Vesak | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Vesak


00:00:40 1 History
00:04:18 2 Celebration
00:07:42 2.1 Bringing happiness to others
00:08:31 2.2 Paying homage to the Buddha
00:09:32 2.3 Dates of observance
00:11:03 2.4 In Japan
00:12:18 2.5 In Nepal
00:13:13 2.6 In Sri Lanka
00:14:32 2.7 In Korea
00:15:23 2.8 In Laos
00:15:57 2.8.1 Boun Bang Fay
00:16:51 2.9 In Vietnam
00:17:16 2.10 In Malaysia
00:17:56 2.11 In Bangladesh
00:18:23 2.12 In Indonesia
00:19:14 2.13 In Singapore
00:19:49 2.14 At the United Nations



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Vesak (Pali: Vesākha, Sanskrit: Vaiśākha), also known as Wesak, Buddha Purnima and Buddha Day, is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists and some Hindus on different days in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia and the Philippines and in China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam as "Buddha's Birthday" as well as in other parts of the world. The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Buddhahood), and death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha in the Theravada or southern tradition.