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	Buddhist Holidays and Festivals
		There are two aspects to take into consideration regarding Buddhist festivals: Most Buddhists, with the exception of the Japanese, use the Lunar Calendar and the dates of Buddhist festivals vary from country to country and between Buddhist traditions.
		Vesak is the major Buddhist festival of the year as it celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha on the one day, the first full moon day in May, except in a leap year when the festival is held in June.
		Ulambana is also a Japanese Buddhist festival known as Obon, beginning on the thirteenth of July and lasting for three days, which celebrates the reunion of family ancestors with the living.
	www.urbandharma.org /udharma3/holidays.html (1453 words)

	Buddhist Festivals for Kids
		Buddhists also visit their local temples for services and teachings, and give offerings to monks.
		Buddhist think about how to be kinder and more generous to people.
		This is a Mahayana Buddhist festival that marks the death of the Buddha.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /Homework/religion/buddhistfestivals.htm (657 words)

	:: The Buddhist Community ::
		In Theravada (southern) Buddhist countries, the monks (bhikkhus) are easily recognized because they wear the characteristic orange robe, have their heads shaven, and go about barefoot.
		In Mahayana (northern) Buddhist countries there are two main branches, the Tibetan with monks wearing the characteristic maroon robe, and the Far Eastern, which also has an unbroken line of nuns, where the robes are fl or grey.
		The highpoint of the Buddhist calendar in Theravada countries is WESAK, when the birth, Enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha are celebrated.
	www.thebuddhistsociety.org /resources/Community.html (416 words)

	Buddhist calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar (formerly Burma) in several related forms.
		It is a lunisolar calendar having months that are alternately 29 and 30 days, with an intercalated day and a 30-day month added at regular intervals.
		All years are elapsed/expired/complete years, thus their epochal year is year 0, not year 1, because a complete year had not yet elapsed during it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddhist_calendar (543 words)

	.:. Buddhist Calendar .:. ASTRAL TRAVELER .:.
		It should be noted that each Teravadan tradition has its own version of the Buddhist calendar, complete with names for the months, the holidays, and even cycles of years.
		Buddhists also have many local traditions and holidays that vary from country to country depending on the ethnic group.
		Buddhists believe in a cycle of birth and rebirth (reincarnation), which ends only with the enlightenment of a soul.
	www.astraltraveler.com /calendars/buddhist.html (2154 words)

	Buddhist News Network - Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Buddhist Calendar based it’s year on the Buddhist Era (B.E.) which is counted from the year of the Mahaparinibbana.
		Given this interpretation, Buddhist around the world commemorated the year 2500 BE on the Full Mon Day of May, 1956; it was known as the Buddha Jayanti Year.
		However, since the modern calendar is common to humanity and need not refer to the Christian worldview alone, writers are beginning to use the neutral abbreviation of C.E. which means "Common Era" and B.C.E. for "Before Common Era".
	www.buddhistnews.tv /articles2001/budcalendar.php (503 words)

	Calendar of Buddhist festivals and holy days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Buddhists also use this as an opportunity to contemplate their own deaths and the deaths of others.
		This Buddhist festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha.
		This day celebrates the Sangha or Buddhist community and marks an event early in the Buddha's teaching life when a group of 1,250 enlightened saints, ordained by the Buddha spontaneously gathered to pay their respects to him.
	www.cre.gov.uk /diversity/religionguides/calendar/buddhist.html (479 words)

	Angkhang Shrine of Lord Buddha's Relics, dedicated BE 2553 (Buddhist calendar) photo - Doug J photos at pbase.com
		The Buddhist calendar is 543 years older than the Christian / Gregorian calendar, the year 2000 thus corresponds with the year 2543.
		The most common type of Buddhist calendar is lunar and begins roughly in December or January of the Christian / Gregorian calendar.
		In essence the Buddhist calendar is similar to the Hindu calendar but uses a different moon to begin the New Year.
	www.pbase.com /image/26035388 (235 words)

	Buddhist Calendar
		The most common type of Buddhist calendar is lunar and begins roughly in December or January of the
		Theraveda Buddhists begin the New Year on a solar basis calculated upon the zodiac from the point at which the sun enters Aries, which is often between April 13-18.
		Mayahana Buddhists celebrate Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death according to the Gregorian calendar.
	www.unifr.ch /imr/t6budd_calendar.htm (176 words)

	Buddhist Channel \| Wesak 2006 \| Buddhist followers nationwide celebrate Lord Buddha's birthday
		Hanoi, Vietnam -- Buddhist clerics and followers on recent days gathered at pagodas nationwide to join grand ceremonies to celebrate the 2630th birthday of the Lord Buddha on the 2550th year of the Buddhist calendar.
		In Hanoi, Buddhist followers will enjoy celebrations in over 590 pagodas through May 12 (or the 15th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar).
		In the central province of Quang Nam, officials from the local Fatherland Front and the Committee for Religious Affairs met with Buddhist dignitaries in the province on May 9 on the occasion of Buddha's 2630th birth anniversary and the 2550-year Buddhist calendar.
	www.buddhistchannel.tv /index.php?id=29,2679,0,0,1,0 (324 words)

	Buddhist Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Full Moon of the seventh lunar month (Vassa in the Indian calendar) is the start of the three month long retreat when the Sangha (clergy) are to remain in their temple and intensify their practice.
		Japanese Buddhists have fixed the dates for the anniversaries of the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha in terms of the Gregorian calendar as:-
		Japanese Buddhists, following the texts on the life of Shakyamuni translated into Chinese from Sanskrit - for example the Buddhacharita - celebrate April 8th as his birthday and hold ceremonies in which sweet tea is poured over a statue representing him as a newborn infant.
	www.zip.com.au /~lyallg/BuddhistFestival.htm (789 words)

	Khao Phansa (Buddhist Lent) in Thailand
		This is also an auspicious time for Buddhist ordinations as it marks a period of spiritual renewal.
		Buddhist monks remain within the temple grounds and do not venture out for a period of three months starting from the first day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month (in July) to the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the eleventh lunar month (in October).
		Buddhism, Buddhist traditions and beliefs are central forces that shape the local way of life and give rise to various festivals of religious origin which have been observed for generations.
	www.thaibuddhist.com /khaophansa.htm (322 words)

	Thai Buddhist Calendar
		It is one of the most important days for Buddhists because on this day the Lord Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, and died.
		Traditionally, it is also important for laymen to ordain their sons into the monkhood on this day to get maximum benefit from the Buddhist teachings.
		Ok Phansa - marks the end of the Buddhist lent and falls on the full moon of the eleventh lunar month (October).
	www.buddhanet.net /thai_cal.htm (643 words)

	Lay Buddhist Practice
		And Buddhists who have enough of this world's wealth, enough of clothes, food, shelter and medicine which are the basic necessities for life should practice dana bearing in mind that what is given away is truly well preserved while what is kept is wasted.
		But it has a long history before Buddhist times as it was the custom of the Brahmans who performed the Vedic rites and sacrifices to go to the sacred place away from their homes and families and purify themselves by leading a secluded life for a day and night, returning after the rites were finished.
		In Buddhist countries this is still the time for intensive activity: the meditator meditates more and undertakes more of the austere practices; the student of books makes more effort to master his studies; the teacher-monk is more active in teaching Dhamma and the writer in writing.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /lay_buddhist_practice.htm (16994 words)

	Supported Calendars
		In Japan, the Gregorian calendar system is used with the imperial era-based year numbering.
		Strictly speaking, the Gregorian calendar is in use from 1873 (Meiji 5) and other calendar systems were used before that year.
		In the Calendar API, some fields are in sync with the year value for the era transitions and therefore handle irregular rules in the first year of an imperial era.
	java.sun.com /javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/intl/calendar.doc.html (774 words)

	Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Buddhists believe that every person must go through a process of birth and rebirth until he reaches the state of nirvana in which he breaks this cycle.
		A center for the practice of Theravada Buddhist meditation and Dhamma study in the United States in a tradiational monastic context.
		Fully ordained Buddhist monks are in residence at the Vihara who are very learned in both the Dhamma and meditation practice.
	www.blogiversity.org:16080 /buddhist (1652 words)

	Laos holidays list
		The Lao calendar is a mixture of Sino-Vietnamese and Thai-Khmer calendars.
		It is based on the movement of the sun and moon and is different to the Buddhist calendar used in Thailand.
		The Buddhist Era (BE) calendar usually figures year one as 543 BC, which means that you must subtract 543 from the Lao calendar year to arrive at the Christian calendar familiar in the West (e.g., 1997 AD is 2540 BE according to the Lao Buddhist calendar).
	www.mekongexpress.com /laos/general/holidays.htm (1538 words)

	Calendar
		The Tibetan calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, and various dates are considered especially auspicious or inauspicious for certain practices.
		As the lunar cycle is less than 30 days, and the year is divided into 12 months, tricks are applied to compensate for the difference between the 12 moon cycles in approximately 354 days and the actual 365-something days of the year.
		The following are inauspicious dates according to the Tibetan calendar: 10th and 22nd of the First, Fifth and Ninth months; 7th and 19th of the Second, Sixth and Tenth months; 4th and 16th of the Third, Seventh and Eleventh months; 1st and 13th of the Fourth, Eighth and Twelfth months.
	buddhism.kalachakranet.org /calendar.html (1834 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		London, UK -- For the first time in British history, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk was awarded the rare honour of the "Member of the British Empire" (MBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Her Majesty’s Birth Day Honours for the year 2003.
		This became a unique event in the history of Buddhism in the UK and thousands of Europeans were among those who came to witness and pay respect to the corporal relics of the Buddha.
		At the Sri Saddhatissa International Buddhist Centre a free Sunday school is held where the vernacular language and Buddhism are taught to more than 100 regular students between the ages of 3 to 16.
	www.buddhistnews.tv /current/piyadassi-mbe-200603.php (564 words)

	FWBO Bay Area Calendar---Meditation, Buddhism, yoga, arts, classes, retreats
		For a summary of upcoming events, see the calendar at the end of this bulletin.
		Buddhists from the Center come to support and play with the kids (including reading a Buddhist story).
		The activities of the Bay Area Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO), a nonprofit organization, are dependent on donations and the support of those attending its events and classes.
	www.sfbuddhistcenter.org /calendar.htm (1276 words)

	Zen Buddhism Calendar
		Half of the ashes of Shunryu Suzuki roshi (1904-1971), former abbot of Rinsoin temple, founder of the San Francisco Zen Center buried at (Rinsoin?), Japan in 1972.
		Opening ceremony of the Cambridge Buddhist Association meditation center at the Sparks Street, Boston, USA held in 1979.
		The Boston Court issues in 1979 the Cambridge Buddhist Association an occupancy permit for its meditation center at the Sparks Street, Boston, USA.
	www.ciolek.com /WWWVLPages/ZenPages/ZenCalendar.html (3371 words)

	Buddhist View International - 03/12/05 Taiwan to return ancient Buddha head to China...; Buddhist View is an internet ...
		Buddhist View International - 03/12/05 Taiwan to return ancient Buddha head to China...; Buddhist View is an internet resource for those interested in or practicing any school of Buddhism.
		The relic, which is highly representative of the buddhist culture in China before the Tang Dynasty, was presented to Master Sheng Yen earlier this year as a gift intended to be displayed in the DDM Museum of Buddhist History and Culture that is under planning and construction.
		Nandatissa Thera has been invited to the inaugural ceremony of the Global Buddhist Conference on "Buddhist Humanitarian Services in a Post-Tsunami Context" organised by the Buddhist Resource Centre, Sri Lanka and the Asian Buddhist Congress scheduled to be held at the BMICH on March 19 and 20.
	www.buddhistview.com /site/epage/23672_225.htm (2449 words)

	2002 Buddhist Holidays
		Buddhists recognize the equality of all sentient beings.
		Zen Buddhist holidays (with roots in Japan) are based on the Japanese (Gregorian) calendar and have fixed dates.
		Tibetan Buddhist holidays (also referred to as Vajrayana Buddhist holidays and Tantric Buddhist holidays) (with roots in Tibet) are based on the unique Tibetan lunisolar calendar.
	www.wheeloftheyear.com /2002/buddhist.htm (3664 words)

	New Page
		The date range for printing an Outlook calendar is limited to 30 years prior to and 70 years forward from the current date.
		The Thai Buddhist calendar is different from the Gregorian calendar by 543 years.
		When using the Buddhist calendar, Outlook accepts 4-digit year entries in the operational range: years 2144 through 4500 (1601 through 3957 by the Gregorian calendar).
	www.whosea.org /htmlfls/htmllocal/outtha8.htm (1293 words)

	Java date and time API - Buddhist calendar system - Joda Time
		The Buddhist calendar system implemented in Joda-Time is based on that supplied in the private Sun packages of a typical JDK.
		The Buddhist calendar has one era (the current era), and has a year offset by 543 from the current Gregorian year.
		Within Joda-Time the Buddhist calendar system can be used by obtaining an instance of BuddhistChronology.
	joda-time.sourceforge.net /cal_buddhist.html (199 words)

	Urban Dharma - Buddhism in America
		The publication of this calendar is dedicated to him on the 15th anniversary of his passing away and to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
		The calendar has Buddhist holidays and the lunar observance days, as observed in communities of Ajahn Chah's lineage, clearly marked.
		Buddhist Precept Practice and Meditation will be investigated through stories and personal examples and finally the course will show how to integrate the Eightfold Path into everyday life.
	www.kusala.org (325 words)

	Embassy of Sri Lanka - Washington DC, USA
		Triple anniversary because, The Buddha was born, attained Supreme Enlightenment at the age of thirty five, and after a successful ministry of forty five years, attained Parinirvana or passed away on a Vesak (May) full moon Poya Day.
		Olcott is remembered with love and gratitude by Sri Lankan Buddhist, since he reawakened the nation and inspired them to struggle for their legitimate rights, which had been denied under the British colonial rule.
		I wish all the success for the efforts of the Washington Buddhist Vihara and Rev. Dhammasiri to propagate Buddhism in the US which will result in a greater awareness about the message of Buddha and moral upliftment among people.
	www.slembassyusa.org /features/2003/amb_at_buddhist_vihare_11may03.html (927 words)

	Traditional Burmese calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The traditional Burmese calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun.
		Within each month of the Burmese calendar, a major festival, often Burmese Buddhist in nature, is held.
		Despite its religious and cultural importance, the traditional calendar has been largely abandoned, particularly in major urban areas, in favour of the Gregorian calendar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Traditional_calendar_of_Myanmar (184 words)

	BuddhistCalendar (icu4j)
		This is the civil calendar in some predominantly Buddhist countries such as Thailand, and it is used for religious purposes elsewhere.
		The Buddhist calendar is identical to the Gregorian calendar in all respects except for the year and era.
		Years are numbered since the birth of the Buddha in 543 BC (Gregorian), so that 1 AD (Gregorian) is equivalent to 544 BE (Buddhist Era) and 1998 AD is 2541 BE.
	icu.sourceforge.net /apiref/icu4j/com/ibm/icu/util/BuddhistCalendar.html (635 words)

	Buddhism
		The principal Buddhist festivals celebrate "the Three Jewels": the Buddha, the Dharma (the Buddhist Teaching), and the Sangha (the spiritual community).
		Calculated differently in various parts of the world, the most common type of Buddhist calendar is lunar and begins roughly in December or January of the Gregorian calendar.
		Dharma Day celebrates that sharing, as Buddhists feel profoundly grateful that the Buddha and other Enlightened masters shared their teachings.
	www.partyguideonline.com /religion/buddhism/Buddhism.html (415 words)

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