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[[Image:Enlightenment.JPG|frame|Buddha's victory over the forces of [[Mara]]]] | [[Image:Enlightenment.JPG|frame|Buddha's victory over the forces of [[Mara]]]] | ||
'''Saga Dawa Düchen''' (''sa ga zla ba dus chen'') 'The Festival of Vaishakha' - one of the four major | '''Saga Dawa Düchen''' ([[Wyl.]] ''sa ga zla ba dus chen'') 'The Festival of Vaishakha' - one of the four major Buddhist holidays. It occurs on the full moon (the 15th day) of the fourth Tibetan lunar month, which is called [[Saga Dawa]] in Tibetan. It celebrates [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]’s [[enlightenment]] and [[parinirvana]]. At the age of thirty-five Buddha attained enlightenment at [[Bodhgaya]]. This day also marks the anniversary of his parinirvana at [[Kushinagara]]. | ||
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[[Category:Anniversaries]] | [[Category:Anniversaries]] | ||
Revision as of 17:08, 9 September 2008
Saga Dawa Düchen (Wyl. sa ga zla ba dus chen) 'The Festival of Vaishakha' - one of the four major Buddhist holidays. It occurs on the full moon (the 15th day) of the fourth Tibetan lunar month, which is called Saga Dawa in Tibetan. It celebrates Buddha Shakyamuni’s enlightenment and parinirvana. At the age of thirty-five Buddha attained enlightenment at Bodhgaya. This day also marks the anniversary of his parinirvana at Kushinagara.