Vesak
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Vesak
- A Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha.
- Synonym: Buddha Day
- 2012, Richard Hughes Seager, Buddhism in America, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 167:
- Vesak or Visakha is a spring celebration that commemorates Buddha's birth, enlightenment, death, and passing into nirvana. It is the most important Buddhist holiday in Asia, although its observance varies according to national tradition. […] At Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara in Los Angeles for example, Vesak extends over a weekend and draws hundreds of people.
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Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha
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Vesak m
- Vesak (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha)