festivals and retreats Flashcards
1
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wesak
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theravada festival that celebrates buddhas birth enlightenment and death
2
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parinirvana day
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mahayana festival commemorates the buddhas death and parinirvana
3
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kathina
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theravada festival that comes at the end of vassa an annual period of retreat
4
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Theravada festivals
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kathina
wesak
5
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mahayana festival
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parinirvana day
6
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wesak celebration
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displaying lights to symbolise enlightenment
giving offerings at temples and shrines releasing captive animals to symbolise nirvana
7
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parinirvana day celebrations
A
giving gifts to monks and the poor
reading the parinirvana sutra
prepare and share food
some buddhists take a pilgrimage to Kushinagar where the buddha died
8
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kathina celebrations
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a time for monks and lay buddhist to some together
lay buddhist may prepare a meal for monks
