Religious Holidays
Religious Festivals:
Cybergiftideas.com gives you the whereabouts of the world of festivals and holidays! Of the many festivals celebrated across the world, Christmas is one festival that has a great history, a great reason to celebrate and importantly a great time to be with family. And ditto for the followers of Buddhism, all the Buddhist festivals are looked forward to every year.
This section, Religious Festivals, tells about various Buddhist Festivals and also about Christmas!
Buddhist Festivals:
There are quite a few Buddhist festivals, each with a varied history and each celebrating the Buddhist philosophy.
Mahaparinirvana is a day which is celebrated to commemorate the great transition of Buddha from life to death. Vesak(Buddha Day) is celebrate as it is believed that it is on this day that Siddhartha attained the great enlightenment!
Apart from these major days, the first full moon days of April are celebrates as the New Year of Buddhists! But just before this, i.e. in March, it is believed that Buddha came over to Veruvana Monastery. This day is still celebrated even today as a Sangha Day!
Lord Buddha is said to have given his first sermon, in the present day India, at Saranath Deer Park. This day is celebrated as the Dhamma Day (Asalha Puja) . Other important days in the lives of Buddhists are: Observance Day (Uposatha) , Vassa, Karthina Ceremony, and Loy Krathong! Read More.
Christmas:
Everybody knows about Christmas and yet there is some mystique about it. One wonders if it is with Jesus Christ, or with Mary. And there is one day to celebrate great mystique surrounding it…and it is none other than Christmas itself. Children like the listen to the same story they have being hearing and adults look forward to spend time with their family and the list goes on.
Christmas is one such day that is seen as a great day to celebrate how purposeful our life is. Read More.