"Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. It was on the Day of Vesak two and a half millennia ago, in the year 623 B ...

Monday, May 12, 2025 is Vesak Day, the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. Traditions vary across Asia. In East Asian Buddhist schools, Vesak celebrates the birth of Buddha. In ...

Vesak is the most sacred occasion for millions of Buddhists across the globe. It marks the triple-blessed day on which the Buddha was born, attained Enlightenment, and passed into Parinibbana.

In her Vesak day message, Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya wished that this Vesak celebration be a blessed one filled with kindness and compassion towards all living beings The full text of the ...

Vesak Day commemorates the birth, enlightenment and attainment of nirvana of Siddharta Gautama Shakyamuni Buddha. Born into a noble family 3, 000 years ago in what's now known as Nepal, Gautama ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Buddhists centered the celebration of Vesak Day at Borobudur Temple, Central Java, on Monday, May 12, 2025. The celebration of Vesak Day is one of the most important ...

449. Most appropriate to purify our minds on this day – Asgiriya Prelate Chief Prelate of the Asgiriya Chapter Most Ven.Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Mahanayaka Thera issuing a statement to mark the ...

Each culture celebrates Vesak Day in its own unique way and several cultures will be represented at Sunday’s event. “This will be communities coming together to celebrate Buddha’s birthday ...

The Sri Lanka High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya, co-hosted the Vesak Day commemoration with the Thai Embassy in Nairobi at the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON) on May 5, 2023. The inspiring ...

These days, however, it rarely sees crowds as big as the 45,000 who flocked there in early May for the annual Vesak Day celebration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death.

Colombo, May 2 (Daily Mirror) - The Vesak Poya Day (12) should not be turned into a day of musical shows or carnivals but the day should be spent as a full religious day to make practice-based ...