的衛塞節花節偉大的滿月 (<i>Wěidà de Wèisāi-jié Huā-jié Wěidà de Mǎnyuè</i>, "Great Vesak Day Flower Festival Full Moon of Flower Moon")". Celebrations may occur in Buddhist temples where people may light <a href="/wiki/Incense" title="Incense">incense</a> and bring food offerings for the monks.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hong_Kong">Hong Kong</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Hong Kong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, Buddha's birthday is a <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Hong_Kong" title="Public holidays in Hong Kong">public holiday</a>. Lanterns are lit to symbolise the Buddha's enlightenment and many people visit the temple to pay their respects. The bathing of statues of the Buddha is a major feature of Buddha's birthday celebrations in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Macau, All Buddhist temples in Macau will hold the "<i>Lung4 Wa4 Wui5</i> (龍華會)" ritual ceremony, bathing the Buddha with "<i>Ng5 Heung1</i> Seui2 (五香水 "Five Scented-Perfumed Water")", which the festival is also a public holiday in <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="India">India</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The public holiday for Buddha Purnima in India was initiated by <a href="/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar" title="B. R. Ambedkar">B. R. Ambedkar</a> when he was the minister of law and justice.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is celebrated especially in <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bodh_Gaya" title="Bodh Gaya">Bodh Gaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lahaul_and_Spiti_district" title="Lahaul and Spiti district">Lahaul and Spiti district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kinnaur" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinnaur">Kinnaur</a>, various parts of North Bengal such as <a href="/wiki/Kalimpong" title="Kalimpong">Kalimpong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kurseong" title="Kurseong">Kurseong</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> (where 77% of total Indian <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhists</a> live), as well as other parts of India as per Indian calendar. Buddhists go to common <a href="/wiki/Viharas" class="mw-redirect" title="Viharas">Viharas</a> to observe a rather longer-than-usual, full-length Buddhist sutra, akin to a service. </p><p>In the followers of Theravada style the dress code is pure white, others do not follow particular dress code. <a href="/wiki/Kheer" title="Kheer">Kheer</a>, sweet rice porridge is commonly served to recall the story of Sujata, a maiden who, in Gautama Buddha's life, offered the Buddha a bowl of milk <a href="/wiki/Porridge" title="Porridge">porridge</a>. Informally called "Buddha's Birthday," it actually commemorates the birth, enlightenment (nirvāna), and death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha in the Theravada tradition. </p><p>At the Mahabodhi Temple of Bodhgaya in India, Buddha Purnima is celebrated with great enthusiasm. This temple gets decorated with colored decorations. At the Bodhi Tree, under which Gautama Buddha obtained enlightenment, devotees of Gautam Buddha do special prayers. At the National Museum in Delhi, Lord Buddha's holy remaining's are open for public viewing.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tibetans in exile and Tibet celebrate holy Vesak day <a href="/wiki/Saga_Dawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Saga Dawa">Saga Dawa</a> on the 15th day of the Saga Dawa (fourth month of the Tibetan calendar). Observation of the holy month begins from 1st day of the Saga Dawa, Vesak Month that culminates on the full moon day 15th of the month with celebrations of three holy events of Buddha's life; birth, enlightenment and Death (Mahaparinirvana). Throughout the Saga Dawa <a href="/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak">Vesak Month</a> holy, virtuous and morally ethical activities flows in homes, temples, monasteries and public places. Devotees and followers take special precepts Mahayana Posadha during the holy month and especially on the full moon day, therefore consumption of semi-vegetarian or Non-vegetarian food is avoided during the holy month of Vesak <a href="/wiki/Saga_Dawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Saga Dawa">Saga Dawa</a> in Tibetan and Himalayan villages and communities. Yogis also choose to do special types of meditation on this day as it is said to be quite conducive for spiritual growth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indonesia">Indonesia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Indonesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Indonesia, Buddha's Birthday is celebrated as <i><a href="/wiki/Vesak#In_Indonesia" title="Vesak">Waisak</a></i> and is a <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Indonesia" title="Public holidays in Indonesia">public holiday</a>. A large procession beginning in <a href="/wiki/Mendut" title="Mendut">Mendut</a> in <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a>, and ends at <a href="/wiki/Borobudur" title="Borobudur">Borobudur</a> – the largest Buddhist temple in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Japan_2">Japan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_birthday_of_Buddha,hanamatsuri,kanpukuji-temple,katori-city,japan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/A_birthday_of_Buddha%2Chanamatsuri%2Ckanpukuji-temple%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG/199px-A_birthday_of_Buddha%2Chanamatsuri%2Ckanpukuji-temple%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG" decoding="async" width="199" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/A_birthday_of_Buddha%2Chanamatsuri%2Ckanpukuji-temple%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG/298px-A_birthday_of_Buddha%2Chanamatsuri%2Ckanpukuji-temple%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/A_birthday_of_Buddha%2Chanamatsuri%2Ckanpukuji-temple%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG/397px-A_birthday_of_Buddha%2Chanamatsuri%2Ckanpukuji-temple%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Hanamatsuri in Japan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shaka_at_birth_basin.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Shaka_at_birth_basin.JPG/220px-Shaka_at_birth_basin.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Shaka_at_birth_basin.JPG/330px-Shaka_at_birth_basin.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Shaka_at_birth_basin.JPG/440px-Shaka_at_birth_basin.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1207" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shaka_at_Birth_(T%C5%8Ddai-ji)" title="Shaka at Birth (Tōdai-ji)">Shaka at Birth at Tōdaiji</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Treasures_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="National Treasures of Japan">National Treasure of Japan</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>In Japan, Buddha's Birthday is known as <i>Kanbutsu-e</i> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">灌仏会</span>) or <i>Hana<a href="/wiki/Matsuri" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsuri">matsuri</a></i> (Flower Festival) (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">花祭り</span>) and is held on April 8. Buddha's birth is also celebrated according to the Buddhist calendar but is not a national holiday. On this day, all temples hold 降誕会 (<i>Gōtan-e</i>), 仏生会 (<i>Busshō-e</i>), 浴仏会 (<i>Yokubutsu-e</i>), 龍華会 (<i>Ryūge-e</i>) and 花会式 (<i>Hana-eshiki</i>). Japanese people pour <i><a href="/wiki/Ama-cha" class="mw-redirect" title="Ama-cha">ama-cha</a></i> (a beverage prepared from <i><a href="/wiki/Hydrangea_serrata" title="Hydrangea serrata">Hydrangea serrata</a></i>, a variety of <a href="/wiki/Hydrangea" title="Hydrangea">hydrangea</a>) on small Buddha statues decorated with flowers, as if bathing a newborn baby. The tradition of bathing the Buddha originated in China and was introduced to Japan where it was first held in <a href="/wiki/Nara,_Nara" class="mw-redirect" title="Nara, Nara">Nara</a> in 606.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lion_dance" title="Lion dance">Lion dancing</a> is also a major tradition practiced during Buddha's Birthday and has become associated with the festival in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Malaysia">Malaysia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Malaysia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Malaysia, Buddha's Birthday is celebrated as <i>Wesak Day</i> and is a <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Malaysia" title="Public holidays in Malaysia">public holiday</a> celebrated by the <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Malaysia" title="Buddhism in Malaysia">sizeable minority Buddhist population</a> in the country. Temples across the country are decorated, and caged animals are set free. People engage in prayers, chanting, and alms-giving across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Vesak_in_Southeast_Asia_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vesak_in_Southeast_Asia-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mongolia">Mongolia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Mongolia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Mongolia, Buddha's Birthday is called (<a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a> Cyrillic: Багшийн Их Дүйцэн Өдөр, <i>Burkhan Bagshiin Ikh Düitsen Ödör</i>, "Lord Buddha's Great Festival Day"), is celebrated as <i>"Ikh Duichen"</i> and its date is determined by the <a href="/wiki/Mongolian_calendar" title="Mongolian calendar">Mongolian lunar calendar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the date falls in line with celebrations of Buddha's Birthday/Vesak in South and Southeast Asian countries as opposed to neighbouring East Asian countries.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2019, the popularly celebrated festival by many Mongolian Buddhists, is made a public holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Myanmar">Myanmar</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Myanmar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Myanmar, Buddha's Birthday is celebrated as <i>Full Moon of Kasun</i> and is a <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Myanmar" title="Public holidays in Myanmar">public holiday</a>. It is celebrated by watering the <a href="/wiki/Bodhi_tree" title="Bodhi tree">Bodhi tree</a> and chanting. In large pagodas, music and dance is also performed as part of the celebrations.<sup id="cite_ref-Vesak_in_Southeast_Asia_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vesak_in_Southeast_Asia-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nepal">Nepal</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Nepal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bouddhanath_Stupa_2015_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Bouddhanath_Stupa_2015_01.JPG/220px-Bouddhanath_Stupa_2015_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Bouddhanath_Stupa_2015_01.JPG/330px-Bouddhanath_Stupa_2015_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Bouddhanath_Stupa_2015_01.JPG/440px-Bouddhanath_Stupa_2015_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Colorful celebrations in <a href="/wiki/Boudha_Stupa" title="Boudha Stupa">Boudhanath Stupa, Nepal</a> during the night of full moon in Buddha Purnima</figcaption></figure> <p>In Nepal, Buddha's birthday is celebrated on the full moon day of May, and is a national <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Nepal" title="Public holidays in Nepal">public holiday</a>. The festival is known by various names, Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, Vaishakh Purnima, Saga Dawa, and Vesak. <a href="/wiki/Purnima_(day)" class="mw-redirect" title="Purnima (day)">Purnima</a> means full moon day in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>. Among the <a href="/wiki/Newar" class="mw-redirect" title="Newar">Newars</a> of Nepal, especially from the Shakya clan of Newars, it is of great importance because they consider it as a continuation of the sage of the Śākyas- the clan that Lord Buddha's family belonged to. Thus, they celebrate the festival which is in their language known as Swānyā Punhi (स्वांया पुन्हि), the full moon day of flowers.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The day marks not just the birth of Shakyamuni Gautama Buddha, but also the day of his <a href="/wiki/Bodhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodhi">Enlightenment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mahaparinirvana" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahaparinirvana">Mahaparinirvana</a>. </p><p>The event is celebrated by gentle and serene fervour, keeping in mind the very nature of Buddhism. People, especially women, go to common <a href="/wiki/Viharas" class="mw-redirect" title="Viharas">Viharas</a> to observe a rather longer-than-usual, full-length Buddhist <a href="/wiki/Sutra" title="Sutra">sutra</a>, something like a service. The usual dress is pure white. Non-vegetarian food is normally avoided. <a href="/wiki/Kheer" title="Kheer">Kheer</a>, sweet rice porridge is commonly served to recall the story of Sujata, a maiden who offered the Buddha a bowl of milk <a href="/wiki/Porridge" title="Porridge">porridge</a>. </p><p>Buddha Purnima is the biggest day for Buddhists because on this day, it is believed three important events of the Buddha's life took place: his birth, his attaining enlightenment, and his death, Paranirvana. This day is known as <i>Thrice Blessed Festival.</i><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="North_Korea">North Korea</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: North Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Buddha's Birthday is occasionally designated as a public holiday in <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> and is known as <i>Chopail</i> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span lang="ko">초파일</span> <i>Chopa-il</i>; <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: 初八日, "the first 8th day (of the month in the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_calendar" title="Lunar calendar">Lunar Calendar</a>)<i>"</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Source23_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source23-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Designation of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_traditional_festivals" title="List of Korean traditional festivals">traditional Korean holidays</a> as public holidays in North Korea are determined by the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_North_Korea" title="Cabinet of North Korea">Cabinet</a> a few days before the traditional holiday begins.<sup id="cite_ref-Source23_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source23-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buddha's Birthday is a traditional festival in Korean culture, and was celebrated in Korea long before the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Korea" title="Division of Korea">division of the country.</a> As a result, the festival is still celebrated in North Korea by the country's Buddhist population.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Philippines">Philippines</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Philippines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Philippines, Buddha's Birthday is known as <i>Kaarawan ni Buddha</i> and usually has Chinese elements via its <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Filipino" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Filipino">Chinese community</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Philippines" title="Public holidays in the Philippines">public holiday</a>. However, it can be celebrated by people of <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Philippines" title="Religion in the Philippines">all religions</a>. Like in China and Japan, Filipino people bathe statues of the Buddha.<sup id="cite_ref-Philippines_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Philippines-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Singapore">Singapore</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Singapore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Singapore, Buddha's birthday is celebrated as <i>Vesak</i> or <i>Vesak Day</i> and is a <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Singapore" title="Public holidays in Singapore">public holiday</a> in the country. Buddhist temples hold celebrations and are decorated with <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_flag" title="Buddhist flag">Buddhist flags</a> and flowers. Devotees also bring offerings to the temples.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_Korea">South Korea</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: South Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In South Korea, the birthday of Buddha is celebrated according to the <a href="/wiki/Korean_calendar" title="Korean calendar">Korean lunar calendar</a> and is a national holiday. This day is called "<i>Bucheo-nim o-shin nal"</i> (<a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">부처님 오신 날</span></span>) meaning "the day when the Buddha (<i>Bucheo-nim</i>) came", which is also called "<i>Seok-ga T'an-shin-il</i>" (<a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a>: 석가탄신일, <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: 釋迦誕辰日), i.e. "the Birthday of <i><a href="/wiki/Sakyamuni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakyamuni">Sakyamuni</a> Buddha</i>" and sometimes also called <i>Chopail</i> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span lang="ko">초파일</span> <i>Chopa-il</i>; Hanja: 初八日, "the first 8th day (of the month in the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_calendar" title="Lunar calendar">Lunar Calendar</a>)"). Lotus lanterns hang in temples throughout the month and lanterns are hung in homes and in the streets.<sup id="cite_ref-SKorea_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SKorea-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the day of Buddha's birth, many temples provide free meals and tea to all visitors and organize large lantern festival called <a href="/wiki/Yeondeunghoe" title="Yeondeunghoe">Yeondeunghoe</a> (Hangul: 연등회, Hanja: 燃燈會, "Lotus Lantern Festival"). Breakfast and lunch are also provided, which often includes sanchae <a href="/wiki/Bibimbap" title="Bibimbap">bibimbap</a>. Buddha's Birthday is a popular holiday and folk celebration in Korea, and is often celebrated by people of all religious faiths.<sup id="cite_ref-SKorea_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SKorea-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sri_Lanka">Sri Lanka</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Sri Lanka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piliyandala_Vesak_Pandol,_May_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Piliyandala_Vesak_Pandol%2C_May_2015.jpg/220px-Piliyandala_Vesak_Pandol%2C_May_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Piliyandala_Vesak_Pandol%2C_May_2015.jpg/330px-Piliyandala_Vesak_Pandol%2C_May_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Piliyandala_Vesak_Pandol%2C_May_2015.jpg/440px-Piliyandala_Vesak_Pandol%2C_May_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1836" data-file-height="1921" /></a><figcaption>Vesak Thorana in <a href="/wiki/Piliyandala,_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Piliyandala, Sri Lanka">Piliyandala, Sri Lanka</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In Sri Lanka, Buddha's Birthday is celebrated as <i><a href="/wiki/Vesak#In_Sri_Lanka" title="Vesak">Vesak</a></i> and is a <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Sri_Lanka#List_of_holidays" title="Culture of Sri Lanka">public holiday</a> celebrated on the first full moon day of the month of May. Its date is determined by the <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist lunar calendar</a>. People engage in religious observances and decorate houses and streets with candles and paper lanterns as well as bamboo-framed lanterns. <i>Dansalas</i> is practised and refers to the free offering of food and drink to people. Devotional songs known as <i>Bakthi Gee</i> are sung, and decorative gateways called <i><a href="/wiki/Torana#Meaning_and_uses_of_torana" title="Torana">pandols</a></i> are erected throughout the country. Temples around the country also hold celebrations, and devotees bring offerings and burn incense.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Electric light displays that depict stories from the Buddha's life are also a notable part of Vesak celebrations in the country.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Taiwan_2">Taiwan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Taiwan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Taiwan, after the initiation by the Buddhists and the general public, the "<i>Guódìng Fúdàn Jié</i> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: 國定佛誕節, "National Buddha's Birthday")" was jointly signed. Then in 1999, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Taiwan)" title="Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)">Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)</a> officially announced the "Anniversary of the Buddha's Birthday (Chinese: 佛陀誕辰紀念日 <i>Fótuó Dànchén Jìniàn Rì</i>)" in the "<i>Guódìng Jìniàn Rì</i> (Chinese: 國定紀念日, "National Memorial Day")". Buddha's birthday is a national holiday. Devotees pour fragrant water over Buddha statues to symbolise the beginning of a fresh start in life.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Thailand">Thailand</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Thailand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Thailand, Buddha's birthday is celebrated as <i>Visakha Puja</i> and is a <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Thailand" title="Public holidays in Thailand">public holiday</a>. People gather at temples to hear sermons, give donations and chant prayers.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Vietnam">Vietnam</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Vietnam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:H%E1%BB%99i_An_lantern_festival_(45485644722).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/H%E1%BB%99i_An_lantern_festival_%2845485644722%29.jpg/220px-H%E1%BB%99i_An_lantern_festival_%2845485644722%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/H%E1%BB%99i_An_lantern_festival_%2845485644722%29.jpg/330px-H%E1%BB%99i_An_lantern_festival_%2845485644722%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/H%E1%BB%99i_An_lantern_festival_%2845485644722%29.jpg/440px-H%E1%BB%99i_An_lantern_festival_%2845485644722%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5383" data-file-height="3589" /></a><figcaption>Water lanterns on the river on the occasion of Buddha's birthday in <a href="/wiki/H%E1%BB%99i_An" title="Hội An">Hội An</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_Nam_province" title="Quảng Nam province">Quảng Nam</a>, Vietnam</figcaption></figure> <p>In Vietnam, Buddha's birthday is called in <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a>, <span title="Vietnamese-language text"><i lang="vi">Lễ Phật Đản/Phật Đản</i></span> (<span title="Vietnamese-language text"><span lang="vi-Hant">佛誕</span></span>, "Birthday of the Buddha"), or <span title="Vietnamese-language text"><i lang="vi">Ngày Hội Hoa Phật</i></span> (Buddha's Lord Flower Festival Day) and is celebrated throughout Vietnam. Many Buddhist temples hold celebrations that attract people from around the country, while pagodas around the country are decorated.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1958 to 1975, the birthday of Buddha (on the 8th day of the 4th month in the <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_calendar" title="Vietnamese calendar">Vietnamese calendar</a>) was recognized as a national public holiday in <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> enjoyed with floats and lantern parades on the streets. Currently Buddha's Birthday is still a popular celebrated festival in Vietnam, but not a public holiday. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="List_of_names_in_languages">List of names in languages</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: List of names in languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Buddha's Birthday</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Chinese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BD%9B" class="extiw" title="wikt:佛">佛</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%AA%95" class="extiw" title="wikt:誕">誕</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BD%9B" class="extiw" title="wikt:佛">佛</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%AF%9E" class="extiw" title="wikt:诞">诞</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; 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text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Revised Hepburn</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ja-Latn">Kanbutsu-e</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Filipino name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Tagalog-language text"><i lang="tl">Kaarawan ni Buddha</i></span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outside_Asia">Outside Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Outside Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australia">Australia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, Buddha's birthday is celebrated at the Nan Tien Temple in Wollongong, while another celebration also organised by Nan Tien Temple is held at <a href="/wiki/Darling_Harbour" title="Darling Harbour">Darling Harbour</a>, which features Buddha's birthday ceremony. A variety of vegetarian food is served, and culture stalls and multicultural performances are held, celebrating cultures from China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other temples in the Fo Guang Shan Nan Tien Temple group in Australia also hld celebrations on the eighth day of the fourth month of the China lunar calendar.<sup id="cite_ref-bbep_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbep-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>, the <i>Buddha's Birthday Festival</i> is held annually and features a variety of pan-Asian food, and performances from various cultures are held.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a weekend-long festival which draws over 200,000 visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-bbdf_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbdf-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, the weekend-long festival called <i>Buddha's Day and Multicultural Festival</i> is held at Federation Square around April/May.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>, a two-day celebration also known as <i>Buddha's Day and Multicultural Festival</i> is held at <a href="/wiki/Langley_Park_(Western_Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Langley Park (Western Australia)">Langley Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local Buddhist temples and smaller towns around the country such as <a href="/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo">Bendigo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> also hold celebrations.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the Australian <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">external territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a>, Buddha's Birthday is celebrated as "Vesak Day" and is celebrated alongside many other celebrations common in Australia and Malaysia as well as local celebrations of the island.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Brazil">Brazil</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Brazil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vesak (Hanamatsuri) is widely known and celebrated in Brazil due to the country's large <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Brazilians" title="Japanese Brazilians">Japanese community</a>. Hanamatsuri has grown in popularity and also attracts interest from the wider non-Japanese Brazilian population. As a result, Hanamatsuri has become a <a href="/wiki/Consumerism" title="Consumerism">consumerist culture phenomenon</a> in the country and is sometimes locally known as <i>Festa das Flores</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hanamatsuri is celebrated in the <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo">São Paulo</a> neighbourhood of <a href="/wiki/Liberdade_(district_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo)" title="Liberdade (district of São Paulo)">Liberdade</a> which is home to the largest Japanese community outside of Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-Source2_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source2-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hanamatsuri celebrations in Liberdade began in 1966 and includes a parade on Galvão Bueno street. Celebrations are also held at the suburb's major shopping centre, Liberdade Plaza.<sup id="cite_ref-Source_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source2_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source2-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Canada">Canada</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, three Buddhist temples representing the three main branches of Buddhism organize an annual event known as <i>Vesak: Buddha's Birthday</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is held at <a href="/wiki/Mississauga" title="Mississauga">Mississauga Celebration Square</a>, and features a number of Buddhist-themed events and activities, as well as cultural acts from Asia, including China, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States">United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The celebration of Buddha's Birthday in the United States differs from community to community, depending on ethnicity and nationality. </p><p>The Japanese celebration on 8 April has been significant in the <a href="/wiki/Bay_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay Area">Bay Area</a> of California for some decades. In 1968 the first <a href="/wiki/Circumambulation" title="Circumambulation">circumambulation</a> of Mt. Tamalpais to celebrate Buddha's Birthday was conducted. Starting in 1969 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Hana-Matsuri</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">花まつり</span></span>, flower festival)</span> was celebrated each spring. Dressed in formal black robes, the roughly 70 monks and students form a formal procession to the Horse Pasture with the leader periodically ringing a small, clear bell. A temporary stone altar was built under a huge oak tree in a gorgeous field of green grass and abundant wildflowers; a small statue of a baby Buddha was placed upon it in a metal basin. Then each person, in turn, approaches the altar, and ladle one thin-lipped bamboo dipperful of sweet green tea over the statue, bow, and walk to one side.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, the <i>International Lotus Lantern Parade</i> has been a notable and successful annual event held at <a href="/wiki/Union_Square_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Square Park">Union Square Park</a>. The event celebrates the Buddha's birthday and <i>Yeon Deung Hoe</i> (연등회,燃燈會), a Korean lantern celebration that is held during Vesak. The festival features a number of Buddhist themed events and is started off by numerous Buddhist centers of Japanese, Korean and Sri Lankan origins for example.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 1963, the state of <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> has recognized 8 April of each year as "Buddha Day". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddha%27s_Birthday&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid 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href="/wiki/Great_Renunciation" title="Great Renunciation">Great Renunciation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physical_characteristics_of_the_Buddha" title="Physical characteristics of the Buddha">Physical characteristics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Buddha_in_art" title="Life of Buddha in art">Life of Buddha in art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddha_footprint" title="Buddha footprint">Footprint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relics_associated_with_Buddha" title="Relics associated with Buddha">Relics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iconography_of_Gautama_Buddha_in_Laos_and_Thailand" title="Iconography of Gautama Buddha in Laos and Thailand">Iconography in Laos and Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depictions_of_Gautama_Buddha_in_film" title="Depictions of Gautama Buddha in film">Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracles_of_Gautama_Buddha" title="Miracles of Gautama Buddha">Miracles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_of_Gautama_Buddha" title="Family of Gautama Buddha">Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Auddhodana" title="Śuddhodana">Suddhodāna <small>(father)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_(mother_of_the_Buddha)" title="Maya (mother of the Buddha)">Māyā <small>(mother)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahapajapati_Gotami" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahapajapati Gotami">Mahapajapati Gotamī<small> (aunt, adoptive mother)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ya%C5%9Bodhar%C4%81" title="Yaśodharā">Yaśodharā <small>(wife)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C4%81hula" title="Rāhula">Rāhula <small>(son)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80nanda" title="Ānanda">Ānanda <small>(cousin)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devadatta" title="Devadatta">Devadatta <small>(cousin)</small></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhi_tree" title="Bodhi tree">Bodhi tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_where_Gautama_Buddha_stayed" title="List of places where Gautama Buddha stayed">Places where the Buddha stayed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha_in_world_religions" title="Gautama Buddha in world religions">Buddha in world religions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD068;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bodhisattva" title="Bodhisattva">Bodhisattvas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avalokite%C5%9Bvara" title="Avalokiteśvara">Avalokiteśvara</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guanyin" title="Guanyin">Guanyin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjushri" title="Manjushri">Mañjuśrī</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahasthamaprapta" title="Mahasthamaprapta">Mahāsthāmaprāpta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80k%C4%81%C5%9Bagarbha" title="Ākāśagarbha">Ākāśagarbha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%E1%B9%A3itigarbha" title="Kṣitigarbha">Kṣitigarbha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samantabhadra_(Bodhisattva)" title="Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva)">Samantabhadra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajrapani" title="Vajrapani">Vajrapāṇi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skanda_(Buddhism)" title="Skanda (Buddhism)">Skanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_(Buddhism)" title="Tara (Buddhism)">Tārā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maitreya" title="Maitreya">Metteyya/Maitreya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD068;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Disciples_of_Gautama_Buddha" title="Category:Disciples of Gautama Buddha">Disciples</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kaundinya" title="Kaundinya">Kaundinya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assaji" class="mw-redirect" title="Assaji">Assaji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C4%81riputra" title="Śāriputra">Sāriputta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maudgalyayana" title="Maudgalyayana">Mahamoggallāna</a></li> <li><a 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title="Uppalavanna">Uppalavanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asita" title="Asita">Asita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channa_(Buddhist)" title="Channa (Buddhist)">Channa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasa" title="Yasa">Yasa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD068;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_Buddhism" title="Glossary of Buddhism">Key concepts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avidy%C4%81_(Buddhism)" title="Avidyā (Buddhism)">Avidyā (Ignorance)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardo" title="Bardo">Bardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhicitta" title="Bodhicitta">Bodhicitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddha-nature" title="Buddha-nature">Buddha-nature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhamma_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhamma theory">Dhamma theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">Dharma</a></li> 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title="Saṅkhāra">Saṅkhāra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skandha" title="Skandha">Skandha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C5%ABnyat%C4%81" title="Śūnyatā">Śūnyatā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%E1%B9%87h%C4%81" title="Taṇhā">Taṇhā (Craving)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tath%C4%81t%C4%81" title="Tathātā">Tathātā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fetter_(Buddhism)" title="Fetter (Buddhism)">Ten Fetters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_marks_of_existence" title="Three marks of existence">Three marks of existence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Impermanence_(Buddhism)" title="Impermanence (Buddhism)">Anicca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Du%E1%B8%A5kha" title="Duḥkha">Dukkha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatt%C4%81" title="Anattā">Anattā</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_truths_doctrine" title="Two truths doctrine">Two truths doctrine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD068;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_cosmology" title="Buddhist cosmology">Cosmology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ten_realms" title="Ten realms">Ten spiritual realms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Paths" title="Six Paths">Six Paths</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deva_(Buddhism)" title="Deva (Buddhism)">Deva realm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_beings_in_Buddhism" title="Human beings in Buddhism">Human realm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asura_(Buddhism)" title="Asura (Buddhism)">Asura realm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preta" title="Preta">Hungry Ghost realm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animals_in_Buddhism" title="Animals in Buddhism">Animal realm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naraka_(Buddhism)" title="Naraka (Buddhism)">Naraka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trailokya" title="Trailokya">Three planes of existence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD068;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Schools_of_Buddhism" title="Schools of Buddhism">Branches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahayana" title="Mahayana">Mahayana</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zen" title="Zen">Zen</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chan_Buddhism" title="Chan Buddhism">Chinese Chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Zen" title="Japanese Zen">Japanese Zen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Seon" title="Korean Seon">Korean Seon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thi%E1%BB%81n" title="Thiền">Vietnamese Thiền</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pure_Land_Buddhism" title="Pure Land Buddhism">Pure Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiantai" title="Tiantai">Tiantai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huayan" title="Huayan">Huayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rissh%C5%AB_(Buddhism)" title="Risshū (Buddhism)">Risshū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nichiren_Buddhism" title="Nichiren Buddhism">Nichiren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhyamaka" title="Madhyamaka">Madhyamaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogachara" title="Yogachara">Yogachara</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajrayana" title="Vajrayana">Vajrayana</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Tibetan Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Esoteric_Buddhism" title="Chinese Esoteric Buddhism">Chinese Esoteric Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shingon_Buddhism" title="Shingon Buddhism">Shingon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzogchen" title="Dzogchen">Dzogchen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theravada" title="Theravada">Theravada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navayana" title="Navayana">Navayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Buddhist_schools" title="Early Buddhist schools">Early Buddhist schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pre-sectarian_Buddhism" title="Pre-sectarian Buddhism">Pre-sectarian Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic_points_unifying_Therav%C4%81da_and_Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na" title="Basic points unifying Theravāda and Mahāyāna">Basic points unifying Theravāda and Mahāyāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern,_Eastern_and_Northern_Buddhism" title="Southern, Eastern and Northern Buddhism">Southern, Eastern and Northern Buddhism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD068;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Buddhist_practices" title="Category:Buddhist practices">Practices</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhavana" title="Bhavana">Bhavana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhipakkhiy%C4%81dhamm%C4%81" title="Bodhipakkhiyādhammā">Bodhipakkhiyādhammā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmavihara" title="Brahmavihara">Brahmavihara</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maitr%C4%AB" title="Maitrī">Mettā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karu%E1%B9%87%C4%81" title="Karuṇā">Karuṇā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudita" title="Mudita">Mudita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upek%E1%B9%A3%C4%81" title="Upekṣā">Upekkha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddh%C4%81bhi%E1%B9%A3eka" title="Buddhābhiṣeka">Buddhābhiṣeka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%81na" title="Dāna">Dāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_devotion" title="Buddhist devotion">Devotion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deity_yoga" title="Deity yoga">Deity yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhyana_in_Buddhism" title="Dhyana in Buddhism">Dhyāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faith_in_Buddhism" title="Faith in Buddhism">Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Strengths" title="Five Strengths">Five Strengths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iddhipada" title="Iddhipada">Iddhipada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_meditation" title="Buddhist meditation">Meditation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mantra#Buddhism" title="Mantra">Mantras</a></li> <li><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kamma%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81na" title="Kammaṭṭhāna">Kammaṭṭhāna</a></i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anussati" title="Anussati">Recollection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simran" title="Simran">Smarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anapanasati" title="Anapanasati">Anapanasati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samatha-vipassan%C4%81" title="Samatha-vipassanā">Samatha-vipassanā</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vipassana_movement" title="Vipassana movement">Vipassana movement</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shikantaza" title="Shikantaza">Shikantaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zazen" title="Zazen">Zazen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tukdam" title="Tukdam">Tukdam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koan" title="Koan">Koan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganana" title="Ganana">Ganana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandala" title="Mandala">Mandala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonglen" title="Tonglen">Tonglen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tantra" title="Tantra">Tantra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tert%C3%B6n" title="Tertön">Tertön</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terma_(religion)" title="Terma (religion)">Terma</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merit_(Buddhism)" title="Merit (Buddhism)">Merit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mindfulness" title="Mindfulness">Mindfulness</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mindful_Yoga" title="Mindful Yoga">Mindful Yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satipatthana" title="Satipatthana">Satipatthana</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nekkhamma" title="Nekkhamma">Nekkhamma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nianfo" title="Nianfo">Nianfo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C4%81ramit%C4%81" title="Pāramitā">Pāramitā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paritta" title="Paritta">Paritta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_devotion" title="Buddhist devotion">Puja</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Offering_(Buddhism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Offering (Buddhism)">Offerings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostration_(Buddhism)" title="Prostration (Buddhism)">Prostration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_music" title="Buddhist music">Music</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refuge_in_Buddhism" title="Refuge in Buddhism">Refuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C4%81dhu_(Pali_word)" title="Sādhu (Pali word)">Sādhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya" title="Satya">Satya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sacca" title="Sacca">Sacca</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Factors_of_Awakening" title="Seven Factors of Awakening">Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sati_(Buddhism)" title="Sati (Buddhism)">Sati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhamma_vicaya" title="Dhamma vicaya">Dhamma vicaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C4%ABti" title="Pīti">Pīti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passaddhi" title="Passaddhi">Passaddhi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_ethics" title="Buddhist ethics">Śīla</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Five_precepts" title="Five precepts">Five precepts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eight_precepts" title="Eight precepts">Eight precepts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhisattva_vow" title="Bodhisattva vow">Bodhisattva vow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratimok%E1%B9%A3a" title="Pratimokṣa">Pratimokṣa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threefold_Training" title="Threefold Training">Threefold Training</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_ethics" title="Buddhist ethics">Śīla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samadhi" title="Samadhi">Samadhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praj%C3%B1%C4%81_(Buddhism)" title="Prajñā (Buddhism)">Prajñā</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C4%ABrya" title="Vīrya">Vīrya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Four_Right_Exertions" title="Four Right Exertions">Four Right Exertions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-two_vows_of_Ambedkar" title="Twenty-two vows of Ambedkar">Twenty-two vows of Ambedkar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD068;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nirvana" title="Nirvana">Nirvana</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enlightenment_in_Buddhism" title="Enlightenment in Buddhism">Bodhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhisattva" title="Bodhisattva">Bodhisattva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhahood" title="Buddhahood">Buddhahood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratyekabuddhay%C4%81na" title="Pratyekabuddhayāna">Pratyekabuddhayāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_stages_of_awakening" class="mw-redirect" title="Four stages of awakening">Four stages of awakening</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sot%C4%81panna" title="Sotāpanna">Sotāpanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakadagami" title="Sakadagami">Sakadagami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An%C4%81g%C4%81mi" title="Anāgāmi">Anāgāmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arhat" title="Arhat">Arhat</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD068;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_monasticism" title="Buddhist monasticism">Monasticism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhikkhu" title="Bhikkhu">Bhikkhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhikkhun%C4%AB" title="Bhikkhunī">Bhikkhunī</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samanera" title="Samanera">Śrāmaṇera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samanera" title="Samanera">Śrāmaṇerī</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anag%C4%81rika" title="Anagārika">Anagārika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajahn" title="Ajahn">Ajahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayadaw" title="Sayadaw">Sayadaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zen_master" title="Zen master">Zen master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C5%8Dshi" title="Rōshi">Rōshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lama" title="Lama">Lama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rinpoche" title="Rinpoche">Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geshe" title="Geshe">Geshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulku" title="Tulku">Tulku</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_tulku" title="Western tulku">Western tulku</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kappiya" title="Kappiya">Kappiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donchee" title="Donchee">Donchee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Householder_(Buddhism)" title="Householder (Buddhism)">Householder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Up%C4%81saka_and_Up%C4%81sik%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Upāsaka and Upāsikā">Upāsaka and Upāsikā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achar_(Buddhism)" title="Achar (Buddhism)">Achar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Ar%C4%81vaka" title="Śrāvaka">Śrāvaka</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ten_principal_disciples" title="Ten principal disciples">Ten principal disciples</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery" title="Shaolin Monastery">Shaolin Monastery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD068;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Buddhists" title="List of Buddhists">Major figures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Buddha" title="The Buddha">The Buddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagasena" title="Nagasena">Nagasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%C5%9Bvagho%E1%B9%A3a" title="Aśvaghoṣa">Aśvaghoṣa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagarjuna" title="Nagarjuna">Nagarjuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asanga" title="Asanga">Asanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasubandhu" title="Vasubandhu">Vasubandhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kum%C4%81raj%C4%ABva" title="Kumārajīva">Kumārajīva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhaghosa" title="Buddhaghosa">Buddhaghosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhap%C4%81lita" title="Buddhapālita">Buddhapālita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dign%C4%81ga" title="Dignāga">Dignāga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhidharma" title="Bodhidharma">Bodhidharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhiyi" title="Zhiyi">Zhiyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Wen_of_Sui" title="Emperor Wen of Sui">Emperor Wen of Sui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songtsen_Gampo" title="Songtsen Gampo">Songtsen Gampo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shandao" title="Shandao">Shandao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmasambhava" title="Padmasambhava">Padmasambhava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saraha" title="Saraha">Saraha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ati%C5%9Ba" title="Atiśa">Atiśa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naropa" title="Naropa">Naropa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karmapa" title="Karmapa">Karmapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dnen" title="Hōnen">Hōnen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinran" title="Shinran">Shinran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C5%8Dgen" title="Dōgen">Dōgen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nichiren" title="Nichiren">Nichiren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamarpa" title="Shamarpa">Shamarpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalai_Lama" title="Dalai Lama">Dalai Lama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchen_Lama" title="Panchen Lama">Panchen Lama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajahn_Mun" title="Ajahn Mun">Ajahn Mun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar" title="B. R. Ambedkar">B. R. Ambedkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajahn_Chah" title="Ajahn Chah">Ajahn Chah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh" title="Thích Nhất Hạnh">Thích Nhất Hạnh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD068;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_texts" title="Buddhist texts">Texts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_Buddhist_texts" title="Early Buddhist texts">Early Buddhist texts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripi%E1%B9%ADaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Tripiṭaka">Tripiṭaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahayana_sutras" title="Mahayana sutras">Mahayana sutras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pali_Canon" title="Pali Canon">Pali Canon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Buddhist_canon" title="Chinese Buddhist canon">Chinese Buddhist canon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhist_canon" title="Tibetan Buddhist canon">Tibetan Buddhist canon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dhammapada" title="Dhammapada">Dhammapada</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutra" title="Sutra">Sutra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinaya" title="Vinaya">Vinaya</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Madhyamak%C4%81la%E1%B9%83k%C4%81ra" title="Madhyamakālaṃkāra">Madhyamakālaṃkāra</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhidharmad%C4%ABpa" title="Abhidharmadīpa">Abhidharmadīpa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD068;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_by_country" title="Buddhism by country">Countries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Afghanistan" title="Buddhism in Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Bangladesh" title="Buddhism in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Bhutan" title="Buddhism in Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Cambodia" title="Buddhism in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_China" title="Buddhism in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Buddhism_in_India" title="History of Buddhism in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Indonesia" title="Buddhism in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Japan" title="Buddhism in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Buddhism" title="Korean Buddhism">Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Laos" title="Buddhism in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Malaysia" title="Buddhism in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Maldives" title="Buddhism in the Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Mongolia" title="Buddhism in Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Myanmar" title="Buddhism in Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Nepal" title="Buddhism in Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Pakistan" title="Buddhism in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Philippines" title="Buddhism in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Russia" title="Buddhism in Russia">Russia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Buryatia" title="Buddhism in Buryatia">Buryatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Kalmykia" title="Buddhism in Kalmykia">Kalmykia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddhism_in_Tuva&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buddhism in Tuva (page does not exist)">Tuva</a> (<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC_%D0%B2_%D0%A2%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:Буддизм в Тыве">ru</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Singapore" title="Buddhism in Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Buddhism in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Taiwan" title="Buddhism in Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Thailand" title="Buddhism in Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Tibet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Vietnam" title="Buddhism in Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Africa" title="Buddhism in Africa">Africa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Senegal" title="Buddhism in Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_South_Africa" title="Buddhism in South Africa">South Africa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Central_Asia" title="Buddhism in Central Asia">Central Asia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Uzbekistan" title="Buddhism in Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Middle_East" title="Buddhism in the Middle East">Middle East</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Iran" title="Buddhism in 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Vietnam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rim%C3%A9_movement" title="Rimé movement">Rimé movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banishment_of_Buddhist_monks_from_Nepal" title="Banishment of Buddhist monks from Nepal">Banishment of Buddhist monks from Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalit_Buddhist_movement" title="Dalit Buddhist movement">Dalit Buddhist movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Tibet_by_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China">Chinese invasion of Tibet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_Tibetan_uprising" title="1959 Tibetan uprising">1959 Tibetan uprising</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_Buddhist_nationalism" title="Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism">Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_modernism" title="Buddhist modernism">Buddhist modernism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vipassana_movement" title="Vipassana movement">Vipassana movement</a></li> <li><a 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